This isn’t going to be a training related question, more of a current observation I have made about the state of the social element to road cycling in my local area. I first experienced this when I made the transition to Sunday riding with a club for motivation and harder rides. Very cliquey, not a…

I don’t get this waving to other cyclists. Is it a countryside thing? There is no way cyclists are going to wave to each other in the city. Too many of us! Also, why just cyclists? So confused. :thinking:

As others noted, if the group is “too militant” for you, simply fnd another group. There are undoubtedly plenty out there that meet what you want out of a group ride. Yeah, a lot of roadie groups can be very focused…but it is usually for a reason. They are there for a ahrd ride and that requires …

Its not just cyclists … VW Beetle drivers acknowledge other VW Beetle drivers and motorcyclists acknowledge other motorcyclists

Some club rides are all about getting in a good workout and practicing race tactics. Very serious. I avoid these. Personally, here’s what I find the most fun. I like to us TrainerRoad to get in three days of very focused structure each week. After that, I completely skip the “serious” group rides …

Funny enough, in the motorcycling world we do a wave. Heck even modded subarus all wave at each other… so why not cyclists!? It’s an acknowledgement of going through this $hitshow together. I had a unicyclist wave at me during a big rainstorm as we both recognized we were crazy for doing this

[image] Workhorse: people just take themselves far too seriously. Agreed and present a suggested antidote: [image] Cycling Memes and Jokes Can’t believe nobody’s put up this one! [ - YouTube] (I sing this one a lot out on the road when bike snobs don…

I notice same goes for cars, I have a Focus ST and we always wave at each other when we pass. Same goes for if I’m with my buddies who have things like GTIs, STIs, etc. The only time I have an issue is when I’m riding my Honda Grom, sometimes folks think I’m on a scooter and don’t wave back. …

This is like a whole new world to me! I’m not sure if I can handle all this waving to strangers.

@Workhorse you can always ride with me. If you’re on a trike, that’s OK, I think that will make for great conversation. If you don’t have any sleeves on your jersey. If you hairy legs. If you have a rack on your bike. If you have a mirror on your helmet. It’s all OK. I’ll still ride with you. …

The Decline of the Friendly Cyclist

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Captain_Doughnutman November 18, 2019, 2:41pm 22

Agreed and present a suggested antidote:

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