Do you give 'The Nod'?

Heisenberg.

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Lumen

You're from Cork, right?

You know that in Dublin "the nod" is used as an invitation for cottaging?

chakattack

Lumen wrote: »

You're from Cork, right?

You know that in Dublin "the nod" is used as an invitation for cottaging?

Excuse my ignorance (or is it innocence?) but what's cottaging?

Captain Havoc

chakattack wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance (or is it innocence?) but what's cottaging?

It's kind of a gay wink or look and then the two fellas head off for a quickie. I always laugh when I hear the term "cottage industry".

Yes I really am that childish.

Captain Havoc

Yeah, down here in the sticks you're supposed to give the nod or a wave. I actually think it's rude not to, unless of course the other person is pegging it or if I'm wearing black socks.

Heisenberg.

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corblimey

Scien wrote: »

If that's the case then I must be one handsome devil, or else there are a lot of promiscuous homosexual cyclists cycling the opposite routes to me. :pac:

Why can't it be both

I've given the finger salute the last few guys I've passed, but I'm normally hanging on for dear life as my bike hurtles itself over potholes and large road surface 'issues'.

Columbia

I always do...I notice up near Dublin people often ignore it and I feel like a prat, especially if there's a car behind me or him!

manwithaplan

I have only recently taken to the Wicklow hills and I have been generally heading out early in the morning. Probably due to my own sense of achievement of getting up there and the fact that there are so few people around, I have been nodding towards passing cyclists, imagining some kind of fellowship.

The responses have been mixed. As a rule of thumb, the more kitted out the noddee, the less likely he* is to nod back. Maybe I'm just acting like a happy tool by nodding but I still think it's pretty ignorant not to acknowledge.

*I say "he" because lady cyclists have been unfailingly polite.

Ant

The nod is usually reciprocated and I like that there's a cycling camaraderie. I wouldn't be too put out if it's ignored by the other party. I've noticed that it's always going to be ignored if I'm on a MTB (extremely rarely) and the other cyclist is on a road bike though MTBers will usually acknowledge the nod when I'm on my road bike.

amjon.

It's pretty ignorant not to acknowledge a nod/wave when pottering about. I'll only ignore/not notice if I'm in the middle of intervals or the like.

ED E

Always do, get a response 50% of the time. Normally just sort of flick the right hand up off the bars.

Zorba

Depends on what they're wearing, if they're wearing all the cycling gear i'll always wave.

Whereas if they're wearing say a track suit or football shorts over cycling shorts type of thing i'll let them wave first if they so chose, if i get a wave i'll always wave back.




Still laughing at the cottaging thing, thanks Lumen

P.S. that wink isn't an invitation for anything !!

Peetrik

Always,

Iv noticed that drivers who cycle always wave and smile

on_the_nickel

I always wave or nod. But whats the protocol for overtaking, particularly someone on a road bike (a rarity, admittedly!)? Is a How's it going sufficient?

ROK ON

You turn around as you pass them and give the The Look.

damoz

ROK ON wrote: »

You turn around as you pass them and give the The Look.

Pete Bondurant

I always wave, or nod if I'm struggling, so mostly nod.

The less likely i think an oncoming cyclist is going to respond, the more i put into the gesture, from a simple Mayo style "lift a finger off the bar" to a full on Finger Bang. I let the road decide.

nitrogen

I mostly give a 'Bonjour', at worst a nod. Everyone must think I'm French.

Harrybelafonte

Peetrik wrote: »

Always,

Iv noticed that drivers who cycle always wave and smile

I've notice the same about cyclists who drive.

Raam

on_the_nickel wrote: »

I always wave or nod. But whats the protocol for overtaking, particularly someone on a road bike (a rarity, admittedly!)? Is a How's it going sufficient?

A slap on the ass. Gotta start the race somehow.

Cabaal

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Yeah, down here in the sticks you're supposed to give the nod or a wave. I actually think it's rude not to, unless of course the other person is pegging it or if I'm wearing black socks.

Always give a slight wave to a cyclist when I'm out cycling, running and even driving, Also ensure to give them plenty of space also

Twin-go

I give the "nod" and 60% of the time it's recipicated all of the time.

el tel

I always give thumbup or fingers raised from handlebar acknowledgement to other cyclists. About 30% of the time it's not reciprocated (usually MBers, noobs). I also give runners the nod. At the weekend I was cycling around Strangford Lough and received a rather flamboyant wave from a chap in one of the local (rival ) clubs which will now go into my repertoire.

antomagoo

Zorba wrote: »

Depends on what they're wearing, if they're wearing all the cycling gear i'll always wave.

Whereas if they're wearing say a track suit or football shorts over cycling shorts type of thing i'll let them wave first if they so chose, if i get a wave i'll always wave back.

