I ride two or three mornings a week. When I overtake people I always say good morning. I have noticed that around 80% of riders of European bikes, be they a new Bianchi or a vintage Bottechia, do the same. Yet almost exactly the same percentage of riders of US bikes like Trek, Litespeed and Cannondale pass by without a word of greeting.
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Mornin' moanin'
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It's always been like that....regardless of bike.
Some poeple are just [censored].
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ed073 said:
It's always been like that....regardless of bike.
Some poeple are just [censored].
ed is right... it's not about the bike's country of origin. I ride a Cannondale, and try to say good morning or something to that effect to every rider I pass. Some acknowlege me, some don't. -
It's kind of hard to say good morning when I pass them, might scare'em, and/or closing at 60 km/hr. Plus, in Toronto, strangers saying hello to each other is strange, if it's somebody you see regularly I can understand it. Here in finland people seem friendlier, have been offered help twice when I had a flat, nobody said anything to me when I had flats in Toronto.
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It is a respect/politeness thing. If someone greets you greet them back. I do not know how many times I have said hi/waved/etc. to people I have never met. Now the people not greeting back are impolite.
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