[mikebike]

Guy was so into it he forgot to look up!

That is too into it

[mediageni.us]

Originally Posted by topgun514

many road bikers out up in park city...awful

Well, that is snob city. I like roaring through there on my Harley though.

[Xela]

I was out on a road ride this past weekend. Everybody must have gotten cabin fever, because I saw more cyclists than I usually see on a summer day. And the weather wasn't that nice, low 30's and cloudy, but nicer than the past several weekends.

Anyway, I was just topping a fairly steep, short hill and hitting a flat section. Coming from the opposite direction was a group of riders from one of the local race teams. I actually used to belong to that team, but I didn't like the attitude of a lot of them so I quit.

The group was pretty spread out. I always wave at other cyclists, and this time was no exception. The lead group all waved. The second group all waved. Then, there was a lone rider coming up. I waved; nothing. Just seemed to tuck his head farther and pretend to not see me. As I passed, I also noticed he had earbuds in. But what was really disheartening is that he was a friend of mine. Maybe I should feel sorry for him, though. I know he always thinks he's about the strongest rider out there, but he wasn't at the front of this ride.

I guess I shouldn't have expected any different from him. He was the "leader" of a nasty, 110 mile ride we did this summer, and decided to leave the rest of the group at about mile 105 with us not knowing the route.

Oh yeah, here's another good example of his character. We were doing what I thought was a casual group ride one day after work. We had invited a friend of ours who hadn't been riding a lot and was somewhat out-of-shape. At the top of a long climb, he was standing there with his stopwatch calling out the times of how far back we each were compared to him.

It's looking like my phrase "was a friend" is appropriate.

[eaton]

I live on a well traveled bike route and can really see the difference in roadies attitudes depending on how I'm dressed. They wave or say hello when I'm wearing my club kit. When I'm wearing baggy shorts and a t-shirt, a lot of them ignore me.

[BlazingPedals]

"Gasp! He didn't wave at me/say hi! He must be a snob!"

Get over it! Not everyone is out there to socialize. I try to not take it personally, you should do the same.

[CTD50]

Oh, it's not personal -- it's uncivilized. Or so says Charles Barkley, lol....

Heck, a simple nod, when you have more than two seconds, is effortless.

A funnier one was at a MTB race a few years back; we were done, there was a guy with a Blur getting ready. One of my buds pointed out that he was running an LX crank, like it was a fashion faux pas or something, and the guy's tub of a wife hollered immediately, "Ignore these clowns, they're just jealous!" This, at the same time I was telling my bud that LX has been a good value crank for a long time. But just because she was such a twit, I wanted to hook the guy into a tree during his warm-up. My loud bud was riding alone for about three solid months, too.....

[Xela]

Originally Posted by CTD50

Heck, a simple nod, when you have more than two seconds, is effortless.

Exactly. I would hardly call waving at someone an attempt on my part to "socialize". It's not like I'm asking him, "How are the wife and kids?" I do think it is snobby to blatantly ignore someone who is just trying to be friendly. Plus, the point was that I thought it was funny that the one person out of about 20 that I saw that day that chose not to wave or say "hi" was a friend of mine.

[Skidmark]

I was pleasenty suprised this past weekend. We were running instead of riding and in a city we dont live. Several groups of road bike riders passed us. We waved and every rider and nearly all waved back. One group suggested we get bikes and join them!

[funetical]

In Austin the mentality is weird. On the trail everyone is your friend. On the roads once your bike is over $1,000 you stop talking to people. If your on a snazzy BMXer you have no friends in the world and everyone won't stop staring at you. Weird

[eaton]

Well, today I was riding home on my single speed with a backpack, ragged cycling cap, plain generic jersey and Dickies shorts when 2 guys from a local racing club started to pass me. they got next to me, said hello and asked me about my bike. We chatted for a couple of blocks, then they turned off to use the bathroom in a park. A little later when they passed my house, I was at the mailbox. They both waved and smiled.

I think they were using Reverse ******bag Psychology.