BarHugger Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I know it's not Friday yet but this has been bugging me the whole week. After starting training on Klapperkop Monday morning, and every other morning so far, we're normally there at around 6.15am, I noticed that most of the roadies, and some mtb riders just refuse to greet, nod or tell you to go away! Now I would understand that if you're busy setting a new land record up the hill that it's hard to speak with all the hard breathing but the people that I'm referring to are the ones chilling up the hill or freewheeling back down. Is this busy dying out? Or did everyone just get so competitive that they forget common decency? I make a point of it to greet all cyclists and runners that I pass, in the end it's them that you have something in common with, even if it's just suffering up a hill together. PS. I'm the guy on the black Merida DS saying hi to everyone+1........also noticed it, but in their defense......I look like a complete NOOB..... .......anti-bike-jack-incognito-defense-strategy.......aka, don't look the part...... .......if fellow cyclist ignore you, chances are good that the kroeksters will also!
IdeJongh Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Yip them, full lycra...helmet with no visor...bottles only(never camelbaks)...carbon everything...bikes under 9,5kg's...tight shirts...tan lines...knows their W/kg number / FTP number / MMP number / ATL number / CTL number...owns a roadbike...knows what chapeau and allez means...can go on for hours about mont ventoux...likes white mtb shoes...counts calories...drinks wine instead of beer. Know them well. Yus bru....I thought we're mates....
Vetseun Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I'm the guy who ignores you when you greet me
IdeJongh Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Hey you know rouxtjie is a dirtroadie...
Letum911 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Posted September 18, 2014 I'm the guy who ignores you when you greet me I will forgive you this Vettes. I know in the flat Freestate last week's greetings still echo through time so for you once a week should be fine?
rattlesnake Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Not another - "waaah you didn't greet me thread" <face palm> HTFU is part and parcel of cycling.... included in this is not crying when the other kids don't wanna play with you or greet you.
Guest Smimby Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I can hardly stay upright on a road bike, never mind trying to take my hand of the handlebar....
Spinnekop Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I was brought up by nice folks. They taught me to greet. So I do because that one greeting can change the other grumpy ass's whole day.
Super Sywurm Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I know it's not Friday yet but this has been bugging me the whole week. After starting training on Klapperkop Monday morning, and every other morning so far, we're normally there at around 6.15am, I noticed that most of the roadies, and some mtb riders just refuse to greet, nod or tell you to go away! Now I would understand that if you're busy setting a new land record up the hill that it's hard to speak with all the hard breathing but the people that I'm referring to are the ones chilling up the hill or freewheeling back down. Is this busy dying out? Or did everyone just get so competitive that they forget common decency? I make a point of it to greet all cyclists and runners that I pass, in the end it's them that you have something in common with, even if it's just suffering up a hill together. PS. I'm the guy on the black Merida DS saying hi to everyone"No!!! Leave me alone!!! I'm riding fast..." (that is what I imagine a roadie is thinking when you try to greet him/her).
Super Sywurm Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 And if I get reported missing, a roadie killed me for my previous remark.
eelvio Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I was brought up by nice folks. They taught me to greet. So I do because that one greeting can change the other grumpy ass's whole day.Like rattlesnakes?
blondeonabike Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 You should always meet and greet. You never know who you are talking to. Cycling is the new golf and those boepensie-carbonbike-dirt roadies are most likely the okes you need to impress at your next presentation.
eelvio Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Other than that, do you greet others in the shopping mall as you walk past them or hoot at every motorist on the road? :-PYou can always tell a bikers(motor) greeting, the tip of the head. I for one think it is nice to get out and be able to greet without people thinking you strange(runners, they never greet).In shopping malls often I smile or greet. But on the road I am always hooting at motorists, they don't like the one finger lift type greeting though, even if they have just been very dumb on the road.
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