Unfriendly/arrogant cyclists

[vernon]

Hi
I don't know if it's only me that has come across this when out cycling, but when other cyclists pass me going the same way or from the opposite direction, they don't bother greeting when I do so.
It seems worse the more expensive their bikes are.
Has anyone else experienced this while out on a ride?
Eric

Fellow pedestrians coming from the opposite direction don't acknowledge me when I am walking.
Fellow car drivers coming from the opposite direction don't acknowledge me when I am driving my car.
Why should fellow cyclists coming from the opposite direction acknowledge me.

You're riding a bike. You are an anonymous member of the population. Why do you crave acknowledgement?

 

[lukesdad]

^ What a bunch of miserable feckers ! They don't even greet you on here Get yourself an mtb son

 

[screenman]

This line made me chuckle,

It seems worse the more expensive their bikes are.

Utter claptrap, the little green monster is showing his head.

 

[lukesdad]

^ must have an expensive bike

 

[screenman]

Not me, my most expensive was only £900.

 

[SquareDaff]

While you're out on your bike enjoying the sunshine, the wind in your face and the scenary just remember one important lesson.............................some people will always be miserable buggers!!!

 

[steve52]

because i dont wave dosent mean im being rude, i could
1 behaveing a bad day
2 thinking about the things i have to do
3 be breathing out of my ears and ass because im late doing them
4 be relaxed and daydreamiming and didnt notice u
5 be playing at being mark cavendish or some such
6 giggling like a child because im loveing it
7 you missed my wave
8 well any of a million reasons but know that we have something in common

 

[Ciar]

When commuting i am usually out of breath, but on the odd occasion i say hi it's normally while stationary at lights or a junction as i prefer to concentrate on riding and the road.

in all honesty i think i said this previously in a similar thread, i find people are more sociable when riding the trails in Epping on my MTB.

 

[Pale Rider]

If you want to feel properly looked down on and ignored, try riding an ebike.

There's no discrimination, I've had the same reaction on a borrowed Chinese cheapie as I have on my £2.5K Rose.

 

[MarkF]

It's nothing to do with "cycling", happens in all hobbies, uber/normal/rude people abound, I am not kidding but a local bloke won't talk to me because I don't have the "correct" badge on my Vespa.

As usual, this summer proves that nothing changes when riding my bikes. :-

GT 1990's steel mountain bike, red with white splash, acid house paint job, it's a dog - Nobody usually acknowledges me.
Hybrid, usually with rack & panniers - MTB's never let on, newbies always do, roadies do not generally, except to often deliver unsolicited, and usually useless, "advice".
Road bike - Roadies now happy, particularly if I am kitted out. MTB'ers don't want to know and the newbies afraid to let on.

It's great fun, most time I'll happily acknowledge but there are times when I am feeling silly, then I'll look as if I am going to, and when I've activated a greeting, I'll quicky look down and ignore it.

 

[Dusty Bin]

Somewhere on the internet, there is a 'parallel' forum where unfriendly, arrogant cyclists complain that everyone keeps waving at them..

 

[screenman]

I must add that I sit in the wave and say hello to everybody section, I think it might have been instilled in me by club mates back in the days of gas street lamps.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

How do you nod to let on when overtaking? you can either nod at the back of someones head, or nod at the side, which they wont see because there would be a 0.001 second gap for them to see this, or nod when you pass them, which means you nodding at the road in front.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

In the car, I don't nod,smile or wave at every other driver I pass, much like on the bike.

If you really feel the need to have some sort of fleeting bond with another on a similar mode of transport - it's you with the problem

 

[screenman]

How do you nod to let on when overtaking? you can either nod at the back of someones head, or nod at the side, which they wont see because there would be a 0.001 second gap for them to see this, or nod when you pass them, which means you nodding at the road in front.

If overtaking I let then know from behind as well as thanking them when I go past.