Andrew Swan wrote:
> Anus wrote:
> > 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 arseholes.
> >
> > 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 ******
> 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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