Eye contact
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Eye contact
When passing on the bike trail, is eye contact necessary or will a nod or finger wave suffice?
I like to raise a few fingers as a wave gesture but don't feel the need for eye contact acknowledgement.
amirite?
I like to raise a few fingers as a wave gesture but don't feel the need for eye contact acknowledgement.
amirite?
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If you don't take one hand off the bars and wave vigorously, then you are guilty of reinforcing the impression that all roadies are snobbish and unfriendly to others.
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A lot of people new to cycling worry way too much about waving/gesturing, etc. My 2 cents, don't worry about it. If someone waves at you and your feeling like a nice guy that day, smile and wave back.
I generally don't wave or make gestures(usually focused on getting a good workout in), but if someone waves at me I wave back if possible.
I generally don't wave or make gestures(usually focused on getting a good workout in), but if someone waves at me I wave back if possible.
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Eye contact is most important when you don't wave. The idea is to destroy them with your steely gaze of loathing. We're roadies after all...
This is what you're after:
This is what you're after:
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I was just on a ride. I didn't notice a guy going the opposite direction of the road till it was too late to wave/ acknowledge him. But he was on a trek road bike, so we could be a**holes together. No harm no foul.
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When riders approach, I prefer to lower my glasses a bit so I can have a clear gaze, and then make heavy eye contact complete with a little lip licking until they've passed. If they don't acknowledge me by blowing an air kiss back my way, I turn around and chase them down to ask them why they're such arrogant jerks.
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I only raise one finger when I choose to acknowledge another rider.
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Hmmm, seriously considering this.
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How exactly do you make eye contact when passing or being passed? Or, do you mean when they are going the other way?
If they are going the other way, I may nod...
If I am passing them, I call out passing left...
If they are passing me and pass wide, nothing...
if they pass too tight, they find out I dip snuff when I ride.
If they are going the other way, I may nod...
If I am passing them, I call out passing left...
If they are passing me and pass wide, nothing...
if they pass too tight, they find out I dip snuff when I ride.