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Sometimes. I wave as the fancy takes me.
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Old 05-05-23, 01:55 PM
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When on the bike, I generally wave at everyone I encounter(who isn't in a car.) I'm in a fairly rural area, so it's not so much a bike thing, just a small-town courtesy thing.

On the motorcycle, it depends. I'm riding a Japanese naked sport bike, so most of the Harley guys are too cool to return a wave...so I don't initiate the wave with them anymore. I'll return it though.
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If they're peddling something, I'm usually not in a buying mood. Maybe, maybe not.
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Can one waive waving at wavers? I want a waving waiver.
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
Can one waive waving at wavers? I want a waving waiver.
Don't you wave your waving waiver at me, mister.
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Good job OP ...it's been a long while since we last had a waving thread. We really needed another debate on what constitutes a proper cycling etiquette, mission accomplished
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I think he was really hoping for an ebike vs real bike thread....
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I do my best to keep my finger hidden as I ride past ebikes. I admit it twitches a little bit getting ready to be displayed since I hate ebikers so much but I try to resist.
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Originally Posted by shelbyfv
I think he was really hoping for an ebike vs real acoustic bike thread....
Fixed.
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Originally Posted by john m flores
And I've mostly owned fun cars (Miata, Jeep, S2000, Element) where owners share their love of their rigs with a friendly wave. Costs nothing and puts a smile on my face.
This has been one of my favorite things about driving old volkswagens through the years. A couple of decades ago when older air-cooled vw's were more common I lost track of the number of times I stopped for others who were broken down, and had others stop for me. Community is a beautiful thing.
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Originally Posted by big john
It's the least you could do for those poor souls.
There are very few of them, so I don't have to do a lot of waving.
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then you have the opposite side.

Why Roadies Don't Smile-funny article I just read


https://electricbikereview.com/forum...st-read.52306/
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I've usually got my hands full trying to swerve out of the way of their bike, or their dog.
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When riding my road e-bike I don't wave at road cyclists because they are such snobs.

When riding one of my (many) 1/2 bikes or the tandem I don't wave at e-bikes because they know we are snobs, so what's the point?

As a pedestrian, I wave big at every cyclist so those snobs won't run me over.
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Originally Posted by john m flores
Motorcyclists ride because they love how it feels and despite being told at every party that someone's cousin's nephew's friend's father got into a bad wreck and now can't make their own lemonade. And we all know someone that has been seriously injured or killed in an accident. So we wave at each other as a sign of camaraderie in our small community of riders..
I like the feeling of driving my stick-shift Camry, and I know lots of people who have died in automobile crashes, but I could still give two-hoots about waving at other automobile drivers no matter if they are driving the same car I am or not.

I grew up with motorcycles and rode them for years, that is how I know they wave at each other because they always wave at me when I ride my motorcycle, but again, that is their problem they are so desperate or insecure they have to bother strangers because they are using the same transportation. Motorcycling was ruined for me beginning in the 1980s when Harley Davidson went full Wall-Street and turned motorcycling into a fashion-trend and accessory. If anyone got into motorcycling after about 1983 I have zero use for them, especially if they ride Harleys or Harley clones, no thanks.

Today I was riding my bicycle over a street, keeping off to the right side going with traffic, and an E-biker came up the street going the wrong way on my side against traffic, and they were going Fast, and for a moment there was a danger of a collision with this...........person. And I have had other close-calls with them pulling similar stunts, going the wrong way or cutting around me getting quite close at high-speeds. If one of them ever hits me they better hope I am dead because an bruises I get I will be glad to return to them.

E-bikes are fashionable, trendy consumer goods that are lacking in much -needed regulation, and I have not seen anyone on one of them that impresses me in the least, quite the opposite in fact, it seems like the dregs of humanity gravitate towards them as they do to anything fashionable or trendy.
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Originally Posted by beng1
I like the feeling of driving my stick-shift Camry, and I know lots of people who have died in automobile crashes, but I could still give two-hoots about waving at other automobile drivers no matter if they are driving the same car I am or not.

I grew up with motorcycles and rode them for years, that is how I know they wave at each other because they always wave at me when I ride my motorcycle, but again, that is their problem they are so desperate or insecure they have to bother strangers because they are using the same transportation. Motorcycling was ruined for me beginning in the 1980s when Harley Davidson went full Wall-Street and turned motorcycling into a fashion-trend and accessory. If anyone got into motorcycling after about 1983 I have zero use for them, especially if they ride Harleys or Harley clones, no thanks.

Today I was riding my bicycle over a street, keeping off to the right side going with traffic, and an E-biker came up the street going the wrong way on my side against traffic, and they were going Fast, and for a moment there was a danger of a collision with this...........person. And I have had other close-calls with them pulling similar stunts, going the wrong way or cutting around me getting quite close at high-speeds. If one of them ever hits me they better hope I am dead because an bruises I get I will be glad to return to them.

