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@silvermoon82 @ascentale @realSiegfried @MarkBrigham @Trailanderror @bikenite oh, and if I'm ever round serious cyclists I call myself an unserious cyclist or a lighthearted cyclist.

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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

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#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.

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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

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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.

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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)

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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.

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