I am also of the Detto Pietro-leather hairnet generation. I still find cyclists being by-and-large very friendly and generous. Everytime I have a flat there will be several riders who stop to ask if they can be of help. Some are in fact very insistant about doing it for me. OK. I must say though that some intentionally friendly comments put my teeth on edge. Such as, "hang in there Pops" (kid on fixie cruising past with ipod blaring) or "Man, you're really moving" (subtext: for an old guy) or "you know, you're really good enough to get a good (carbon) bike" and on and on. GeorgeS
On Jul 17, 2:12 pm, Bill Rhea <billr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Sorry to hear of your encounter, Aaron, and I hope it didn't spoil > your day. One would hope that all cyclists could get along, but we're > all just people, and it seems like 1% of the population walks (or > rides) around with a perpetually poopy diaper and there's nothing > anybody can do to change that. But the sheer number of cyclists on > the road has made us seem more fractured as a group and way less > friendly to one another these days. > > I still vividly recall riding in the 1970's as a teenager on the SF > peninsula, and it seemed like back then that cyclists would always > smile and wave at each other when they passed each other on country > roads (if you can remember Cool Gear, Theresa Jackson jerseys, and > Detto Pietro shoes with nail-on cleats, you'll probably know the era > I'm talking about). If you were on the side of the road with a flat, > EVERY passing rider would ask "You OK? Got what you need to fix > that?" > > Now that there are SO many more people on those same roads, the same > unwritten social rules that keep people from making eye contact with > others when walking downtown streets seem to apply.... > > -br --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