E-bikes are fashionable, trendy consumer goods that are lacking in much -needed regulation, and I have not seen anyone on one of them that impresses me in the least, quite the opposite in fact, it seems like the dregs of humanity gravitate towards them as they do to anything fashionable or trendy.

Being so superior to everyone else must be such a burden. I'm sure everyone is waiting with bated breath to find out if you have any use for them.

You sure are eager to judge the worth of people by the quality of their material possessions.
So is there a Keyboard Warrior Union Hall near you?
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Originally Posted by fredlord
I only wave at over-50 riders as young people have become invisible to me.
And we are invisible to them.
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I don't wave to anybody because there are too many people riding bikes around here. They don't wave either so I guess it's just not done here.
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Originally Posted by Xavier65
I assume that most cyclists do say hello, wave, or nod to other passing cyclists, but not to motorcycle or moped riders.

The conundrum is, should one do so to eBike riders?

Are they in the pedal-cycle class, or the moped, or motorised pedal-cycle class?

Or should it be nothing to do with class, but whether they're passing slowly enough that a mutual friendly acknowledgement is possible?
Please define your question because the initial post says eBike riders but then you mention motorcycles and mopeds which are not e-bikes at all. An e-bike is a bike that you must pedal to move forward but can give you an electrical assist as you pedal and only as you pedal.

In terms of waving I generally will acknowledge a cyclist with a friendly gesture of some sort. It doesn't hurt to be nice. However if you don't want to, you don't have to, just don't be a jerk.

In terms of the idiots whining and moaning about electric mopeds being called bicycles usually by them and more importantly those humans on top of them. Blame the humans not the mode of transport in those cases. Yes I don't like the electric mopeds and I don't like them being classified as bicycles but it is the humans on top you have the issue with. I have had plenty of people on non-electric bicycles riding down the wrong way on clearly marked bike lanes and plenty of people riding non-electric bicycles using a MUP as a training ground and yada yada yada that I know it is the individual not what they are riding necessarily.
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Originally Posted by fooferdoggie
then you have the opposite side.

Why Roadies Don't Smile-funny article I just read


https://electricbikereview.com/forum...st-read.52306/
Have to agree with many points. Mountain biking is a blast. It is challenging using constant skill building, facing and conquering fear, going over, through things not possible on a road bike. There is a real camaraderie amongst mountain bikers with no snob factor. It’s as different as cross country skiing tracks and running moguls. If my back could still handle it, my road bike would have cobwebs.
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Originally Posted by DaleDee
I like to wave at people who are uglier than me. It makes me feel good.
So you don’t wave at all?
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Originally Posted by beng1
I like the feeling of driving my stick-shift Camry, and I know lots of people who have died in automobile crashes, but I could still give two-hoots about waving at other automobile drivers no matter if they are driving the same car I am or not.

I grew up with motorcycles and rode them for years, that is how I know they wave at each other because they always wave at me when I ride my motorcycle, but again, that is their problem they are so desperate or insecure they have to bother strangers because they are using the same transportation. Motorcycling was ruined for me beginning in the 1980s when Harley Davidson went full Wall-Street and turned motorcycling into a fashion-trend and accessory. If anyone got into motorcycling after about 1983 I have zero use for them, especially if they ride Harleys or Harley clones, no thanks.

Today I was riding my bicycle over a street, keeping off to the right side going with traffic, and an E-biker came up the street going the wrong way on my side against traffic, and they were going Fast, and for a moment there was a danger of a collision with this...........person. And I have had other close-calls with them pulling similar stunts, going the wrong way or cutting around me getting quite close at high-speeds. If one of them ever hits me they better hope I am dead because an bruises I get I will be glad to return to them.

E-bikes are fashionable, trendy consumer goods that are lacking in much -needed regulation, and I have not seen anyone on one of them that impresses me in the least, quite the opposite in fact, it seems like the dregs of humanity gravitate towards them as they do to anything fashionable or trendy.
You have an amazing ability to discern other people's thoughts, feelings, and motivations from across the street. How do you do it, just look at them? Or does it require some kind of incantation?
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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
So you don’t wave at all?
With the exception of people on ebikes. They're all ugly.
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If I'm in a rural area, I wave at everything. It's the custom. In the urban areas, it's something more elaborate like the fist pound on the heart followed by the peace sign. I might even stop and do a quick snake or caterpillar dance. My average speed goes to hell when that happens.
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Originally Posted by DaleDee
With the exception of people on ebikes. They're all ugly.
And hirsute…
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Originally Posted by seypat
If I'm in a rural area, I wave at everything. It's the custom. In the urban areas, it's something more elaborate like the fist pound on the heart followed by the peace sign. I might even stop and do a quick snake or caterpillar dance. My average speed goes to hell when that happens.
In some areas the heart fist pump and peace sign could get you killed…just saying!
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