Why didn't you just say you were lonely? If you want to be part of a community, join a club, do organized rides, volunteer at a bike coop (or start one). There are lots of opportunities to make friends and engage in shared activities without getting bent out of shape because a random stranger didn't wave at you.

Hey that was great!

-Slim :)

Someone not waving back is not an absolute.

I have a prediction........:lol:

Believe it or not, some people aren't extraverts. Just because we might not be feeling sociable doesn't mean we'll leave you in a ditch to die. There's no need to make more of it than that.

This reminds me of a difference between Southerners and New Yorkers --

They say that down in the South, people greet each other left and right, just walking down the street or whatever. This is seen as being congenial and giving a happy face to everybody.

In New York, people go about their business, saving their greetings for people that they actually know personally. Greetings from random strangers are taken as, "What do you want? I don't know you -- are you going to ask me for something?"

Between the two, it means more to me if the other person is someone I know. If it's a stranger, a greeting becomes a sort of ceremonial obligation, and it loses its meaning. This doesn't mean that I won't engage in a random conversation (talked with one guy for three miles about his bike and where he got fitted for it), but I definitely won't get bent out of shape if there's no exchange at all.

maybe he was deaf, just a thought.

So some cyclists are unhappy arrogant pricks. Hell the world is full of unhappy arrogant pricks that don't cycle who cares go ride.

What!...Friends? ....Clubs?...Organized Rides?...Volunteering!

I didn't say everything was all that damned bad to do all that ****! :D

WTF! Just don't wave then! :D

:lol::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2::lol:


- Slim :)

Hey slim how's the relationship building going with halfspeed?:D

There is a whole world of difference between helping someone in need and having to wave back at every "don't worry be happy" rider out on the road.

I regularly stop when I see a rider on the side of the road and offer help. I even do this while I am driving my car (I carry spare inner tubes in several sizes and in both presta and schrader and I have a set of tools in my car).

But I don't feel the need, or the obligation, to wave at every person who rides past me. It is silly and unnecessary and frankly, I think, it is a colossal waste of time. I regularly go on 60-70-80 mile rides and if I waved at everyone I met, I would have to wear my arm in a sling by the end of the ride.

But if I see you in trouble, I will stop and offer assistance/render aid.

So, who would you rather meet on the road? The "grouch" who won't wave but will (and is prepared to) help 'ya or the happy-go-lucky rider who is wave-happy but can't offer any meaningful help.

Just saying....

It would be like being in your car and waving at every car that you go by just because you're in a car.

Maybe, but only if you lived in a place where a relatively very small percentage of the population had cars.

Not when you're riding the suburbs, country roads, or paved park roads.

- Slim :)

Alright!.....Alright!....Alright!....Alright Already!...That's Enough!...We Get it! Now Stop Already! Stop! Stop!...You're Really Beginning to Get on My Nerves Now!

Yep, like those who feel the need to post about it every time someone else doesn't take the time to wave at them. Now those people are arrogant, and don't seem to enjoy just riding very much.

Ya know, I can agree with that. Here's how I imagine their thoughts would be --

"Hey, I'm waving at you, I hope you can be happy like me. See how happy I am that we, mere strangers, share a 'common bond', even though we may be riding for completely different purposes? Okay, so maybe you're fresh out of court with a suspended license because of another DUI, but we're totally awesome! You should wave back to me! Hey, ****face, why aren't you waving?!?!!"

I have an aluminum touring bike.

Well, I'm still not waving and the odds of me helping him if he crashes are rapidly dimishing so I guess he's all yours.

sorry I have no space left in the secret room in the basement. :p

;)

I ride out in the country. The sticks. Rural America. It's considered polite--and it's customary--to wave at others you encounter along the road. That includes farmers driving tractors, people walking along the road, farmers working the fields, and yes, bicyclists. You can always spot the city slickers out of their element because they don't wave at anyone. Waving hicks like me fit right in, despite my shocking attire.

Well for a well worn thread subject yall are sure putting lots of mileage into this!! Damn funny!!