is there a mountain bike road bike divide?

notsoblue

Kieran_Burns wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I actually so rarely SEE another cyclist on my commute that when we do meet, we stand and point at each other until we pass.

Until you pass? So you're both just standing there pointing indefinitely?

joke <

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Herbie The Dog

I know being polite should be par of the course but when driving along in your MPV do you feel the need say hi to everyone else in an MPV? Do you feel p1ssed off when you wave to someone in an Aston Martin and they ignore you?

Ditto when walking down the street...do you say hello Crocodile Dundee style to everyone you pass?

Don't get me wrong...if someone says hello to you it's polite to say hello back. But why do cyclists think they have to say hello to other cyclists just because...well..just because?

If I cycle pass another cyclist without a greeting I'm not a rude grumpy sod...I'm just someone who doesn't know you!

vorsprung

Herbie The Dog wrote:

r cyclists just because...well..just because?

If I cycle pass another cyclist without a greeting I'm not a rude grumpy sod...I'm just someone who doesn't know you!

I note with interest a collection of MTB in your sig

Herbie The Dog

vorsprung wrote:

Herbie The Dog wrote:

r cyclists just because...well..just because?

If I cycle pass another cyclist without a greeting I'm not a rude grumpy sod...I'm just someone who doesn't know you!

I note with interest a collection of MTB in your sig

That's because I'm too rad, sick and gnarley to add:

Trek 1.7 (2009)
Raleigh Equipe (1989)

to the list.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my original post but if someone says hello I'll say hello back. But don't crucify me or tarnish all MTBers with the same brush if I don't say hello first or perhaps miss your greeting...as I may be more interested in keeping an eye on the pillock on the school run who may not have seen me.

Gazzaputt

Going over the same old but on my commute I acknowledge the odd other 'roadie' but I can't see the point of acknowledging every tom dick or harry on a bike.

Anyway hybrid and MTBers are far to down the food chain for me .

meanredspider

I say hello to everone I meet regardless of their mode of transport. I don't get much of a reaction from the sheep, tis true, but even the cars toot cheerily.

I've obviously been in the Highlands too long.

When I'm back in England, I still say hello to people I pass on the pavement (when I'm on foot too) - you'd have thought I'd threatened to cook & eat their first-born!

il_principe

Butterd2 wrote:

I think roadies compete to be as efficient as possible in their acknowledgements. I now have my "Hi good morning, how are you doing, by the way nice bike" down to a 2-3mm flick of the little finger on my right hand.
If you don't know what your looking for it's easy to miss.

lolz

secretsam

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Snob (Roadie)
Freak (SS)
No-knee Freak (FG)
Perve (CX)
Clueless (MTB)
Beginner (Hybrid)
Grandad (Folder)
Flat cap man (Tourer)
Child (BMX)
Porn-Star (Recumbent)

Errr...so depending on what I'm riding on that day, I'm a Flat capped trainee snob?

Christ, perhaps I should vote Tory as well...

shouldbeinbed

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Snob (Roadie)
Freak (SS)
No-knee Freak (FG)
Perve (CX)
Clueless (MTB)
Beginner (Hybrid)
Grandad (Folder)
Flat cap man (Tourer)
Child (BMX)
Porn-Star (Recumbent)

like it, occasional Grandad & beginning pervert.

I'm in the provincial yokel (north manchester) category of not seeing many other riders, generally a dip of the head, with a hello to the ones that I recognise on my most regular route

generally , the lower form of life scummer hybrid rider (50%of the time me) are the most likely to respond

Initialised

Herbie The Dog wrote:

I know being polite should be par of the course but when driving along in your MPV do you feel the need say hi to everyone else in an MPV? Do you feel p1ssed off when you wave to someone in an Aston Martin and they ignore you?

Ditto when walking down the street...do you say hello Crocodile Dundee style to everyone you pass?

Don't get me wrong...if someone says hello to you it's polite to say hello back. But why do cyclists think they have to say hello to other cyclists just because...well..just because?

If I cycle pass another cyclist without a greeting I'm not a rude grumpy sod...I'm just someone who doesn't know you!

It's like that if you have a rare car or a modded car, you wave at the others of your ilk, just because. Like wise, if you pull up at the lights and you're both checking out each others car you blip the throttle to ask for a race, like SCR but faster and illegal.

desweller

Butterd2 wrote:

I think roadies compete to be as efficient as possible in their acknowledgements. I now have my "Hi good morning, how are you doing, by the way nice bike" down to a 2-3mm flick of the little finger on my right hand.
If you don't know what your looking for it's easy to miss.

Plainly, lifting a finger or - gasp! - a whole hand from the bars will radically upset your wind-tunnel-tuned aero position. As will contorting your face into a smile.

walkerp78

This thread is making me slightly jealous, doing shift work and finishing at midnight, 2am and 4am I very rarely get to say hello to anyone.....other than the p1sspots on a weekend who never fail to wittily ask for a backie. Though it is quite nice to have the roads to myself.....

I am however quite happy with being in the lower echelons of the cycling fraternity with my trusty hybrid!!!

