Let me start by saying that I'm a roadie. I like mountain biking, and commuting, but I LOVE road biking...fast.

I've discovered something new about my sport (and this may not come as any suprise to everyone else)...men on road bikes are jerks. I have been commuting back and forth to work for about 6 weeks now. For the first couple of weeks, I rode my road bike. Then I got a Terry Classic touring bike that I now ride (with straight bars & a more upright stance). Biking is very popular in my area, but MOST cyclists are recreational riders. There aren't many commuters. Anyway, when I commute on my road bike and I see other riders, they wave when I wave. This is true of all types of cyclists except perhaps the occasionial paceline group who are clearly intent on their training (and I wouldn't expect them to wave).

Last night while riding my commuter bike, I passed a couple of riders that I've seen before...this time, they did not return my wave. Then I passed two other guys, who clearly were not serious cyclists (one was in full kit but on a bike that totally didn't fit him and was huffing and puffing on a small hill....the other was wearing denim shorts and a baseball hat...but also on a road bike). These two glanced at me, I waved, and then both looked away. WTF?

I guess a rider on a straight bar Terry with a rack on the back isn't a 'real' cyclist in their eyes?

My DH suggested that I turn my bike around, blow past them up that hill, turn it around again, and repeat....that'll show them who the 'real' cyclist is!