For all those that don't give the nod

[The Mass]

You miserable lot!


I travel approx 240 - 245 miles a day to and from work.
I've lost the will myself now to give the nod to oncoming bike folk
and those that I pass. :(

There are a lot of miserable fookers out there on bikes....

I even went as far this morning to warn oncoming bikers of the :plod: sitting on the M4 bridges with the cameras and speed traps.
And yet on the way home, I must pass the same biker folk in the opposite direction, only to find that they did not recipricate, and good enough, I generally don't speed..but the camera was still there on my way home.

What is wrong with you lot :?

Mass - out!

[squirrel_hunter]

Dude I hear you its anti-social not to nod!

But I got to ask where are the pold hiding. I use the M4 at the weekends to get to Bristol from Sunny Swindon and know about the Fixed ones at the Bath Junction and the Van that sits on the bridge just as you get into the 50 limit crossing the Severn. Where else should I be practicing my emergncy stops?

[Cloggsy]

Must be where you live fella... I nod at everyone here & they all nod back :wink:

Friendlier folks in the country :wink:

[Steve W]

Yup - come to sunny North Yorkshire. We're like those little dogs you used to get in the back of Cortinas - we're always nodding our heads up and down. Sometimes I forget myself andf even nod at a scooter... :wink: And there are no fixed speed cameras, the beer's better, no traffic lights and the street are paved with gold etc. etc.

[lynw]

Yup - come to sunny North Yorkshire. We're like those little dogs you used to get in the back of Cortinas - we're always nodding our heads up and down. Sometimes I forget myself andf even nod at a scooter... :wink: And there are no fixed speed cameras, the beer's better, no traffic lights and the street are paved with gold etc. etc.

Im on my way. :P :D :lol: :lol: :lol:

riding down to my mums yesterday, only a guy on a crosser nodded back. though tbh the guys 5 mins down the road may have done and didnt nod back though. I was concentrating on the cars slamming their brakes on and the oncoming plod car with sirens on.

though the good thing about kent is... Im nearer European roads than most people, the Ardennes for a weekend is a reality rather than taking a weekend to get there. Hmmmm. Deferring the packing for a while... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Diveboy]

Have to agree with Steve W up here in Sunny Newcastle I always get the Nod or a wave, sometimes I even get the finger from a friendly car driver. :roll:

Must have passed 9-10 bikers just this morning and they all tipped there hats :D

I was following one bloke last night and a bike went passed and he nodded, then continued to practise nodding to see which was best, it put a big smile on my face. I think he settled on a slowish side ways turn of the head as that's what the next guy got :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Jase22]

Up north is where it's at, I even got nodded at by a bobby on his bike this morning!!!

[The Mass]

Dude I hear you its anti-social not to nod!

But I got to ask where are the pold hiding. I use the M4 at the weekends to get to Bristol from Sunny Swindon and know about the Fixed ones at the Bath Junction and the Van that sits on the bridge just as you get into the 50 limit crossing the Severn. Where else should I be practicing my emergncy stops?


Squirrel mate,

The plod are now and again are either on the bridge just before the turn off for the M32 (forget which junc it is sorry!) and then they also have some sort of speed trap there as well, us usually on Fridays.

The other place they sit on the bridge is nearer Swindon, there's a nasty bend in the road, and they have you beofre you've got time to spot them.
If I rememebr right, it's just before junc 16 I think.

Anyhow, they move up n down the M4 on a regular basis, I generally know now to kep an eye on the bridges.
And if I do spot them, I normally let the bikers in the opposite direction know. :thumbsup:

As for nodding, nah no different this morning from any other day. I'll just carry on giving the nod..cos I'm a happy blokey :D

There is one bloke in particular that does let on, he's cool :D
He rides a red fazer, and he has those really bright orange gardening gloves, and the usual yellow workies jacket, I see him nearly every day along the M4. I've never seen his bike do over 65mph...cool! he looks well chilled 8)
He gives me the biggest wave ever... :lol: :lol: :riding: he near comes off his bike every time..it's superb! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Way to go dude!

