Pointless Rant
12-19-10 | 04:38 PM
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Pointless Rant
So as long as i've been on these forums ive read a few threads on the commuting section where people waive to "Roadies" and we dont even acknowledge them. Well today on my ride i saw a bearded man on his recumbent so i go to waive and this guy might as well have givin me the middle finger. WTF lol i'm done being nice.
12-19-10 | 04:43 PM
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correct.
generalizations about "roadies" or "commuters" are about as stupid as anything. I wave if I'm on a nice casual ride, generally not if I'm doing intervals or on a hard group ride. Some people I know don't wave at all, some always wave. wtf does it matter.
generalizations about "roadies" or "commuters" are about as stupid as anything. I wave if I'm on a nice casual ride, generally not if I'm doing intervals or on a hard group ride. Some people I know don't wave at all, some always wave. wtf does it matter.
12-19-10 | 04:45 PM
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I agree, pointless. 
As far as waving, I always wave but sometimes I just kind of flip some fingers up to wave. I'm sure that some have thought that I didn't wave at all so they thought I was a jerk. I'm okay with that.
As far as waving, I always wave but sometimes I just kind of flip some fingers up to wave. I'm sure that some have thought that I didn't wave at all so they thought I was a jerk. I'm okay with that.
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12-19-10 | 04:46 PM
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So as long as i've been on these forums ive read a few threads on the commuting section where people waive to "Roadies" and we dont even acknowledge them. Well today on my ride i saw a bearded man on his recumbent so i go to waive and this guy might as well have givin me the middle finger. WTF lol i'm done being nice.
but that said sometimes even on foot, you can see a friendly neighbor or, some one you "kinda know" and you wave at them and they give you "that look" as well
12-19-10 | 05:30 PM
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So as long as i've been on these forums ive read a few threads on the commuting section where people waive to "Roadies" and we dont even acknowledge them. Well today on my ride i saw a bearded man on his recumbent so i go to waive and this guy might as well have givin me the middle finger. WTF lol i'm done being nice.
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12-19-10 | 05:37 PM
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I wave/nod to most people be they runners, dog walkers, cyclist, bent-ers, etc. Some ignore me but I don't know if they even saw me so I don't really worry about it. I know there are times when I didn't see them too. Just be nice to everyone and f-em if they aren't nice back. Maybe next time they will be.
12-19-10 | 05:38 PM
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12-19-10 | 05:46 PM
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12-19-10 | 06:00 PM
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So as long as i've been on these forums ive read a few threads on the commuting section where people waive to "Roadies" and we dont even acknowledge them. Well today on my ride i saw a bearded man on his recumbent so i go to waive and this guy might as well have givin me the middle finger. WTF lol i'm done being nice.
This is what he was thionking, though
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
12-19-10 | 06:05 PM
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uh oh. tom's in the house. how long before this ends up in trollheim?
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