[Closed] why are roadies so miserable?

It's your face.

They're silently reciting the rules of grammar and spelling in their heads.

It's because arseholes are always moaning on forums about them.

Not this shit again.

...and I am not even a roadie.

When I'm out running roadie's are friendlier than MTBers.

Sweeping generalisations, biscuits, trolls etc...

jam bo is correct.

get a full face helmet

It's all Rapha's fault

It's all your fault.

If you want people to wave back at you all the time, get a job in a panto. The audiences are always very friendly, otherwise just ride your bike and don't worry about the emotional state of others.

Not this shit again.

...and I am not even a roadie.

You get miserable roadies and you get miserable mountain bikers. Having one particular bike doesn't make a difference to your desire to wave/smile at someone doing something similar.

Lots of fun had here:

Maybe it's because this club does road and MTB....and everything else in between.

In a strange twist, I waved a cheery greeting at some guys on MTBs during last night's road ride and got no response. Grumpy buggers.

Dunno where you ride, but for the most part I get nods from every rider I pass. I even got one from a older chap driving a massive old bently the other day.

To be fair sometimes when I'm on a century it gets a little tiresome nodding to the 999th rider, but I tend to still try. Only time I don't is when it is really hurting.

I understand that cycling can be, is an individual past time but if you hate it that much then do something else.
I can imagine their wives tell them to get out and use it or sell all therir kit and go back to golf
must be the peaked off road helmet they dont like
and any way life isnt it like a pantomine

oh no it isnt, oh YES it is

I'm pleased that you understand, you may be the only one that does.

Perhaps your 'hello' was as unintelligible as your posts.

Honestly, posting on a forum because someone doesn't respond to your cheery hello? Get a grip.

Let me guess, you were also outraged that someone drafted you without asking permission first? 🙂

I thought half term had finished?

I try and balance things out by sneering threateningly at people when I'm on my MTB and grinning and waving at everyone all the time on my road bike. Even in races.

Hope this helps.

You are not even a MTB er

I don't even have a bike 😀

imnotverygood - Member
If you want people to wave back at you all the time get a job in a panto.

Oh no they don't...

EPO stops up our smiling muscles working, that's why 😯

Can't say I noticed.

If you want people to wave back at you all the time, get a job in a panto

OP, for full marks you have to also mention that you overtook a chaingang while you were on your downhill bike with 2.8 tyres, up kirkstone pass. Then we'll respect your views, honest

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Having one particular bike doesn't make a difference to your desire to wave/smile at someone doing something similar.

This is Stereo Type World STW not Single Track world STW and we believe that anyone in an Audi or riding a road bike are all the same.

Do we have to go through this same topic every week? You may as well ask, why are car drivers / birds / politicians / masons / women / men / dogs / rocks / clouds so miserable..

Stop recycling the same old nonsense topics, I rely on this place as a distraction from work so I need it to be fresh and new as possible.

I find it weird that I pass in both directions a few roadies on my commute and most say hello/nod etc when I'm on my road bike but another day when I'm on the mtb most of them don't.
It doesn't bother me and I still say hello but I just find it strange.

Do bikers get miffed if they don't get the bikers nod back? Not arsed if I don't get a hello or wave back when passing other roadies but it's nice when you do. I wonder if some roadies consider themselves to awesome to acknowledge others. 😀

I find it weird that I pass in both directions a few roadies on my commute and most say hello/nod etc when I'm on my road bike but another day when I'm on the mtb most of them don't.
It doesn't bother me and I still say hello but I just find it strange

I used to think roadies were ignorant before I bought myself a road bike. Then I realised MTBers were ignorant too!

People flock to their own circles. In my experience, the vast majority are very cheery. If someone doesn't speak, I just assume they're a southerner on holiday 😉

Joggers though... On a good day I might get a 50% success rate on response.

I couldn't care less, generally just a raise of the hand slightly from the bars and a nod.

I don't wave at everyone who I walk past, I don't wave at everyone who I drive past, why do you think that because we're both on bikes I should have to acknowledge you?

Well, and I don't want to side with the OP in any way here, but if I'm walking in the hills, quiet road I would generally say acknowledge to anyone I pass. If I'm riding through town I wouldn't bother but on quiet roads I would give a nod to a walker or cyclist.

Have to admit that I always give a nod or say hello to anyone on a bike - be they roadie, mtber, BSOer, hipster, grandpa or whatever.

I'd say 90% return it.

Roadies that I encounter return it as much as anyone else, though they do tend to be less perceptible - sometimes just a slight tilt of the head, a raised finger or a smallest wiggle in their frown.

I've never understood why, in Surrey at least, people say hello to strangers in the countryside but put the same people on the high street and they wont give you the time of day, or more likley look like they want to murder you.

