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  • Likewise, I understand this nodder business, but aren't we just straying into snobbery now? We're all cyclists, and clearly some of us are more experienced and into bikes than others - but 90% of the people on this forum want to see cycling increase across London (i'm judging) - but when it does, it's 'nodder twat this' and 'nodder sploink that.'

    Look; my mum, by definition, is a 'nodder', but it's taken so much to get her on to a bike and make her feel confident that I don't like using the term in anything but a jovial way. We all deal with the same risks and problems as cyclists, so why insist on setting up so many different tribes? It's bad enough as it is.

    What is a nodder if not one of our cycling brethren...
    If you overtake them, do they not chase you?
    If you see them punctured, do you not stop to help?
    If you shout "cunt!", do they not take offense at your pottymouth?

    It's a stupid term.

    +1 to both.

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