Grebel Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 Some okes just don't greet. Our group cycles past this runner on weekday morning rides.It's become a thing - we greet him everytime, but he just runs past with his head down.Used to irk me .. now we joke about it.Some okes are just miserable *****, doesnt mean you have to be. I've been living in the same house for the last 17 years. There is a guy and his wife that have been living up the road for the same time if not longer that run in the afternoons around the same time I get home from work. I see them most days and we make eye contact. I wave and get the death stare... Now I ignore them. Some people are just unfriendly gits.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 i just need to post something before this get locked down LOL!!! This one again!!! Dirty, dirty asians.
edgarblount Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 i just need to post something before this get locked down
Grebel Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 What I really have an issue with is Ninja cyclists that sneak up on you on the trail... I am in my own little happy place riding along enjoying the fresh air and scenery when they announce themselves right behind you scaring the living shyte out of you!!
Skubarra Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 To the 20 plus cyclist I passed on Bottlary road last night and didn't say Hi, I'm sorry. Please don't feel bad or have sleepless nights about it.... I was to moertoe to great, promise next time I will say Halloooo. I see we are not giving the OP much love here on the Friday... I get that on a busy Bottelary training ride or on the tube in London it is pointless to try and greet everyone or expect to be greeted. But on a quiet trail on a weekday where you haven't seen another soul for the last 30 minutes, a fellow cyclist passes within a few centimeters of you, the least you can do is a give a grunt - I also would have thought "What a chop" if I was the OP (not sure I would have dared to post it on thehub though...)
Fat Boab Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 A far better, inverse game is to ride past someone, preferably on a hill, and irrespective whether you're dying, grab a breath, compose yourself, and brightly say hello/good morning, as you pass them, as if you're on a recovery ride. Double points, if they are on the rivet. Got to amuse oneself during the last-minute-947-training-season......
Robbie Stewart Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 I guess some people seem to think they are important and entitled... You mean like this lot?
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 Sure. What the hell is up with the one dude out on those trails with a little marshall board on his bike? Rudest piece of work I've ever had (cant call him a 530d online unforch). He's become a standing joke amongst us going riding there whether we'll pass the c-nut. The Tygerberg MTB club (or whatever it's called) really needs to let down his ego pressure and remind him he's not god. He's some stupid dutchman.Tallish guy, used to ride a hardtail Rocky Mountain but now rides an "ADRENALINE" chinese blank? Yeah. That's Eugene.
Skubarra Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 ... but Durbanville trails? Hell no, it's like every rider (9 out of 10) is chasing some Strava life-or-death time. No greeting, nothing, just ignoring. Not so sure about that man, 9 out of 10 people of the people on the Durbanville trails greet me (including the marshals) - the problem might lie with you....
Cyclewizz Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 A Friday thread that started on a Thursday night ? What has the hub come to ????
Robbie Stewart Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 I see we are not giving the OP much love here on the Friday... I get that on a busy Bottelary training ride or on the tube in London it is pointless to try and greet everyone or expect to be greeted. But on a quiet trail on a weekday where you haven't seen another soul for the last 30 minutes, a fellow cyclist passes within a few centimeters of you, the least you can do is a give a grunt - I also would have thought "What a chop" if I was the OP (not sure I would have dared to post it on thehub though...) I was riding on Bottelary a few months ago returning from Jonkers, when a group of roadies passed me and jovially invited my boet and I to "join the train". I thanked them and declined with "die nommer is vol.." The stares I got....(priceless)
NGM Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 But on a quiet trail on a weekday where you haven't seen another soul for the last 30 minutes, a fellow cyclist passes within a few centimeters of you, the least you can do is a give a grunt - I also would have thought "What a chop" if I was the OP (not sure I would have dared to post it on thehub though...) Poor form in my opinion, but maybe we are talking about different types of grunts here.
Robbie Stewart Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 Not so sure about that man, 9 out of 10 people of the people on the Durbanville trails greet me (including the marshals) - the problem might lie with you.... True. I guess I must constitute the 1, and then, I generally end up meeting all the other 1's on the trails of Tygerberg MTB. I fortunately have not had the displeasure of running in to those 9 poephols... (can't speak for this "Eugene", as I have not met him on the trails yet) He must be one of the 9...?
scubes Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 Humans are weird. Spirituality teaches that we have an angelic soul and an animal soul. We choose which one to activate. Sometimes the 2 battle it out. I read an article today about a little ape monkey that exhibits kindness to other apes with or without chance of reward. Interesting. If we are Created by God then He wants us to be kind ie be angelic. If we are Created by Evolution then we have a choice as in the Survivors Reality TV Shows- to cooperate to win the million and share and activate the angelic soul or try kick all others off the show and be selfish and activate the animal primal soul of survival at all costs. So however you look at it we have choices. I believe and have seen that being nice works as it creates positive karma which comes back to you at some point. The same is true with negativity and karma it all comes back. So maybe the "chop" is a real chop or maybe he just got an SMS that there's fraud on his account and 50k is missing and his head space is just not in a good way to greet anyone. Very difficult to judge people as we are not judges. I'd let this slide and if he doesn't greet again and again then he is a chop less friendly than a tiny ape monkey. I try greet fellow riders/people and will stop to offer help if I can especially if the one in need of help looks to be struggling or is in a remote area.
Simon123 Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 Not so sure about that man, 9 out of 10 people of the people on the Durbanville trails greet me (including the marshals) - the problem might lie with you.... Could well be. But a "hello!" when I see them, not sure what the issue is. And strangely, like the marshal dude, has been pointed out to me by enough people that now I notice that. So fortunately I'm not the only asshole for actually greeting people. Maybe they know I dont have a boerewors visa in my passport? Tallish guy, used to ride a hardtail Rocky Mountain but now rides an "ADRENALINE" chinese blank? Yeah. That's Eugene. No idea. For the life of me I cannot remember what bike he rides. My first encounter with the, um, person, was at Hoogekraal. Even encountered him one day shouting at everyone at the Conties shuttle day earlier this year. What a horrible person.
Fat Boab Posted November 10, 2017 Posted November 10, 2017 A Friday thread that started on a Thursday night ? What has the hub come to ???? Premature enragement syndrome?
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