Return waves from roadies is the same as when driving Defenders - some do, some are very enthusiastic, some ignore you and some think you're a lunatic. If you don't want to run that pigeon-holing guantlet then keep your hands on the wheel/bars

Most of the ones I see seem alright.

And I've come across some right po faced MTBers.

Each to their own

I rode my slicked up turbo trainer bike to work today.
Suspension was sorely missed as was the ability to bump up kerbs and any sort of grip on wet grass.
I was miserable.

The rudest people seem to be the doggers.

They always seem so angry when I come across them.

....which is kinda ironic.

Even the roadies I know acknowledge that roadies are generally less friendly to strangers than mountain bikers. However, obviously there are friendly roadies and unfriendly mtb'ers.

I'm a roadie too and, being aware of the somewhat miserable reputation they have, always try & be cheery to any cyclist I pass. Unless I'm about to puke up my lungs of course, in which case I probably don't even notice they're there. It's nothing personal though, lots of other roadies ignore me too (even when they're not puking up their lungs).

AIDS..?

As said above (and may times before on these threads), if you're expecting something more than a slight nod or raised finger you're too needy.

what I find strange is the roadies who say hello as they overtake. It would be nice and friendly if it wasn't done very loudly right down my lughole from as close as possible. A bit more elbow room, or from a bit further back, or a whole lot quieter would be fine but last time I nearly went into the ditch. Before anyone asks, I've not said anything because a. they've just dropped me and b. I don't want to look a fin de cloche.

You're asking the wrong question. You should be asking 'why on earth do I or anybody give a toss whether roadies or miserable or not.'.......

I don't like all this forced polite-ism these days.

I demand my right to be indifferent to people i don't know.

ALL roadies (and mtb'ers) are bloody miserable in that area of N/Wales and Cheshire. This is purley down to the prices at Alf Jones Cycles. 😉

The rudest people seem to be the doggers.

They always seem so angry when I come across them.

are you allowed to do that or are you supposed to wear a prophylactic?

what I find strange is the roadies who say hello as they overtake. It would be nice and friendly if it wasn't done very loudly right down my lughole from as close as possible. A bit more elbow room, or from a bit further back..

Hmm.. I do this. Generally I say "Hello" or "Morning!" just as I draw level during an overtake, primarily to avoid startling people as I enter their peripheral vision.

I don't do it from further back because:

A) they probably won't hear it for wind noise

B) if they do hear then they might misinterpret it as a rude "Hello! I'm here, get out of my ******* way"

C) there is a good chance they'll look back and veer into my path

For much the same reasons I don't always ring my bell when approaching pedestrians from behind. It's not always helpful.

More roadies than not (read nearly all) give a nod when I/we see them

I am struggling to believe that you ever overtake anyone 😉

you should see the faces of some runners..now theres a group of people that dont even crack a smile.

Count yourself lucky you don't ride in Belgium. A cyclist will be pleasant and friendly and chatty at the cafe stop but encounter them on the road and you will get blanked. Cafe stop for social stuff. Once you're out on the bike you get on with riding it!

Partly its cos if the sheer number of riders out there, you'd never have your hands on the bars if you waved at everybody!

I am struggling to believe that you ever overtake anyone 😉

😛

You forget I commute by shared use path - there are a high percentage of BSO plodders on it. And folk doing the C2C who have already covered 60 miles by the time I see them.

I pass them in an effortless flurry of pedals (before sitting up and taking a rest once I am out of sight).

are you allowed to do that or are you supposed to wear a prophylactic?

I practise the ride-by method.

Have you ever heard the expression if you want to understand someone, walk a mile in their shoes?

Well "why are roadies so miserable?" - ride 100 miles on their saddle. 🙂

Bloody roady shouted Fatty at me the other day with a big grin

I was on a Fatty at the time

Seemed a happy bloke

Because the have to put up with cocks on mountain bikes trying to race them.

[i]why are roadies so miserable?[/i]

a) have you seen the prices they have to pay for their silly, skinny, feather weight, carbon bicycles ? Its enough to piss anyone off.

b) They are suffering for their chosen cause.

Just ignore the miserable bastards !

I always raise my finger, and occasionally nod. should I stop and ask if you want a coffee? maybe we can book a holiday together? It will be GREAT

Well, I suppose it would depend on which finger you raised. After all, no need to stoop, etc, etc.

Me ? I'll say hello to any cyclist. Why not ? Infact, for any of yoose either side of your fourth decade. You're missing out. Once your age begins with a 4 and ends with a single digit between 0 & 9, you cease to care. Honestly, the 40s are the age of "I really do not give a shit"... about anything !
😀

As a 39 year old I'm looking forward to that Solo 😀