Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate View Post
I've found a lot of bikers feel an affinity with us. Amazing the number of them that have road or mtn bikes at home. We get tons of firendly waves and finger wiggles from them as they pass.
I'm so glad the bikers in your area are of the friendly persuasion! In our neck of the woods, it's readily apparent that the vast majority of them would love nothing better than to eradicate cyclists from the face of the earth. The standard ploy is to ride right up on your rear wheel, gun it when they veer left to pass, and then cut in as close to your front wheel as they can get. YEESH! Last week DH and I were riding two-abreast on a four-lane, divided road when he announced we had a truck coming up on us in the passing lane. As the truck pulled even with us, a crazed motorcyclist decided to "thread the needle" and zipped past all of us on the center hashes doing at least 65mph. YIKES! Thank goodness hubby didn't drift left and the truck driver didn't drift right while Mr. I'm Invincible was forcing his way through. That would not have been pretty.