Cycling etiquette - sitting on wheels

[Adam4868]

Doesn't bother me...if it did though a polite constant coughing might rid them off 😁

 

[neil_merseyside]

Funny how a cough gets lots of room, fairly recent phenomena I wonder why...

 

[FrothNinja]

I'll sit on your wheel then.

We can have a chat and admire the view

 

[Andy in Germany]

What most irritates me, when peacefully riding along some deserted minor moorland road talking to myself, (and getting a good old argument going in my mind), is some other lone rider coming up alongside to start a conversation. How can it not occur to them that some of us specifically want to be alone, to get away from it all? If it's company they need, why are they out there?

The old extrovert hazard. I don't know how you get around that.

It's a good question, but all you have to do is speed up, stop or just say "I don't mean to be rude but I want to be alone". Hardly a big deal.
A lot of people in this thread would find it rude to be completely ignored. How do you know the stranger in front of you is like you or like them?
There are too many people in the world, but that's another issue.

Extroverts generally try to be polite by talking to people, Introverts try to be polite by giving people space. Unfortunately as the world is largely populated by extroverts it can be hard for them to understand that Introverts think differently.

Case in point: lots of Extroverts protested loudly how difficult lockdown was with no-one to talk to. Unfortunately this has not resulted in any noticable empathy for introverts who were quite happy at not being made to socialise all the time...

 

[Sittingduck]

Cyclists really are a bunch of odd fish…

 

[Andy in Germany]

Cyclists really are a bunch of odd fish…

Of course, you don't think normal people would talk about this sort of thing?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cyclists really are a bunch of odd fish…

 

[FrothNinja]

Cyclists really are a bunch of odd fish…

....or a bunch of odd hi vis bananas...

 

[alex_cycles]

The old extrovert hazard. I don't know how you get around that.

Extroverts generally try to be polite by talking to people, Introverts try to be polite by giving people space. Unfortunately as the world is largely populated by extroverts it can be hard for them to understand that Introverts think differently.

Case in point: lots of Extroverts protested loudly how difficult lockdown was with no-one to talk to. Unfortunately this has not resulted in any noticable empathy for introverts who were quite happy at not being made to socialise all the time...

Yes. I am a misanthropic introvert. (One of the reasons I like forums better than real-time face to face communication). I loved lockdown. Why can't life be like that all the time? I don't hate people but they repeatedly disappoint me. However I do enjoy group riding with nice people, but it's nice to have the choice about whether to take part or not.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Yes. I am a misanthropic introvert. (One of the reasons I like forums better than real-time face to face communication). I loved lockdown. Why can't life be like that all the time? I don't hate people but they repeatedly disappoint me. However I do enjoy group riding with nice people, but it's nice to have the choice about whether to take part or not.

I decided on the "Like" button as a "Hug emoji" would have been too much interaction for today...

 

[Bollo]

The old extrovert hazard. I don't know how you get around that.



Extroverts generally try to be polite by talking to people, Introverts try to be polite by giving people space. Unfortunately as the world is largely populated by extroverts it can be hard for them to understand that Introverts think differently.

Case in point: lots of Extroverts protested loudly how difficult lockdown was with no-one to talk to. Unfortunately this has not resulted in any noticable empathy for introverts who were quite happy at not being made to socialise all the time...

I’m an introverted extrovert, so I carry on a conversation with fellow cyclists by bellowing at them from a great distance.

 

[T4tomo]

getting back on topic..... I was trying to sneak up on a rider in front yesterday and nick his newspaper off his rear rack, but the pesky old codger had a handlebar mirror and gave me a cheery hello before I could get close enough, so had to make do with say good morning as I passed him.