[Jelster]

I ride into London most days and have to say I'm more interested in keeping upright through the cage drivers. I'll often have a chat with bikers at the lights though...

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[Noufy]

I ride into London most days and have to say I'm more interested in keeping upright through the cage drivers.
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Same here. I would sometimes nod if I was on a quiet road, in a good mood, like the bike I see, etc most of them would reciprocate.

[Gidders]

Even the car drivers wave at each other here.

[fizzwheel]

*nods at The Mass*

Annoys me to I always nod, and warn other riders, Sounds like that standard of biking on the M4 is a p*ss poor as the standard of car driving

Except for your good self 8)

[Jabba]

Up north is where it's at, I even got nodded at by a bobby on his bike this morning!!!

S Wales Police riders are pretty friendly too - I regularly exchange pleasantries with 'em. They seem almost human at times :D

Mind you, I've never given 'em cause to think ill of me :wink:

[rwoodcock01]

Going through London, I always nod, unless something unsafe is happening in front of me, like the pedal bike/car/white transit pulling infront of me as if I don't exist.

Must admit the bikers on marlybone road have gotten a bit more friednly and chatty of late at the lights :D


Rich

[kwak zzr]

nodding is a bike thing YOU SHOULD NOD YOUR FELLOW BIKERS! :twisted:

[lynw]

nodding is a bike thing YOU SHOULD NOD YOUR FELLOW BIKERS! :twisted:

right, come down to London and ride through rush hour.

Then tell me at the end your neck aint hurting or you dont think you remotely looked like a nodding dog in the back of cars :P :lol: :lol: :lol:

With Jelster on this, I would prefer to stay upright and not get hit by muppet drivers and tax-the-buggers-off-the-road-suicidal-scooter riders [guess who had an altercation with one tonight :evil: :lol: ]

I always nod outside of the M25, inside its just too busy and most are couriers and never nod back anyway. London is just a place where bikers arent necessarily your fellows tbh :roll: :(

[kwak zzr]

sorry didnt give london a thorght :roll: its very much less congested where i am :roll: let,s keep it to clear roads then ay :oops:

[Richie]

Must be where you live fella... I nod at everyone here & they all nod back :wink:

Friendlier folks in the country :wink:



Eye... I work only 4 miles from home so sometimes I get the odd nod from are either the Pilot or Navigater of the odd taxiing Tornado or Hawk aircraft... It's happened I swear... :D

[jon]

So what's the correct etiquette for nodding at a group of bikes. Often see rideouts of 3-5 bikes around here, if you try and nod at each one you end up looking like you're having a fit... or your neck is loose

[hall13uk]

So what's the correct etiquette for nodding at a group of bikes. Often see rideouts of 3-5 bikes around here, if you try and nod at each one you end up looking like you're having a fit... or your neck is loose
nod to the leader bike, mid bike (if more than 5) & nod to tail bike :wink:

[Nagai]

Bikes always get a nod from me! Even scooters sometimes, if I'm in an especially good mood(I was once told that a bike is a bike, so a biker is a biker!). Sometimes I find myself sitting in the car and still nodding at bikes! Admittedly that only usually happens when the roof is down and I feel like I'm on the bike anyway!

[jenni]

So what's the correct etiquette for nodding at a group of bikes. Often see rideouts of 3-5 bikes around here, if you try and nod at each one you end up looking like you're having a fit... or your neck is loose
nod to the leader bike, mid bike (if more than 5) & nod to tail bike :wink:

OR, if you do the tilt, tilt at the first one and stay tilted till they have all passed!

[Cloggsy]

I even got nodded at by a bobby on his bike this morning!!!

I always give 'em a gesture when I see 'em too (Kinda like this, but not quite :thumbsup:)

Just kiddin', I used to be one (in the RAF) :lol: :lol: :lol: