I have joined this forum as I have a little beef about cycling and would like to get it across on here. Please don't think I am a miserable trouble maker be starting my first thread like this.
I was quite a seasoned cyclist a few years back and recently after retiring got back into cycling. I mainly cycle around the country lanes and coastal paths. Living out in the country /coastal areas when we walk past anyone we say good morning or afternoon. Things are completely different when cycling. I find 8 out of 10 cyclists that I greet as I pass by a nod or lift my hand off the handlebars or say good morning/afternoon completely ignore me. They just look forward with a miserable expression. They are going the same speed as me on a casual ride so it’s not that they concentrating on PB or anything. It is mainly the older riders. I am not a chav riding a scruffy bike that looks menacing,I am a retired tidy dressed chap riding a new Boardman road bike with straight handlebars. I am not wanting to stop them in their stride for a chat. It would be different if we were on opposite sides of a main road but I am passing them at a couple of yards apart.
When I was a motorcyclist we nodded to each other because we had something in common. It was nice to have a bit of camaraderie. Surely it would be nice to do the same in cycling as we all have a common interest. Is there perhaps a snobbery these days?
I was quite a seasoned cyclist a few years back and recently after retiring got back into cycling. I mainly cycle around the country lanes and coastal paths. Living out in the country /coastal areas when we walk past anyone we say good morning or afternoon. Things are completely different when cycling. I find 8 out of 10 cyclists that I greet as I pass by a nod or lift my hand off the handlebars or say good morning/afternoon completely ignore me. They just look forward with a miserable expression. They are going the same speed as me on a casual ride so it’s not that they concentrating on PB or anything. It is mainly the older riders. I am not a chav riding a scruffy bike that looks menacing,I am a retired tidy dressed chap riding a new Boardman road bike with straight handlebars. I am not wanting to stop them in their stride for a chat. It would be different if we were on opposite sides of a main road but I am passing them at a couple of yards apart.
When I was a motorcyclist we nodded to each other because we had something in common. It was nice to have a bit of camaraderie. Surely it would be nice to do the same in cycling as we all have a common interest. Is there perhaps a snobbery these days?