I'm the same, find that most people in all the cycling gear acknowledge

Paul Kiernan

I was struggling up a steep stretch from Powerscourt waterfall towards Glencree last Sunday week in the heat. A very pretty girl standing up through a car sunroof turned back after she passed and gave me a big wave and a smile. Really lifted my spirits and I shot up after that!

yop

Give more of a thumbs/hands up than a nod. But I have found in general down here than the men are a tad more ignorant that the ladies.
I wudn't be wearing a "real" cycling top, only one of the aldi ones but maybe they dont consider me to be the real deal!

DirkVoodoo

Paul Kiernan wrote: »

Really lifted my spirits and I shot up after that!

Must have made the rest of your cycling awkward. Cold spoon FTW.

I start off waving, then people don't wave back, so I stop waving...it's a vicious circle. I also don't wave if I'm giving it socks or really concentrating.

Saxobank

Was on the Enniskerry road yesterday and i must have raised hand/gave the nod or said ''howaya'' to every cyclist i came across.. only about 40% acknowleged. felt like a right tool..

Chips Lovell

Fingerbang FTW

doctor evil

I nod/wave/say hello from the top of the horse. If someone is daft enough to overtake on the wrong side or to come too close they are politely called names

Anyone ever get weird responses from builders?

loyatemu

on_the_nickel wrote: »

I always wave or nod. But whats the protocol for overtaking, particularly someone on a road bike (a rarity, admittedly!)? Is a How's it going sufficient?

going up Bray Head a while back, I overtook some scobie spinning furiously on a full-sus mountainbike. I gave him a nod, his response - "ya c**t!"

DirkVoodoo

Heading up stocking lane with Diarmuid a while back, nearly gave some poor older guy a heart attack as I said "evening" while passing. Sometimes a nod or a wave is the best thing to do.

Either that or hit the jets

Killianaire

el tonto wrote: »

Fingerbang FTW

Fingerbang FTW, indeed.

Zorba

doctor evil wrote: »

I nod/wave/say hello from the top of the horse. If someone is daft enough to overtake on the wrong side or to come too close they are politely called names

There's another thing people on horses will always say hello, very friendly people.

Dunno about builders but teenage girls seems to have a thing for men in lycra

Paul Kiernan

Zorba wrote: »

Dunno about builders but teenage girls seems to have a thing for men in lycra

If only!

Zorba

Paul Kiernan wrote: »

If only!

LOL u should move down here to the sticks the young ones are all gagging for any man in tight lycra

hinault

I always say hello to my fellow road men.
And most of them will say hello back

sy

Zorba wrote: »

LOL u should move down here to the sticks the young ones are all giggling at any man in tight lycra

FYP

sy

When passing other cyclists always give the look (no PEDs by the way)


By the way does Contador's "pistolero" gesture make anybody else cringe? (apart from Lance of course)

hinault

this is my type of gesture

ronan0

Yep. For sure. (as a mountainbiker). On a side note, when I used drive a bmw motor bike, there was great nodding going on. On the Ducati later, much less (probably because concentrating more, though).

dave.obrien

Absolutely, though mostly do the raised finger/hand thing.

On the way home last night, there was a very pink stretch limo passing me filled with a hen party, who very kindly offered me some refreshment, in the form of Miller. I didn't accept, but appreciated it none the less.

WakeyTyke

Always acknowledge cyclists and generally the majority will respond, though the tri boys seem either reluctant to move any part of their body or are in a world of their own.

Generally always get a warm salute from the tractor drivers.

thepassanger

hah cottaging, im gona burst out laughing the next time a cyclist nods at me, and probly fall off my bike, maybe that will invite the attention of the cottaging cyclist! uh ohh.
i always give the nod. especially in the early morning.

ckeego

Most definitely a nod, an hello or at the very least a raised finger or a wave.

Very friendly bunch around yesterday afternoon on the way from Bray to Laragh..At least an 85% acknowledgement..Even 4 lads in high speed pursuit down Callary to Kilmac.

Whatever about the cottage industry, I will really fall off my bike the next time cottage cheese is mentioned!!:eek:

I must have missed Father's Day or something..A lot of fancy new threads to be seen on the roads yesterday...Bianchi retro tops, Giro jerseys and Castelli gear aplenty...No recession on 'round here!!

Keep it safe out there, particularly tomorrow-there will be more lunatics in cars than normal!

Ant

I got the nod from an oncoming motorist on a narrow road between Brittas and the N7 when I was out for a cycle this week. I can't remember which of us initiated it but it felt like the right thing at the time.

drogdub

Ant wrote: »

I got the nod from an oncoming motorist on a narrow road between Brittas and the N7 when I was out for a cycle this week. I can't remember which of us initiated it but it felt like the right thing at the time.

His other car is probably a bike