Drysuitdiver

of course theres a divide.

my MTB can ride any road that a roadie can ( albeit a lot slower but hey whats the rush slow down enjoy the scenery) but a roadie won't be able to ride a lot of the places i go to on a MTB without wrecking wheels etc.

notsoblue

Drysuitdiver wrote:

of course theres a divide.

my MTB can ride any road that a roadie can ( albeit a lot slower but hey whats the rush slow down enjoy the scenery) but a roadie won't be able to ride a lot of the places i go to on a MTB without wrecking wheels etc.

O RLY?

pst88

I used to give a nod to everyone but due to the large number of people who ignored me I've cut it down to people who I think will nod back. Generally roadies, despite the fact that I ride fixed gear on my commute. I'm obviously not cool enough for other FG riders because I wear lycra and a helmet rather than the requisite skinny jeans and checked shirt.

Butterd2

DesWeller wrote:

Butterd2 wrote:

I think roadies compete to be as efficient as possible in their acknowledgements. I now have my "Hi good morning, how are you doing, by the way nice bike" down to a 2-3mm flick of the little finger on my right hand.
If you don't know what your looking for it's easy to miss.

Plainly, lifting a finger or - gasp! - a whole hand from the bars will radically upset your wind-tunnel-tuned aero position. As will contorting your face into a smile.

Well that's what my performance director tells me......

Drysuitdiver

notsoblue wrote:

Drysuitdiver wrote:

of course theres a divide.

my MTB can ride any road that a roadie can ( albeit a lot slower but hey whats the rush slow down enjoy the scenery) but a roadie won't be able to ride a lot of the places i go to on a MTB without wrecking wheels etc.

O RLY?

thats good but there are places you can see the damage starting very good editing .

wish I was as good on my MTB as he is on that.

Jay dubbleU

I ride a hybrid - everybody hates me

Mark Elvin

pst88 wrote:

I used to give a nod to everyone but due to the large number of people who ignored me I've cut it down to people who I think will nod back. Generally roadies, despite the fact that I ride fixed gear on my commute. I'm obviously not cool enough for other FG riders because I wear lycra and a helmet rather than the requisite skinny jeans and checked shirt.

Snap.

If I see somebody who is clearly looking my way as we ride past each other & looks like they are a keen cyclist then I'll pop a hand up to wave.

hatbeard

Jay dubbleU wrote:

I ride a hybrid - everybody hates me

this one gets it!

Ber Nard

In my early days of road cycling I passed another roadie who waved to me so I waved back.

I then got caught out on a tight bend that was soaking wet. Completely over shot it and almost ended up in a pub's beer garden. It was lucky there was nothing coming the other way.

I've since learnt the difference between a wave, and the roadie signal for "slow down".

Rob

Stevo_666

On the London commute people usually keep themselves to themselves - I've exchanged a few words at traffic lights from time to time but that's it. Also you'd be surprised how few people you pass coming the other way given it's London - presumably most commuters are headed in the same direction (into town in the morning & back out in the evening).

If I'm out on the open road for a fun ride or out MTB'ing its much friendler generally.

Buckled_Rims

Drysuitdiver wrote:

of course theres a divide.

my MTB can ride any road that a roadie can ( albeit a lot slower but hey whats the rush slow down enjoy the scenery) but a roadie won't be able to ride a lot of the places i go to on a MTB without wrecking wheels etc.

Get a good cyclocross bike and you'll be able to ride 20 miles to the trail, complete against 80% of MTB riders on red trails and then ride back 20 miles as fast as 90% of those riding carbon road bikes.

vorsprung

Buckled_Rims wrote:

Drysuitdiver wrote:

of course theres a divide.

my MTB can ride any road that a roadie can ( albeit a lot slower but hey whats the rush slow down enjoy the scenery) but a roadie won't be able to ride a lot of the places i go to on a MTB without wrecking wheels etc.

Get a good cyclocross bike and you'll be able to ride 20 miles to the trail, complete against 80% of MTB riders on red trails and then ride back 20 miles as fast as 90% of those riding carbon road bikes.

..thanks to your long, aerodynamic nose

dawebbo

When out riding at the weekend on nicer roads, I'll say hi to other riders. But when commuting I'm more concerned with avoiding taxis, vans and zig zagging boris bikes.

daveyroids

Thanks for that Kieran, I've just found out that I'm a Snob a Freak a No- Knee Freak, Perve and a Flat Cap Man all rolled into one.

That is one huge achievement..

Kieran_Burns

daveyroids wrote:

Thanks for that Kieran, I've just found out that I'm a Snob a Freak a No- Knee Freak, Perve and a Flat Cap Man all rolled into one.

That is one huge achievement..

That list took some time and thought. I'm so glad people are gaining benefit from it

Duffer65

I try and at least nod if not a full "morning' etc. It's odd how many people blank me...maybe I should wear some clothes? :shock:

veronese68

I usually give a salutory nod to people passing the other way as I ride through Bushy Park. I used to see a pretty blond that would give a wide smile and say good morning. That would cheer me up no end. What a sad old barsteward I am. Unfortunately haven't seen her for the last year or so.
By the way she had a bike, I think, possibly a white one.

veronese68

Oh forgot to say I commute on a crosser, so by Kieran's list I am indeed a perv. Amazingly accurate.