Ah yes, the stealth greeting which, i must admit, i do use sometimes, usually if i'm climbing or perhaps pot hole dodging I generally flutter all the fingers or give a nod to oncoming riders, a verbal greeting to those that i pass - a full on arm wave and greeting is only used for folk i know
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Convention? what's that then?
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I'm autistic and suffer terrible social anxiety - most of the reason why I ride solo yet I have no hang-ups about acknowledging other cyclists, and find their returned greetings quite therapeutic.
On the flipside, I can't help it but I take it very personally when they don't.
On the flipside, I can't help it but I take it very personally when they don't.
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T'was cycling in Western Australia a while back. On a 90 km day, I saw 4 cars. Their 'wave' to me was a single digit raised from the steering wheel clasped hand as they passed me. How I rejoiced.foxyrider wrote: ↑9 Sep 2021, 5:32pmAh yes, the stealth greeting which, i must admit, i do use sometimes, usually if i'm climbing or perhaps pot hole dodging I generally flutter all the fingers or give a nod to oncoming riders, a verbal greeting to those that i pass - a full on arm wave and greeting is only used for folk i know
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Due to increased age, I occasionally get overtaken by other cyclists I would say only a tiny percentage of those cyclists acknowledge my presence. If they do, I always reciprocate. I'm far more selective these days who I greet due to being met by silence for my effort from most. I've been returned with abuse a couple of times, once when I greeted a guy on a racing bike when on my hybrid - must have dented his ego, he also turned off soon after! Older folk are more likely to greet but people's sex makes little difference. I usually nod to oncoming cyclists.
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I'm never usually overtaken on hills (apart from e-bikes, but that's a different story ), but on the rare occasion I do pass someone on a hill I'll always try and muster a friendly 'morning/afternoon/evening'. That's if I've got any remaining lung capacity.busb wrote: ↑14 Sep 2021, 5:13pm Due to increased age, I occasionally get overtaken by other cyclists I would say only a tiny percentage of those cyclists acknowledge my presence. If they do, I always reciprocate. I'm far more selective these days who I greet due to being met by silence for my effort from most. I've been returned with abuse a couple of times, once when I greeted a guy on a racing bike when on my hybrid - must have dented his ego, he also turned off soon after! Older folk are more likely to greet but people's sex makes little difference. I usually nod to oncoming cyclists.
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A slight difference to this thread ...........
Locally, people say hello etc. Even if we don't know each other, we meet and there's a smile and a wave.
Car divers pass me and the dog walking, it's a smile and wave.
Cycling, past other cyclists, it's nod and a wave, or a Hi or some sort of greeting and acknowledgement.
Cycling, and car drivers nod and perhaps wave.
Ride down Route 27 to Plymouth and see the difference.
At this end, passing cyclists and walkers and runners all say Hi and smile happily.
The nearer you get to Plymouth, the less this happens and eventually you are ignored even if you greet the passing cyclist/walker/runner. Absolutely cut dead.
It's a country vs city thing, here at least.
Locally, people say hello etc. Even if we don't know each other, we meet and there's a smile and a wave.
Car divers pass me and the dog walking, it's a smile and wave.
Cycling, past other cyclists, it's nod and a wave, or a Hi or some sort of greeting and acknowledgement.
Cycling, and car drivers nod and perhaps wave.
Ride down Route 27 to Plymouth and see the difference.
At this end, passing cyclists and walkers and runners all say Hi and smile happily.
The nearer you get to Plymouth, the less this happens and eventually you are ignored even if you greet the passing cyclist/walker/runner. Absolutely cut dead.
It's a country vs city thing, here at least.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Correct, get on a tube train and try it, or greet people in the street in Oxford or Henley. Go to Wallingford and see the difference...
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My village is friendly like that too. I think that it is more so since the plague, especially as people detour to give each other the social distance.
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It's the rich what gets the pleasure
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Cyclist who waits for others to greet him first complains about fellow cyclists doing the same.
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I'm from "Up North!"
Brought up in Wigan from Wigan/Coppull parentage and ancestry.
If people can be friendly, why not friendly everywhere?
I'm friendly and will happily say Hello and even pass the time with anybody anywhere, no matter if riding a bike or walking the dog, or even driving or on the bus or on the train.
Why do some (usually city) folk find it so difficult?
Why are you cut dead by them?
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On one of my very infrequent visits to London the Tube train broke down in a tunnel. As the minutes wore on and the temperature increased I was expecting grumbling to break out. Of course not. Everyone avoided each others eyes in silence. I nearly committed a faux pas by speaking, and revealing myself as a country bumpkin.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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When you are continually surrounded by people you don't know, why would you say hello to them? Even in an English city, there are enough cyclists that it's no rarity to see another.