@realSiegfried and @MarkBrigham mentioned a question by @Trailanderror

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#bikenite I was given a t shirt that says that.

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite A5. Analogue biker, so as not to be confused with motorcyclists. Riding can be rough where I am, and folx are considered unstable/wild for doing it. IMHO 'cycling' implies a level of civility and healthiness I don't often see.

@realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite @ascentale @MartyCormack I'd wear that with pride. #BikeNite

@realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite @ascentale @lopta
#bikenite I think if I was going to have a self deprecating salutation, it would be "old fart on a bike."

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A5. Different ways depending on the situation. Usually bicyclist. Sometimes utilitarian cyclist. Slow roller. Clydesdale. Heavy bicyclist.

If someone asks if I'm a cyclist, I'll answer yes.

#BikeNite

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite

A5. Most of the time, I just refer to myself as a person who rides a bicycle. On other occasions, I do call myself a randonneuse, but mostly just when talking to people who know what that is already.

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite A5. I've started using cyclist more, but still only if I'm talking about bikes. I'm trying to not be too single dimensional

#BikeNite

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A5b. I pointed out at my first Bicycle and Safety Committee decades ago, that "Bicycle" should replace most uses of "Cycle" and "Bike" because people generally thought of motorcycle with those terms. I found out later some people in the Cycling club weren't too happy about my comment.

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@realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite A5. I don't have a great answer. "People riding bikes" or similar is probably what I use the most but it is a lot more syllables. So "person who rides a bike"?

It's weird to hear how you are perceived sometimes. There's a protected lane I sometimes ride and there are often people walking in it. I try to be as polite as possible while letting them know I'm riding, which usually involves a bell ding or a "hello".. or if in the evening, they might see a headlight.

Usually if they're trying to get someone else out of the way, they say "watch out, biker" or "watch out, bike". Feels a little weird to be referred to as the object you are riding on but I guess I get it, and I'd refer to a car the same way.

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@cainmark @ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite I've definitely found that with "bike", but mostly online. I don't know if I've ever heard "cycle" refer to motorcycles before.

@ascentale @realSiegfried @bikenite @ai6yr @Trailanderror I tend to ride No Lycra Events.

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite a5. I don't often talk about myself. I try to avoid cyclist, but still fall back to that a fair bit. Person who cycles or bike commuter or bike rider. I will say I'm pretty into riding, bicycles, and how they can make cities better.
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@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite #BikeNite A5. Cyclist or bicyclist or bicycle rider.

I don't usually get more specific, unless it's necessary. But, in conversation, I'm actually more likely to say something like, "I ride a bicycle," or, "I've been car-free for over 4.5 years, so far."

Only in bike circles will I feel it necessary to say, "I am a transportation cyclist," to distinguish myself from recreational cyclists, as someone who rides every day, year round.

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite

A5. In Japan, a bike is a motorbike, aka a scooter. So I shy away from the ambiguous "biker" and go with "cyclist." In Japanese though it would be [person who] rides a bicycle.

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#BikeBite A5: I'm a cyclist.

I knew someone who called people on bikes "bikists". He also used the word "campist"...

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@lopta @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite @ascentale I had a Tshirt made that says COOL on the front, and on the back it says
Certified Official Old Lady

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite A5: I used to always say “biker”, but these days that connotes someone on a motorcycle, so I usually say cyclist.

@ascentale @grammasaurus @lopta @bikenite @realSiegfried @Trailanderror I align more with the SOTS (Society of Three Speeds)

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite

A5. I call myself a cyclist.

When referring to others, I prefer 'a person on a bike' which I find less tribal and emphasises it's just a choice of transport. Especially if the conversation is tending to treat everyone that rides a bike as being the same.

#BikeNite #Cycling

@ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite #BikeNite #A5 Simply a person who bikes.

Very quickly after we began devoting ourselves to bike advocacy, in 2009, we saw the value in referring to “people who bike” rather than cyclists or bicyclists.

Although we occasionally still use one of the latter terms, e.g., for word count or similar reasons, we make a conscious effort not to.