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- From: gsurbeck@eng.umd.edu (Gregory D. Surbeck)
- Subject: Re: Audible greetings (was)Re: Drafting etiquette?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.011301.8895@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 01:13:01 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <4531@sicsun.epfl.ch> <1992Dec23.205346.25770@u.washington.edu>
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- I think, to an extent, people's friendliness is determined by what
- type of group you fall into. A group of pedestrians, in my experience
- both running and cycling, as well as a single female are less likely
- to acknowledge other people. In cycling, people's speeds vary so much
- that I have little more time than to wave, but in running, I find that
- other single male runners tend to be friendlier (especially when your
- pace closely matches theirs) than anyone else. Race does not seem to
- matter.
- I think amount of friendliness varies inversely with speed.
- The faster (arguably the "more serious") someone is, the less friendly
- he is. One time I was on my mountain bike and two roadies whipped
- past me. I accelerated to their speed (I could get to it, but
- couldn't sustain it as long as they could probably) and said hi, the
- person gave me a really ugly glare. So I passed the person. Then I
- had to pull off the road with my riding partner.
- What about roadies? Does anyone think roadies are more or
- less friendly than mtn bikers. This question comes in response to a
- recent editorial in a (I think _Bicycling_) magazine.
-