Am I so out of touch with modern cycling?

I don’t really mind, just think if someone has made the effort to get out then good for them. I could fit in to all of those categories too. As winter approaches I end up looking more like a tadpole on a bike just because the sort of stuff that keeps you warm/dry/not boiling in the bag mostly are that colour/fit.
Generally I do like to wave or nod at others, depends on the circumstances. Country lane middle of nowhere I’d greet anyone capable of saying hello back. Middle of Cambridge, well I’d get a stiff neck if I even just looked at every cyclist!

Did get me thinking I’m a much nicer person on a bike than in a car. Put me in a metal box with four wheels and I’m suddenly intolerant, impatient and anger quickly. The only sort of waving I’d do then is the special sort you do when people try and undertake you.
 
The thread started out by someone saying there are different styles of cyclists. It's now moved onto who does or doesn't wave/acknowledge. I thought we'd done this latest topic to death only a few weeks ago
 
The thread started out by someone saying there are different styles of cyclists. It's now moved onto who does or doesn't wave/acknowledge. I thought we'd done this latest topic to death only a few weeks ago

Second paragraph of the OP talks about not acknowledging other cyclists.

You’re right though, topics such as this have been done to death and I would like to see an end to them.

More tribalism is the last thing anyone needs in any area of life at the moment. I’m just happy to see people out on bikes, no matter the colour of their frame or adherence of their clothing 🤷
 
Pretty much every topic has been done...

Ironically, everytime an AI bot starts a subject we all moan and shut it down! Should we employ one to generate new conversations...got to be better than a bunch of moaning old farts banging on about the old days, why nothing will ever beat 3x8 speeds and why square wheels are better than round.
 
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