Had my road bike for a couple of months now and enjoying the change from my trusted hybrid (which I still have for mucky winter rides!)
I have noticed something whilst riding on the roads and that is how many fellow road bikers don't acknowledge you when you meet going the opposite way on a ride.
I am the sort of person who will will always at least nod at anyone I meet whilst put cycling, even a quick smile or hello but more times than not this offer of comradeship is met with either a blank stare of look in opposite direction. It's probably about 80% of riders that choose to blank you and I have noticed (although not scientific) that the more expensive looking the bike the less chance you have of getting a response! If they're on a time trial bike with pointy helmet, forget it!
Ok so you may think this is a petty observation but I just find it sad that us cyclists don't share the sort of comradery that motorbikers have!

This happens with runners too. Don't take offense but some people are to focused on there training to be social.

It is customary to wiggle your toes at other roadies. Have you not been wiggling your toes at your fellow road users?

This is such an ingrained and deep set tradition there are even cycling retailers named after it.

wiggle.com | Cycle | Run | Swim | Tri-Sports & Bike Shop

Happens to me all the time. I dont take offense.

Oh good grief.

I only wave at fellow roadies, not dorks.

Hey OP...get a job as a wall-mart greeter.

Huh. Little late in the season for a waving thread, no?

Well that has surprised me, it's a worldwide trait not just a UK thing then. I thought Americans at least would be more sociable given that on the whole you're a lot more outgoing that us 'stuffy' Brits...
10 wheels, the sign of frustration in your post at the banality of this thread surprises me. You don't have to look far on this forum to find posts and threads that would be deemed to be far more banal than this one. It's a subject about cycling on a cycling forum, I make no apology.
as for the training excuse, rubbish. Some people are just on a casual ride with friends merrily chatting to each other but when they see another cyclist they just either carry on or stop talking to look serious.

I love these threads. Every single one of them.

Ride faster so you can be more respectable and earn their approval and thus their acknowledgement.

Don't take offense to any comments in this thread, or non-wavers for that matter. It's a topic that has been beaten to death already. On some popular cycling routes, you are likely to pass dozens of other riders on a typical ride. You can't expect every fellow rider to act like s/he is on a float in a parade. And to your observation that the nicer the bike, the less likely you are to get a wave is probably true. If they are on a nicer bike, they are more likely to be focused on training and not waving to strangers all day long.

Roadies are snobs.

Wait. Is that a myth?

Another waving thread!! These always make my day. Personally I have only been riding road for a little over a year. I don't have a carbon bike or Ultegra/DA/Red level components yet so I don't think I can be a snob. I'm hit or miss on waves. If you wave to me I'll usually wave back but if I'm having a bad day or I'm at a high suffering point in a ride I probably won't wave. I've also given up on initiating waves because I usually get snubbed.

But at the same time if I'm riding on the same side and same pace with other guys they usually acknowledge me and say hello or nice bike even though their bike cost $4k more than mine. So all in all I think cyclists are a fine bunch of people.

The farther away I am from town the more likely I am to wave. Riding to work, probably not. Way out in the Delta or in the hills, you bet. I try to not take it personally if it isn't returned, and hope that others do the same if I fail to see them and wave back.

This should answer your questions...and explain the hostile tones.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...oad-cycling%2F

That comes back with "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."

Anyway, I only wave at other cyclists while I'm shaving and trying to figure out what the best entry level road bike is.

Yah, sorry. I forgot that doesn't work here. Should work now, thanks to the Google.

Part of being a true roadie is the suffering part. If you are trying to get a smile, good luck! Even better luck if you are going downhill and they are going up hill.

On my casual rides, I get many more smiles and head nods. If you find yourself singing to yourself, you will get even more but ymmv. Reporting from N. California

Troll. I'm waving to you now with my middle finger.

Huh. I would have said too early in the season.

Aren't waving threads a winter phenomenon?

How many drivers wave at you when you drive?

Sheesh.

Yeah, I had to ask that.

Maybe take up mountain biking.

When they are driving a VW, a lot (not all because there are some older olk driving VW's.)

When I drove a Toyota truck and they were driving a Toyota truck, all of them.

If I drove a Jeep and they were driving Jeeps, again, all of them

If riding a Japanese motorcycle, all other motorcyclists.

If riding a Harley, all Japanese motorcyclists while all Harley riders would give a thumbs up.

If riding any motorcycle, then none of the BMW motorcyclists because they are snobs.

Which one above would you say roadies relate to with this subject?