Waving at other bikers

[bikerdezzie]

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[MrGrumpy]

But does she wave at scooter riders, or just bikers???????

[spaceprobe]

I always wave at both and 98% of the time it is returned unless the rider is under 30

[BenR]

I used to nod but these days I'll only do it if someone does it to me. These days it's a very odd thing to do.

[Sylar]

I find ,at this time of the year, most people on two wheels either wave or nod to each other. Maybe, because riding in strong winds and rain we ride for the pleasure of riding and we acknowledge someone who seems to be enjoying it, as much as we are. Gone, are the all leather clad speed merchants with their noisy exhausts and need for showing us what great riders they are. I find talking to people at the watering holes much more enjoyable as they are like minded and nearly all, shall i say older, and more content with just a winter ride. I look forward to many rides in the coming months,as i've said before my favourite time of the year.

[Ferret]

I wave or nod as a habit nowadays ,just done it for so many years , i agree with sylar the boys in there baby grows are disappearing for winter now and putting the sportier bikes away . I have had some of the best rides in the winter .

[Gerard C]

Meldrew, some times you do talk such a load of common sense. That wasn't one of them.

It is a fact, without dispute,confirmed by my local bike mechanic and the mechanics at Padgets of Batley and my own conversations with sports bikers that many view their riding as a summer activity and good luck to them. Their riding style is best suited to road surfaces that are as trustworthy as they are likely to ever be. (See Solos missive on leaves on the line).

Of course in the nature of things some sports bikers will be on their machines throughout the year and some well protected Maxi riders will be under the Duvet until Easter.

Personally I ride unless its dangerous - a subjective decision anyway - then I go to work in the car. As I work less than a 10 minute drive from home its not as hard as it might seem. I should actually be using a bicycle but I might lose some weight so its to be avoided.

[irev]

I always wave at both and 98% of the time it is returned unless the rider is under 30

OK, I'll bite: Do bikers in Brighton have to wear age badges?

You can't often tell gender, much less age from the clothing that most riders use these days. Throw in a fairing and an inverted birthing chair riding position and I find it almost impossible to classify a rider, except by their manner of riding. But a dick is a dick at any age, even if she's a woman...

Mostly, I just wave a leg, euro-stylee. If they 'get' it they are a proper biker who has actually ridden on the right. If not, then I don't give a shit whether they nod, wink, wave a handbag or fart in my general direction, so long as they stay out of my way. Getting tired of weekend warriors. I had to drive to Northallerton and back last weekend. Decent weather both ways and I actually got overtaken by just three motorcycles in nigh-on 600 miles. So they don't even come out at weekends...

Weren't like that in't my day tha' knowest...


Await Meldrew contribution...

[Gerard C]

Having just come back from t'continent I wish I had known that about the leg wave or whatever you call it - I thought they'd got cramp!

So is it a case of return the leg wave with another leg wave and which leg is the waver?

Is there a code to it and if you get it wrong its a massive personal insult?

[Liam]

Just wave the leg nearest the bike your passing. or to the bike that's passing you. here or abroad.
It just means you don't have to take your hand of the throttle. Depending on position, a left hand wave will sometimes be missed.

I wave to scooters but ignore bikes. Except for "Ugly" bikes