A bike is not judged by how cheap or how expensive it is.

[rallizes]

Originally Posted by Kontact

I also won't turn my back on people, and stand at the elevator door, facing them.

this is the move

[charliedid]

Oh hey...

[pasadena]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

It's winter af around here.

LOL
truth

[beeatnik]

Originally Posted by rallizes

the classy move when entering an elevator is to shake hands with everyone

Brooklyn is so weird.

[buddybikes]

Back "in the day" 70's and early 80s when we weren't all that common acknowledgement was nice and friendly. My opinion, if you see someone and they see you, raise your pinky or something, what harm is it? Who knows it could be your doctor, lawyer, ex wife, future wife, or first date

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Do you wave at people that drive the same kind of car as you?

When I got my Beetle in 2000, new Beetle owners did wave to each other..always thought that was kinda weird, like in some sort of 'club' or 'special' in some way.

Used to, when I was a charter member (means college student on $0 budget) of the "Old Volvo 122S Club", twice. Awesome cars, and those drivers were waving fiends, even opposite lane on freeways.

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

I donno, I normally ride alone, don't wave...

Yeah, sure, until now, but that's only because you don't have these, yet:

CAMPAGNOLO Wheel CYCLING GLOVES, XXL, Green White Black W NineteenTirtyTree Logo

With these you (IMHO):
1) Solve your "Winter riding in the Republic colds my fingers." woes.
2) Waive your natural tendency to not wave at people.
Tree) Furter show teh world your love of all tings Sean Kelly.
4) Look incredibly stylish and hip on St. Patric...I mean San Patrizio Day.
5) Match your cycling apparel to your forearm tat.
6) Out-Michael Jackson in the "Michael Jackson Lone Glove Game".
7) And, well...7) is so obvious...don't even need to say it.


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[Kontact]

I only wave to people also using Sachs index shifters.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

It's winter af around here.

Originally Posted by azrider

Winter is most definitely here.

More time to also ponder how best to judge bikes that are both cheap and expensive.
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[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by cadence90

Used to, when I was a charter member (means college student on $0 budget) of the "Old Volvo 122S Club", twice. Awesome cars, and those drivers were waving fiends, even opposite lane on freeways.


Yeah, sure, until now, but that's only because you don't have these, yet:

CAMPAGNOLO Wheel CYCLING GLOVES, XXL, Green White Black W NineteenTirtyTree Logo

With these you (IMHO):
1) Solve your "Winter riding in the Republic colds my fingers." woes.
2) Waive your natural tendency to not wave at people.
Tree) Furter show teh world your love of all tings Sean Kelly.
4) Look incredibly stylish and hip on St. Patric...I mean San Patrizio Day.
5) Match your cycling apparel to your forearm tat.
6) Out-Michael Jackson in the "Michael Jackson Lone Glove Game".
7) And, well...7) is so obvious...don't even need to say it.


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WELL done sir!!!

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by Kontact

I think the basic problem is that someone not "clued in" to the waiving bike guy thing has no reason to assume that everyone that waives at you isn't just someone who mistakenly thinks your his buddy from work. "Why are you waiving at me?"


We are long past the days of doffing our hats and 'top of the morning' to every passerby. If you want to waive, do it. Just don't get all offended if the person you're waiving at doesn't get the connection.

‘Clued in’? HAR! There is no trick to knowing how to respond with simple common courtesy to a basic good faith gesture of greeting from others – particularly those of similar interest. If you need 'a manual' to get the connection, there is obviously something wrong there; your parents teach you simple social cues and kindness. Like I said, it’s situational, but when passing a cyclist on a remote road, it’s not at all confusing for most folks to know how respond with some simple acknowledgement that is appropriate to the situation – that is, unless you think that your **** don’t stink, as they say.

[93KgBike]

Maybe he was not roadie at all, but singletrackie, who knows that you need to keep your hands on the bars in the woods to survive the rooties and rockies and scree and mud, and was just in that zone, not thinking about the etiquette his ride might require on the road.

Or maybe if the original post had contained that Einstein pic we would all be typing in a different thread, perhaps even a different frame of mind.

[sandyrs]

I don’t wave just in case the other rider holds political views different from my own

[choke]

I always thought a bike is judged by how much Campy is on it...

[cmbicycles]

Originally Posted by choke

I always thought a bike is judged by how much Campy is on it...

Bikes with Campy on them are actually above reproach, so they can no longer be judged. Bikes with other groups are still open to judgment.

[weisan]