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Cycling etiquette, meeting other cyclists
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Not once? Maybe you're nodding to the wrong cyclists( wouldnt give 'the nod' to someone on a dublin bike like) but if I'm out on a spin I'd say the vast majority of cyclists I give 'the nod' to will return it
Yeah, not once, which surprised me. And this is out on backcountry roads behind Dublin airport. I'd never do it in a city centre or anything, same with motorbiking, you only really do it in rural areas. But yeah in the perhaps 12-15 spins that I did do it I never once got a nod back so I just stopped doing it. Whereas with motorbiking I'd say you get a nod back 80-90% of the time, its just common motorbiking etiquette really which is why I was surprised it didn't (to me anyway) seem to translate to cycling. Maybe its just the roads I'm on and other cyclists are fully concentrated on beating personal bests or something but to me nodding at another cyclist coming the other direction on a quiet country road doesn't seem to be part of cycling etiquette whereas if you didn't do it to a another motorcyclist he'd be probably thinking you're an ignorant twat or something, its just that common amongst bikers that it happens far far more frequently in my experience.
Just wondering is there any etiquette with cyclists with a flat tyre? Last summer I repaired one on the side of the road in the Phoenix Park and had probably 30+ cyclists ride by with none asking if everything is ok. Its probably not the done thing or something but that day I really could have done with a hand I was at it that long. I didn't want to ask anyone as you kinda feel you're interrupting their workout, but I was having such an obvious struggle getting the tyre off the rim I really hoped someone would offer, none did though
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Just wondering is there any etiquette with cyclists with a flat tyre? Last summer I repaired one on the side of the road in the Phoenix Park and had probably 30+ cyclists ride by with none asking if everything is ok. Its probably not the done thing or something but that day I really could have done with a hand I was at it that long. I didn't want to ask anyone as you kinda feel you're interrupting their workout, but I was having such an obvious struggle getting the tyre off the rim I really hoped someone would offer, none did though
Aaaaaand again, same here!.. I ran through a curse of punctures at the start of this winter (f*ck you Maxxis Detonators, hello Gatorskins) and not one offer of help (I didn't need any, but its nice to know you're not alone too).
Like on the motorbike I'd never pass a broken down cyclist, never.0 -
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Again, I'd always ask someone if they needed a hand and most I've the time a cyclist has passed me while I'm fixing a flat they've asked do I need help!
Lol, I must be cycling in the wrong spots
In fairness I always find other cyclists pretty friendly when I meet them outside shops, supermarkets, etc and I've often struck up conversations. But out on the road less so in my experience, at least compared to bikers anyway.
I think amongst bikers there is a general feeling that what we do (and the speeds we do it at) is genuinely dangerous so perhaps the camaderie comes from that point of view somewhat. I know whenever I hear of another biker being killed on the roads my heart always sinks as I know it could have been me and know how easily your end can happen on a motorbike, whereas cycling doesn't appear as dangerous.
I snowboard a lot too in the winter and in that sport (and skiing too) you'd never pass someone who looks anyway in trouble, again it might be because the people who snowboard and ski have a genuine appreciation for how dangerous it can be, therefore they tend to look out for others a lot more than in less dangerous sports.0 -
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Schecter01 wrote: »This may seem a daft question, but what is the etiquette when a cycling alone and you cross paths with a fellow cyclist.
My reason for asking is a really sound cyclist pulled pulled up alongside me today and started chatting away asking me how my ride was going etc, was a grand bit of Then he went his way and I went mine. Felt really good to have that, wouldn't happen when walking!
Would it be common place to slide up along a fellow chap on his evening spin and engage in chat, or a quick nod suffice? I don't want to come across a weirdo sponging on someone's spin but I don't want to be a rude tit either, what are the "unwritten rules " of cycling etiquette??
Haven't pulled the bike off the turbo yet but this thread is moving me one step closer in doing so; just miss it out there peddling!
The Cycling Etiquette when meeting other cyclists: What are you generally like when you meet other people?
When I first started cycling I would smile & nod & even wave. I've had fellow cyclists come out behind me and join me in my singing a few times
Always found it great when others would just spend a few mins chatting; just a few mins company used keep me quite content tbh. It would break up my spin and break up my thoughts.
