Am I so out of touch with modern cycling?

[Russell]

Too late for this but valid nonetheless…

 

[fguki]

Sorry to say but its mostly the jeans-guys that are always very unrelaxed and derogatory about "the others". They DO care and have any "opinion". Not the black super-men in their NALINI BiB spandex tights They mostly just dont care.

"I bought my first MTB and did my first race in the late 80s - I guess you werent even born yet? Now what do YOU kid want in your all black Rose online shop dress?"

So cringe ...

 

[Woz]

Too late for this but valid nonetheless…

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Never too late. Just warming up now.

Anyone find the Santini 199€ bibs under the Lidl 12€ Parkside work shorts great?

 

[ChromeChainstay]

On the flip side. Maybe the person riding along , is sick of people and simply wants to exercise in peace without having to wave every 2 mins at every passing cyclist.


I do acknowledge riders if I’m crossing paths with someone who looks like they are out for a leisure ride or if they gesture towards me. On a sunny summers day I simply won’t bother as I’d be like a nodding dog. But if I’m out in the depths of winter , freezing my balls off - and I see another poor soul doing the same - I will deffo give a nod of mutual idiocy.

But just because someone is riding a bike , doesn’t suddenly make us amigos. Imagine if every car driver wanted a wave as they pass you , and also needed to have a look at what your wearing

i am usually so spaced out on a ride, i don't even acknowledge myself. too many drugs in my youth

 

[d8mok]

i am usually so spaced out on a ride, i don't even acknowledge myself. too many drugs in my youth

Im usually trying my hardest to relax and not think ( or more likely thinking about work , life or bikes)

 

[Lucidone]

No one waves back to me!

 

[highlandsflyer]

No one waves back to me and I don't wear anything!

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That's one way to break in your Brooks..

 

[dorset boy]

No one waves back to me and I don't wear anything!

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I would have to use my waving hand to shield my eyes

 

[Stressed]

I sometimes wave, or nod. I can see who's out for fun and who's on their way somewhere usually. Most people are c#*nts anyway, whether on a bike or not. Equally, most people aren't c#*nts at all, once you know where they're coming from- but we tend live in our own subjective bubbles a lot of the time. Getting out there cycling helps, which is perhaps why we do it? One thing I do know though- you're all proper c#*nts

 

[Janners BJJ Clunker Rider]

Well this thread made me chuckle. I read it like a "Flying Circus" script.