When overtaking another biker should you...

Bikerbaboon

..... arms in the air pumping away while shouting Skalp is the only way to pass on my way to or from work.

mtbhenry888

i tend not to say anything as i'm scared ill make them jump! however on quiet lanes i normally pull up along side and comment on the weather or ask where they are riding

LittleB0b

I usually smile sweetly and ask if he comes here often...



One thing I have noticed is that on a normal commuting day the most you'll get usually is a smile or a nod - but if you are out in totally miserable weather then everyone feels a sense of camaraderie and you get lots of people saying hi and chatting. The same applies on my usual running route.

lanky85

Everytime I over take someone be it on the bike in the car OR pushing the trolley around asda i tend to make a neeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww noise like formula 1

always followed by my gf's disapproving glare...

dombo6

In one sweep of the arm, strike a match on their helmet as you go past and light a suitably high tar, untipped cigarette dangling nonchalantly from your lips.

Bodhbh

I give a nod, hardly too showy. I know being overtaken and just been blanked I find annoying myself. Someone did it last week, then made a stretching gesture as if yawning about 10yards down the road, then didn';t pull more than 20yards away - jeez, whatever makes peeps tick (I was on a MTB with a backpack and clearly not out to be racing roadies).

Nuggs

I punch them repeatedly in the face until they admit that, yes, I am their daddy.

r3 guy

Dombo6 wrote:

In one sweep of the arm, strike a match on their helmet as you go past and light a suitably high tar, untipped cigarette dangling nonchalantly from your lips.

BigStu2

Sneaked alongside one of my club buddies that I saw in the distance and gave him a Lance Armstrong ( Slapped his butt and said "How do you like thems apples") as I whooshed past.
Unfortunatley none of my riding buddies speak very good english and my Swedish translation left him even more confused as to why I would slap him in passing :oops:

huggy

rhext wrote:

chrisw28 wrote:

singlespeedexplosif wrote:

make a whooshing noise, but make sure you start it from a bit before you get to them so that they get the full doppler effect.

Made me laugh How fast would you have to be overtaking though to get a significant dopper effect?! :shock:

Seems to me there's two ways of doing this: you can cycle really fast, generating the whoosing noise from the speed of your passing, in which case the doppler effect will probably take care of itself.

Alternatively, you can make the whooshing noise yourself, in which case simply start high as you approach, immediately switching to low as you pass! Then speed is immaterial - much less hard work.

You could try a disc wheel, they seem pretty noisy when overtaking!

McColgan34

been out training on my mountain bike and some bloke in a danger mouse shirt came past me and told me that I was 'never going to do anything with those tires', what he didn't realise is that I was on a 30mile offroader.....

He was a taking the piss a bit so when my new 928 C2C arrives I will be looking out for him..... I still can't belive that someone in a danger mouse shirt took the piss out of me!!!

teagar

I spend a lot of time training in my full gear on my road bike, but when i commute i'm on some stiffie mtb in normal clothes (jeans, coat, etc) , so I regularly get to pass people who are much higher up the food chain.

last time I said something when I passed someone i got told to "f*ck off", (Cambridge is lovely isn't it?) so nowadays I just pass and wait for the obligatory *clunk clunk* of their gears as they try and stay in my wheel. It's good fun if you have it in you to then accelerate. Not so fun otherwise mind.

If they're going slow enough passing no-hands is fun!

I do thank people if I've been wheelsucking a bit too much when I leave them though.

father_jack

Throw your pump into the front wheel as you overtake. Then laugh evilly.

The Chingford Skinhead

I always smile and nod or say hello / morning / evening on the outskirts of London or when in the country but little poing when I hit the busy part of town. But that is always to oncoming traffic. Much harder when passing as people may think you are taking the P.

The exception is in bad weather when it appears more acceptable to talk. Passed a guy on Thursday on the Lea Bridge Road and as I drew level I said (in a gale force head wind) I could do without the F wind - poor guy almost fell off laughing but it was nice to get a response.

As I'm generally on my hybrid (yes, I can hear the hissing & booing :roll: ) I get passed by a lot of roadies - but sadly some take the bike snobbery a bit too far. Once, just once, I'd like one of them to acknowledge me - I often want to shout after them "at least pretend you were trying". I do enjoy the occassional chat at the lights though

scherrit

I'm with Dennis, I usually give an "On your right" for safety sake- not sure if it helps as riders occasionally give a ferocious wobble anyway! I hardly ever pass anyone on the road so it's mostly moot.....
S.

stevewj

I only say 'on your right' if I'm coming up behind pairs (usually) of riders who are taking up most of the road. I always say 'how do' etc unless I'm on the rivets doing a hill or interval session but often don't get a reply - up theirs - miserable %^$&£$^&s. Once I went with a mate past a family out for a gentle ride and I was on the low pro and got a 'show off' - how do they think people get to be able to race at X miles an hour - trundle around at X - 15 mph ?