Aah yes, it's bantz! Blates! You're so desperate for recognition and acknowledgement from people you don't know that you started a thread on the internet about it!? Kidding, it's banter!
Jesus, I think I may have joined the wrong forum here by mistake.
Not what he asked, do you wave to other car drivers/bus/train passengers etc?
I thought I'd said no to that. Who does?
@moshi
some people on here are bellends, but it's still the right forum to join
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/poo-that-wont-flush ]Read this thread to make yourself feel better about the decision to join[/url]
[i]Jesus, I think I may have joined the wrong forum here by mistake.[/i]
I sense a hissy fit coming on.
spawn - don't know whether to laugh or cry 🙂 Class.
Jesus, I think I may have joined the wrong forum here by mistake.
Depends. What were you after?
@moshi
Why don't you start a new thread and do a ranting Flounce Off, always good way to finish a Friday?
You can always sneak back in a week or so.
Air traffic control are here now:
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No, you've just started a thread on a subject that's been done to death twenty gazillion times already. Other subjects to avoid areJesus, I think I may have joined the wrong forum here by mistake.
Is 26" dead?
Should helmets be compulsory?
Why are CRC so slow?
I bought something using PayPal gift and it hasn't arrived
Is riding on footpaths OK?
What tyres for [fill in as appropriate]?
I bought something using PayPal gift and it hasn't arrived
*Note: These threads can only be started by classified only users.
Planet x derisory threads have also been done to death, so don't go there.
100!
When did the old ritual of posting '100!' on threads die out, (you nearly) missed the opportunity there Gary M.
I don't think so Dobbo, as if I'd miss that opportunity.
103!
[no, it's not quite the same is it.]
Back on thread, there's loads of roadies who're friendly down my way and regularly stop for a chat at the railway gates.
Real roadies would lift their bikes over the railway gate and run over the lines, probably throwing some gel wrappers on the tracks on the way.
regularly stop for a chat at the railway gates.
thinly veiled euphemism 😯
We've not had a good religion bashing thread for a while, start one of them and to really wind people up it's best to include some thinly veiled racism, everyone loves that.
'We've not had a good religion bashing thread for a while'
There's one on the go right now.
This threads almost turning into that scene from Django Unchained with the KKK and all because someone didn't wave back.
No, you've just started a thread on a subject that's been done to death twenty gazillion times already.
So why not just ignore it then? I never said anyone had to read it. Can some mod put this thread out of its misery then?
[i]Can some mod put this thread out of its misery then? [/i]
I think most people have quite enjoyed it so far, tbh.
Yes it's made my boring day at work a but brighter
This threads almost turning into that scene from Django Unchained with the KKK and all because someone didn't wave back.
On second thoughts it was well worth it just for that clip. Awesome!
I think most people have quite enjoyed it so far, tbh.
Yep, I've had a whale of a time! Just what I needed for a Friday afternoon!
Sooooo. Same time next week?
There are too many cyclists now to wave at everyone !!
That would be rude. It would be like not waving back at you 😀So why not just ignore it then?
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That would be rude. It would be like not waving back at you
The circle is complete. Nicely done, Sir.
The weekly Simpsons-esque pitchfork mob type thread every Friday. Great idea Jamie.
Can we have a vote on say Wednesday for the topic?
Yes. I started a thread on here some time back & [i]nobody replied at all![/i] What's wrong with people? Aren't we all cyclists???
I to have enjoyed the thread and would like to thank the contributors to the thread after page 2, I didn't bother to read any of page 1 & 2 as it would be the same old same old. I just jumped straight in with my first post on page 3, these types of thread are never much interest until page 3 IMO (no offense to posters on pages 1 & 2).
New poll for the home page.
I have to say with the number of sportives that go on round here I do usually give up saying anything to them after the first 20 or so, which I guess probably means those riding 21st - 495th probably think I'm rude. Although they're sportivists, so they're racing too hard to acknowledge anyone.
