Piernas Flacas Posted August 12, 2008 Share Let's see how polite are cyclists towards each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippa Posted August 12, 2008 Share I greet everyone, including runners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedi Posted August 12, 2008 Share runners? no they always seem to be on my side of the road! i dont greet them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted August 12, 2008 Share Anyone who saw Crocodile Dundee in New York may feel like I do about excessive greeting on the road. We don't greet each other in shopping centres or at robots or at the queue at the movies, why shout out a greeting across the road? I agree that there are some occasions where greeting comes natural because of a close encouter of sorts or a crossed path but as for gratuitus greeting, I'm not for it. I greet when I overtake other cyclist but leave the greeting to be initiated by whoever overtakes me. Who do you greet when there's a large peleton coming your way? The first one, the last one? The oldest one? The only woman? I would greet a sole cyclists I come a cross on an open stretch of road between Pofadder and Vioolsdrift. Hey I may even chat to him or her. Oxford road is not the R718 though. Johan Bornman2008-08-12 01:43:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo_sg Posted August 12, 2008 Share Oh my word!Cannot understand why people cant greet!I greet everyone on a bicycle- commuter, softcore or hardcore.I road ride, and they have got to be the unfriendliest ever...I recenctly considered joining a club and went out for a ride with them, and almost everyone I tried to make conversation with ignored me (first impressions last).And I'm not a social rider either, I'm hardcore - But when I'm out on my bike, and I pass (or sometimes get passed) someone, I always have a chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conti Posted August 12, 2008 Share the first blondie with the nicest legs Johan!leave the rest of peleton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taneesha Posted August 12, 2008 Share Normally I greet, especially Chappies is like a clubhouse on an early morning ride. Doesn't matter to me if they are roadies, runners or the workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted August 12, 2008 Share Some cyclist, MTBers and Roadies alike, are very rude.... Maybe rude is too strong. But I ride the spruit quite often and greet everyone that passes me or vice versa. But 9 times out of 10 they dont greet back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaSH82 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Yeah there are some seriously unfriendly riders out there... I always try to greet... pretty much anyone that i see on the road.. depending on how much i am suffering... and how out of breath i am.. . LOL. But there are also quite a few riders that greet though.. dont always stop for a chat... but they do greet... . Makes a morning ride that much more enjoyable i think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted August 12, 2008 Share I have noticed that its more the "social" riders that greet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted August 12, 2008 Share I try to greet everyone who is on a bicycle, even old Philemon on his post office dikwiel. Also greet the runners and of course the good looking ladies Bateleur12008-08-12 02:03:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowpoke Posted August 12, 2008 Share i even greet cyclists when i'm on my motorbike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted August 12, 2008 Share i even greet cyclists when i'm on my motorbike! sheesh... I thought the SV was a bit quicker than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammajoor Posted August 12, 2008 Share If you have ridden with me you will know that we are of the more sociable groups in the country and the greet thing normally ends up with someone tagging along. Look last year with the Hub ride, one rider was on his way to buy bread, went to the home with us and did the 69 kays not knowing anyone, Started talking to all while riding. Don't know what he said to his wife why the bread was so late But yes you get some stuck up riders out there and sometimes it is certain clubs too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowpoke Posted August 12, 2008 Share TNT1, if i ride slowly then everyone can see my beautiful beast. if i ride too fast then they can't admire it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 12, 2008 Share I Always try and greet (or nod head if cyclists on the other side of the road).Generaly runners / cyclists here in Switzerland dont greet, very rude bunch of cave dwellars.... Could be due to the fact that so many people train with i pods or mp3's and theyre in their own little world... Found the horse riders to very friendly though, they almost always greet - maybe it's because they feel guilty about all the poo they leave behind on the trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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