Cyclists who say hello

[Markymark]

I think those that don't say hello are the same idiots who don't wear helmets.

Don't care about anything or anyone.

 

[biggs682]

it amazes me that a lot of cyclists dont reply or acknowledge

 

[Vapin' Joe]

it amazes me that a lot of cyclists dont reply or acknowledge

Would you let your wife or your servants wave at someone on a mountain bike?

 

[MarkF]

As always, I like to make lengthy clear eye contact that will usually elicit a smile and a "hello", but timed right, I'll be looking away by then. I can do it all the way from Leeds to Skipton and it cheers me up no end.

 

[snorri]

it amazes me that a lot of cyclists dont reply or acknowledge

I blame it on emails, so much of the old correspondence etiquette has gone.

 

[Tim Hall]

Would you let your wife or your servants wave at someone on a mountain bike?

Good lord no. They're too busy reading a mucky book about a gamekeeper.

 

[13 rider]

I just remembered a club peleton passed me travelling in the other direction on Sunday I said hello and I was ignored by 30 people in one go is this a record .b#@##@ds the lot of them

 

[Accy cyclist]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1cL2Dq5GPo

 

[SD1]

I think those that don't say hello are the same idiots who don't wear helmets.

Don't care about anything or anyone.

There is no downside to saying hello.... that I know of?

 

[SD1]

Good lord no. They're too busy reading a mucky book about a gamekeeper.

Just out of interest which one? and how do you know it is mucky? Answers on A4 pad

 

[martint235]

There is no downside to saying hello.... that I know of?

It's acknowledging someone I don't know, don't want to know and who probably believes there's a brotherhood of cyclists. I always naively hope that by not waving or saying hello, I chip away at this belief a little. Give me a 100 years and I can probably normalise them.

 

[biggs682]

Would you let your wife or your servants wave at someone on a mountain bike?

i think so , the queen manages it on horseback

 

[Markymark]

There is no downside to saying hello.... that I know of?

So you say it when walking to the shops?

 

[Brandane]

So you say it when walking to the shops?

Yes. But then I live in a wee town where most people know and care about each other; not that impersonal concrete ghetto sh*thouse of a place that you have put as your location .
I do believe that is the crux of the matter; on my rides in rural areas where you don't normally see people, I will acknowledge everyone - hikers, dog walkers, AND other cyclists. To me it is just manners when you see another human being in isolation like that. Big cities though? No, that's for Crocodile Dundee.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Roadies only say hello to MTB'ers by mistake. I did it yesterday and nearly cried all the way home.