I nod at all fixed riders i see, because i never see any and don't have any cool fixed friends, apart from 72 who are top trumps cool ... I only know them from Interroristwebs forums but they're real world friends too. I nod to most roadies when i'm enjoying a bit of geared road cycling but I avoid acknowledging them in any way ... But yeah, it's because we have a really widely shared interest here that isn't well known, everyone wears trainers, most wear wellies though, lots of people ride bikes, but pretty much everybody walks everywhere. I bumped into 2 trials riders in LDN randomly when we had agreed to meet one day when i was seshing (trying not to do any tricks though), never seen those three before in my life, didn't even know they existed although they didn't, 2 mins later we were riding through and off (they just didn't want to share the work), riding eachothers bikes a bit just avoiding taking turns, nicking expensive bits off the bikes and chucking them straightaway 'cause they're so cheap, exchanging numbers for future rides etc., really loving the existing numbers we have and totally keeping them
Eh?