I have to say with the number of sportives that go on round here I do usually give up saying anything to them after the first 20 or so, which I guess probably means those riding 21st - 495th probably think I'm rude.
I'm never that far back in the pack, so no offence taken on my part.
You need a new user name then! But I'm glad I've not affronted you!
OP: if you want a 'sensible' answer I suspect it's that as road riding has grown massively in the last few years, by definition most of the roadies you ride past will be new to the sport.
The 'rules' of road riding are not well-publicised so unless you join a club then you won't know them.
Acknowledging other people who belong to the same sub-culture as you is established practice in a lot of minority groups.
However many of the new roadies do not see themselves as part of a sub-culture practiced by a minority group. They're just enjoying riding a bike - it's not a part of their identity as it is to many roadies (me included, although to confuse things I also drive and ride an MTB too!)
So they don't see someone else on a bike as anyone special who is 'part of the same club as me' so just as they don't wave at people they walk past or drive past, they don't wave at people they ride past either.
To me, this is what we've wanted all these years - normalise cycling - something to celebrate and I hope it holds.
STW: back to your banter 😀
Exactly as per the STW instruction manual 🙂I didn't bother to read any of page 1 & 2 ... I just jumped straight in with my first post on page 3
I just jumped straight in with my first post on page 3, these types of thread are never much interest until page 3 IMO (no offense to posters on pages 1 & 2
To be fair, with an average of 2.93 posts per contributor thus far I suspect there were few who only contributed to the first couple of pages!
Agreed (to be sensible for a minute). I think that there's also the factor that there's no longer one sub-culture of 'eccentrics who voluntarily ride bicycles', but separate sub-cultures of club roadies, MAMILs, MTBers etc. You can even see evidence on here of differences between the gnar shredding DH types and the lycra clad XC crowd.However many of the new roadies do not see themselves as part of a sub-culture practiced by a minority group
I wave (well, discreetly raise a hand, or nod) at other riders whether I'm on the road bike or the MTB and definitely get more response from those on the same kind of bike and dressed the same than from those who are 'different'.
Horsey types are even worse than roadies - you slow down,act politely, say hello and do your best not to startle the poor dumb animal (and the horse badoom tish) and they don't even seem to acknowledge your existence. Though I am generally on a road bike when I encounter them so perhaps that's why...
What about the pikey types on stolen old bikes popping on and off the pavement, do I have to say hello to them?
What about the pikey types on stolen old bikes popping on and off the pavement, do I have to say hello to them?
Yes. As through your affections, they will see the error of their ways.
Hug a hoodie, as callmedave used to say.
The 'rules' of road riding are not well-publicised so unless you join a club then you won't know them.
I'm sure you are right. If I still had a road bike, I'd be tempted to don the lycra and test the theory once and for all. Maybe someone who rides both could try this test 🙂
Out of interest how many of you would totally blank another biker crossing your path on a quiet trail? Don't you think it would seem a bit rude?
I'd hug a hoodie.
But I wouldn't hug a roadie - too many sharp bits.
But I wouldn't hug a roadie - too many sharp bits.
Most the ones I see seem fairly well rounded.
As individuals, and in construction.
Funnily enough that happened to me on Sunday. Out with a mate we didn't see another rider all day until a serious racing snake (full carbon rigid 29er etc) came up behind us and basically pushed his way past us without saying a word. Which we did feel was a little bit rude. Presumably he didn't see two old geezers and a dog as being part of his sub-culture.Out of interest how many of you would totally blank another biker crossing your path on a quiet trail?
Back in the day we'd always acknowledge other riders, you'd either know them anyway, or would end up meeting them at a race or at the tea stop. But we didn't wave to little old ladies with wicker baskets and rod brakes as they weren't 'proper' cyclists. I guess people's definitions of what constitute 'proper' cyclists worth acknowledging has changed over time.
