What's wrong with some other cyclists ?

[Fifelad]

Commuting to work last Thursday, I got overtaken by a fellow roadie younger than myself up a slight incline. No hello, or exchange of pleasantries. So I caught up with him no bother, then overtook him, where I said hello, it was replied with a half hearted reply. He then overtook me again and then I decided to just sit on his back wheel. He was obsessed with looking where I was as if he was in a race, we eventually went our separate ways when I turned off. I couldn't resist shouting k**b ! as he went on his way. What's wrong with some folk ? A smile, hello or nod of the head, or wave too much ? Some mothers do have them ! Any other tales of ignorance that people have had ?

 

[Paul.G.]

Wish I had a pound for every time I acknowledge another cyclist only to be ignored but don't give up, for every ignorant sod there is a peasant one.

 

[theclaud]

 

[Fifelad]

Wish I had a pound for every time I acknowledge another cyclist only to be ignored but don't give up, for every ignorant sod there is a peasant one.

Oh I know that mate, it was the laughable over all attitude of this one !

 

[Cubist]

@ianrauk to the forum please......

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Maybe he didn't appreciate you on his back wheel.

I don't say hello to every cyclist I encounter, although I'll always return one. People are just different, don't take it personally.

GC

 

[Big Nick]

Commuting to work last Thursday, I got overtaken by a fellow roadie younger than myself up a slight incline. No hello, or exchange of pleasantries. So I caught up with him no bother, then overtook him, where I said hello, it was replied with a half hearted reply. He then overtook me again and then I decided to just sit on his back wheel. He was obsessed with looking where I was as if he was in a race, we eventually went our separate ways when I turned off. I couldn't resist shouting k**b ! as he went on his way. What's wrong with some folk ? A smile, hello or nod of the head, or wave too much ? Some mothers do have them ! Any other tales of ignorance that people have had ?

Why do you think because a person rides a bicycle there are exempt from being an a***hole?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Do I hear thunder coming from the Orpington direction? No, it's a impending ker-ching

 

[Fifelad]

Maybe he didn't appreciate you on his back wheel.

 

[Fifelad]

He was as you may say my Glasgow friend a real roaster though !

 

[redcard]

So he overtook you, you got a bit miffed, increased your speed and overtook him, you couldn't keep the speed up, so he gradually got back in front.

And you say he was acting like he was in a race?

Bizarre.

 

[Fifelad]

I could keep the speed up I did it because of his attitude. Would of let him go otherwise. Yes he got my goat. I was not the one who did not have the decency to barely answer a friendly hello. I'm not a bad guy honest !

 

[glasgowcyclist]

He was as you may say my Glasgow friend a real roaster though !

Sorry, I've no idea what that phrase means!

GC

 

[redcard]

You shouted abuse at him because he didn't say hello to you.
You got annoyed because he overtook you.
You sat on his wheel because he was faster than you.

Seriously. He wasn't the d!ck in this story.

 

[Albert]

In my experience cyclists are usually very sociable. On my travels, most cyclists I meet are friendly and respond to a wave, greeting or smile - except for those who I encounter around Aberystwyth, many of whom seem to find communication difficult............ probably the result of living in the middle of nowhere