I have encountered cyclists who would just stare you outta it when I said hello to them; rude to it was. Not in slightest bit friendly.
Was never a serious cyclist; just out for a spin, clear the head, stretch the legs and just feel so much better in myself on returning, regardless of the weather - just felt energised & fresh.
Anyone I've caught up with and knew I could spend a few mins with I did; just general chat; a laugh; just saying hello & ask how they are etc.
You won't be long in finding out if someone doesn't want company. It costs nothing to smile and say hello. You encounter another with a similar interest as yourself and you meet; I always found it nice to just smile & say hello or nod or wave or even share a few lines of a song.
You'll meet them all. Lookit though, people can have off days too and I learned not to be taking ignorance seriously or personally (which I used to and it would just leave me deflated at very least!)
Keep Smiling,
Happy & Safe Peddling,
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For even greater effect, move the chain half way down the block, get out of the saddle and make it look like you've been pedalling that way since leaving Ballyboden......The same nonchalant smile is invariably dished out to the tourists at the lough bray car park 2/3 up the sally gap, trying to convey the look of 'yep, cycled up here, piece of piss really, took a bus did you?', before having a quiet heart attack on the ramp just around the corner and thankfully out of eyesight.
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »For even greater effect, move the chain half way down the block, get out of the saddle and make it look like you've been pedalling that way since leaving Ballyboden.
Of course, that bus of tourists probably passed you on your way up the hill and saw you in all your handlebar chewing glory!0 -
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I say hello to everyone. Some days it takes me 2 hours to get into work
If I'm out on a spin and not with the club I'll give everyone a nod at least. If it's a training spin I'm too busy trying not to get dropped.
If I see someone with a mechanical I'll generally stop or ask if they need a hand. This happens more on my commute than out in the wilds on big spins. Amazing how many people will set off to cycle to work with no spares or even the vaguest notion of how to change a tube or fix a puncture.0 -
what are spares?I say hello to everyone. Some days it takes me 2 hours to get into work
If I'm out on a spin and not with the club I'll give everyone a nod at least. If it's a training spin I'm too busy trying not to get dropped.
If I see someone with a mechanical I'll generally stop or ask if they need a hand. This happens more on my commute than out in the wilds on big spins. Amazing how many people will set off to cycle to work with no spares or even the vaguest notion of how to change a tube or fix a puncture.0 -
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Rambling Man wrote: »Not immediately relevant. But not long after I started cycling, I came in one day and Rambling Woman asked me if there were many cyclists out.
I told her "loads, but almost all of them on the other side of the road" She sat me down and after going through a few diagrams I realised I'd had a Dougal moment.
I still give that as an answer if someone asks me if I saw many cyclists out on my spin..... "I saw loads, but they were all going in the opposite direction" 0 -
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »It's a bit odd when in boards.ie kit, and you meet another in similar boards.ie attire and they don't respond to a nod/wave.
I've had people in my own club kit blank me.0 -
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Harrybelafonte wrote: »I've had people in my own club kit blank me.
:eek:
But it's the best club in the country!
My instinctual greeting is actually a solitary finger lifted off the bars. I forget it isn't as obvious on a bike and go to the nod/smile/wave after, by which time other cyclist has mostly gone by. I suppose it looks like a slow-mo-almost greeting!0 -
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Be careful or you'll dig up a Roadie -vs- MTBer argument
We're all friends on two wheels, even those who go on two wheels and jump of to play in the mud (CXers) or those who fall off to play in the mud (MTBers), it's when they put on the swimsuit that their personality changes.
Going gravel riding in the US myself in a few weeks (for work), as far as I can tell it is basically CX on dry, loose ground, rather than in mud.0 -
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The true sign of a culchie, learned from their parents doing the same to one and all while driving or walking, even if they don't know them, just in case, the other party knows them.
Ya might know of them :pac:
Or in my case, since I'm out of home a good while now, they know me but I don't know them. So it's an insurance finger wave!
I actually think it could make it as the official bike greeting. You don't have to take your hands off the bars, but is yet fully functional as a gesture. I am bringing it in. That's my excuse. A one woman mission for cultural change (not because I forget to do anything else at all
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