What is it with these guys? I just got used to the attitude of your general roadie- you know what I mean. Usually when I’m out riding and see some roadie, I can count on being completely ignored. Unless I’m having a really cool hairday, and my socks match my jersey, and my water bottle matches my frame color, and the planets are in the proper alignment- then I *might *get a little two finger wave, along with a look from the roadie letting me know it’s an act of charity.
But I rode to work a little earlier today than I usually do, and apparently there’s a different breed of roadie out there. It was weird. I’d see one coming from a distance, and when he got closer, he’d actually sit up. He’d initiate eye contact. He would wave. And not a roadie wave, I mean a full-on, whole hand kinda wave. He would *speak! *“Good morning!” In fact, it was pretty clear he’d like to carry on an actual conversation. I could see it in his eyes. He was wanting to say something like, “Good morning! Beautiful day out, isn’t it? Glorious day to be alive! Nice bike! Ride much?” and so on, but of course, he didn’t have time for all that.
Every single roadie I saw this morning followed this pattern. They were starting to freak me out a little.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t believe you. That doesn’t conform with the stereotype roadie outlined in numerous threads on this board. You must be mistaken.
Actually I have run into this. I think the early EARLY morinng riders tend to be a bit older, less attitude and just out for the feeling of an early morning ride. I think the problem arises when you get the group of them together.
after slugging it out for the past x months at 5 am in the cold, we’re so freakin’ happy to ride with just one layer on we don’t know what to do with ourselves.
No mistakes here. You encountered a different type of roadie. The early morning riders are usually hard working, training, passionate people. The ones you referred to so negatively are actually yuppies who often display metro sexual super hero attitude empowered by their mediocre athletic abilities.
You know whats funny? i am a roadie, look at my other posts, i ride with some tri guys i ride with roadies. Since i started posting i have meet some fellow slowtwitchers that live in the same town as i do,i have asked them out for rides asked them to practice time trials,guess what? I have been snubbed By tri guys??? WTF??? You guys sit her and whine about roadies and your just as bad. Grow up.go ride
I am not sure what is going on, see, obviously these yahoos broke the “roadie code” that we hold so dear.
I really go out of my way now to ignore triathletes (not!). Really I don’t think twice about it, I am not out there for a social ride, I’m there to train, drink Cytomax, spit at cars and stare at my powermeter.
If you roll up at a traffic light and say “Hi Mr. roadie!”, I would reply “sup holmes!” back at 'cha.
You gotta be kidding, right? Roadies just don’t even think about it … Like truckers on the freeway, just logging miles.
The reason these roadies ignore you is because they ride 20 hours a week and see 100’s of triathletes and other cyclists on the road.
I think so. The unfortunate irony is that they so rattled me that I wasn’t able to respond properly. The cognitive dissonance was so severe that I can’t even remember if I waved back. I think I might just have stared at them, slack-jawed. I worry that I might have done some damage to the reputation of Freds everywhere among this rare species of roadie.
Our roadie group waves at anybody on two wheels - kids, mountain bikes, trigeeks, other roadies, old folks on hybrids, DUI’s. You name it, we wave at them. Sometimes they wave back, some times they don’t.
One time we even waved at a gang of Hell’s Angels on their hogs. Ya know what - they waved back.
**I am not sure what is going on, see, obviously these yahoos broke the “roadie code” that we hold so dear. **
I have a theory- I think that’s why they’re out so early in the first place. They refused to abide by the ironclad code, and the other roadies banished them to the early morning hours, never to ride in full daylight again.
Tom, People just like making fun of you, it doesn’t matter what for.
Tri dudes and roadies are like everyone else. Some are quite, loud, friendly, unfriendly, social, unsocial, cocky, and low key. So to expect them to all act the same is crazy.
I was out riding the other night - recovery night. We’re talking like avg heart rate of 110. I happened to be on my tri-bike, as I’m trying to do as many rides as possible on it to get ready for IMMoo. Anyway this roadie comes up from benind all serious bearing down on his drops and rode past me. I’m sure the next day he was telling all his roadie friends how he absolutely dusted some triathlete with all his expensive equipment. I was gonna teach him a lesson, but decided against it…just ain’t worth it.
Clearly someone has been nipping at the good stuff!!!
We know this to be true because the earth is still spinning on its axis, the sun rose this morining and there are no other signs of the apocalypse.
My personal opinion is that you spotted a series of other triathletes who were having good hair days and mistook them for roadies. Occam’s razor in action here.
What the hell is it with you guys? Is the constant roadie fascination some sort of hidden envy? Penis envy perhaps? Good lord in Heaven, I never see the “tri bashing” on roadie related sites. They mostly just ignore you guys.
I’m an early morning “roadie”, I’m on the road a half hour after sun up during the warmer months - and no, I don’t wave at triathletes, I don’t want to be responsible for them crashing when they wave back.
