Andrew Swan said:Anus said:Seeing as we're doing the boring "Helmet Debate" again....lets start
another boring, old- school debate!
Why is it that some riders just wont say "hello" back? I mean...it's
not very hard. Even just a nod of the head. It's just common courtesy!
If someone says "Hi"...you say it back! You'd think we'd all stick
together rather than being a bunch of stuck-up [censored].
I've noticed that it's mostly road riders (who struggle to un-clip at
lights) that elevate themselves to the "holier than thou" position of
not having to communicate....May 1000 flats come your way!
Maybe it depends where you ride and live. In the country, maybe any kind
of cyclist would nod/wave to any other kind of cyclist - there's just so
few of them. Same on a walking trail - you'd usually nod, smile, or say
hello to people coming the other way even though you don't know them
from Adam, whereas if you saw the same person walking towards you on
George/Collins/Hindley/<insert_big_street_here> Street, you'd totally
ignore them and nobody would be the least bit offended. In big cities
like Sydney (where I live) or Melbourne (where one of the earlier
posters lives), maybe there's so many cyclists (especially some of the
places I ride) that you don't feel the need to be matey with every
single one of them, and prefer to associate with (or at least nod at)
the ones with whom you feel more empathy (e.g. MTBers might feel more at
home with other MTBers, commuters with commuters, roadies with roadies,
etc.). I wouldn't nod at some kid on his BMX in the city any more than
he would at me, and neither party would mind or be surprised by the lack
of interaction. I don't pretend to know what it's like to ride a great
piece of singletrack, and maybe the MTBer I see on the street doesn't
know what it means to plan a criterium race just right and [censored]
victory on the line - what do we have in common apart from gears and a
chain? Why _would_ we nod or wave to each other? If we're meant to be
such genial souls, why not wave at pedestrians, horse riders, motorbike
riders (who have everything we have), or motorists?
I'd be interested to hear the viewpoint of cyclists who live and ride
outside the big cities, where there is a smaller total cycling
population - maybe there is more cross-discipline interaction there?
&roo Roadie, Commuter, Rec Rider, and general nodder - except to BMX/MTB
riders ;-)
I live in a large regional town and all the roadies & MTbikers wave t
each other and most other people (who are out on the bike) as well, bu
I never did when living in Melbourne. I have generally found Triathlete
to be ridiculously stuck-up however; maybe they are just too bus
readjusting those sleeveless jerseys or their countless number of drin
bottles to notice other people
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