All this arrogant roadie bollocks..

[montage]

Took a trip into the beginners forum, and there is alot of "roadies are so arrogant and never say hi" etc etc etc ..... and there always has been this steryotype.


I would call myself a roadie, as I don't even currently own a mountainbike. I say hi to more or less every person on a bike, even those out jogging etc, and when I am with my club, most people ALLWAYS say hi to other cyclists ...... and most say hi back..apart from a few different "types" of riders.

Casual riders....people who are out for a jolly usually just blank me completely despite my best efforts.

Commuters ..... alot of the time, you give your cheery wave and they ignore you completely with a "things to do, places to be" attitude.


Sorry but I find this steryotype that roadies are arrogant to be a complete myth....and dont understand where it comes from. I don't feel any sort of allegience to roadies....but still fail to see this myth.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I agree, it's balls.

Some people will say hello some won't, what they're riding is irrelevant.

 

[captainhastings]

Took a trip into the beginners forum, and there is alot of "roadies are so arrogant and never say hi" etc etc etc ..... and there always has been this steryotype.


I would call myself a roadie, as I don't even currently own a mountainbike. I say hi to more or less every person on a bike, even those out jogging etc, and when I am with my club, most people ALLWAYS say hi to other cyclists ...... and most say hi back..apart from a few different "types" of riders.

Casual riders....people who are out for a jolly usually just blank me completely despite my best efforts.

Commuters ..... alot of the time, you give your cheery wave and they ignore you completely with a "things to do, places to be" attitude.


Sorry but I find this steryotype that roadies are arrogant to be a complete myth....and dont understand where it comes from. I don't feel any sort of allegience to roadies....but still fail to see this myth.

I was doodling along on my subway up the dualcarrage way the other day ( just started riding ) and a road bike came up the other side and gave me a cheery wave. I was well chuffed to be acknowledged and it felt good to be one of the team as it were

 

[Joe24]

I agree, it's balls.

Some people will say hello some won't, what they're riding is irrelevant.

FACT!

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I agree that what they are riding is completely irrelevant. But I still maintain that a friendly acknowledgement costs nowt and does much to encourage newbies to the bretheren.

 

[addictfreak]

I never have any real problems whether im on my MTB or roadie, the vast majority say hello or gave an acknowlegement.
I suspect the ones that dont are like that anyway, whether on a bike or not.

 

[montage]

I agree that what they are riding is completely irrelevant. But I still maintain that a friendly acknowledgement costs nowt and does much to encourage newbies to the bretheren.

Of course, I'm not disputing that. Only times I won't acknowledge is when I'm gripping on for dear life during a hard interval or a sprint interval etc..... But I always say hello in some form or another, as I am sure many others do

 

[ComedyPilot]

I never have any real problems whether im on my MTB or roadie, the vast majority say hello or gave an acknowlegement.
I suspect the ones that dont are like that anyway, whether on a bike or not.

Exactamundo

 

[ComedyPilot]

Of course, I'm not disputing that. Only times I won't acknowledge is when I'm gripping on for dear life during a hard interval or a sprint interval etc..... But I always say hello in some form or another, as I am sure many others do

Which is common sense?

Surely people can tell the difference between someone on a nice ride out, and someone breathing through their @rse going for a PB / club record?

 

[captainhastings]

I agree that what they are riding is completely irrelevant. But I still maintain that a friendly acknowledgement costs nowt and does much to encourage newbies to the bretheren.

bretheren well put lol thats the word I should have used

 

[Dave5N]

Definitely get more acknowledgement when in club kit than when not.

 

[snorri]

In my experience the only cyclists who never fail to acknowledge a friendly greeting are the tie wearing fraternity.

 

[Radius]

Can we PLEASE stop these threads. How many times do we need to see the same responses. No offence montage mate, but bloody 'ell I must have read all this a million times. Soon we'll have threads about starting threads about people starting threads about arrogant roadie types.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Most roadies acknowledge you IME, provided you're not in town. You don't bother acknowledging other commuters.

 

[beachcaster]

I would say 80%- 90% of other cyclists say hi or wave.
Others are just lacking the basic social skills

barry