Is Commuting the new Cake Stop?

Gavin Gilbert

And is Lost_In_Thought the new charlotte?

something for us older hands to get all misty eyed about I think......

UnworthyPapaLazaru

I cant speak on what happened before. I only joined in Jun or July and even then, this forum closed when everyone left work to go home. Now it is busy in the evening and seems to have lots interest. The roadies/MTB'ers are coming over to look from the other forums and its getting busier still. Its a nice place and long may it continue.

hisoka

No clue who Charlotte is, I'm far too new to the forums in general I think lol

Harry B

It seems to be

TheRevOlutionary

Im not sure, but like the word Tufty

Crapaud

Gavin Gilbert wrote:

And is Lost_In_Thought the new charlotte? ...

Is LiT not the new Popette who was the new Jonesy 123 who was the new Arch who was the new Charlotte?

Of course they could all be the same person, like Dr Who or the Dali Llama.

I voted: "It's great the forum has a sense of community again", but it's a pity that commuting's become a one-size-fits-all forum at the expense of Gear and Know-how, Cake Stop, Campaign and Soapbox.

I wonder, as well, if having so much activity in Commuting is stiffling posting by newbies; a first post can get lost in a fast moving thread. It's big in here; plenty of room for all.

Jen J

Crapaud wrote:

I wonder, as well, if having so much activity in Commuting is stiffling posting by newbies; a first post can get lost in a fast moving thread. It's big in here; plenty of room for all.

I'm a newbie - I only started posting in here a week ago, and seem to have racked up quite a large number of posts...no stifling here

Harry B

Crapaud wrote:

Gavin Gilbert wrote:

And is Lost_In_Thought the new charlotte? ...

Is LiT not the new Popette who was the new Jonesy 123 who was the new Arch who was the new Charlotte?

Of course they could all be the same person, like Dr Who or the Dali Llama.

I voted: "It's great the forum has a sense of community again", but it's a pity that commuting's become a one-size-fits-all forum at the expense of Gear and Know-how, Cake Stop, Campaign and Soapbox.

I wonder, as well, if having so much activity in Commuting is stiffling posting by newbies; a first post can get lost in a fast moving thread. It's big in here; plenty of room for all.

Hey Popette is still around and posting so you might wanna be careful :?

Greg T

Commuting only had the one forum "commuting general" until the recent addition of "workshop".

All the commuters (and there are lots) were corralled into a small space and had to make do. It doesn't dilute the energy and gets the juices flowing.

Also Roadies are fecking awful dull people don't you think??

Commuting is a broader church. Apart from SCR which does have a certain "momentum" there are plenty of other threads started that noobs can post on without getting lost in the fireworks.

always_tyred

Greg T wrote:

Also Roadies are fecking awful dull people don't you think??

Road cycling is a serious business.

Barry Roubaix

Greg T wrote:

Commuting only had the one forum "commuting general" until the recent addition of "workshop".

All the commuters (and there are lots) were corralled into a small space and had to make do. It doesn't dilute the energy and gets the juices flowing.

Also Roadies are fecking awful dull people don't you think??

Commuting is a broader church. Apart from SCR which does have a certain "momentum" there are plenty of other threads started that noobs can post on without getting lost in the fireworks.

About as dull as your name

greg66_tri_v2.0

Barry Roubaix wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Commuting only had the one forum "commuting general" until the recent addition of "workshop".

All the commuters (and there are lots) were corralled into a small space and had to make do. It doesn't dilute the energy and gets the juices flowing.

Also Roadies are fecking awful dull people don't you think??

Commuting is a broader church. Apart from SCR which does have a certain "momentum" there are plenty of other threads started that noobs can post on without getting lost in the fireworks.

About as dull as your name

Dull (and humourless) they may be, but they've got retorts nailed.

"Takes one to know one", "Fcuk off big nose", and "Bagsy no returns" can't be far behind

sc999cs

What constitutes a roadie? Are roadies people who ride on roads for fun instead of commuting on roads? Do you need shaved legs?

Bikerbaboon

sc999cs wrote:

What constitutes a roadie? Are roadies people who ride on roads for fun instead of commuting on roads? Do you need shaved legs?

nahhh you dont need to have shaved legs to be a roadies but...... when you are thinking about shaveing your legs a roady would not even think about what affect it would have on his or her FCN.

always_tyred

sc999cs wrote:

What constitutes a roadie? Are roadies people who ride on roads for fun instead of commuting on roads? Do you need shaved legs?

Go up to "your rants here" and you'll get an idea.

In order to be a roadie, you have to either be someone who has little sense of humour, is not in the least inclusive about your sport, does not think that stopping to wait for some with a flat is acceptable and thinks that they are bloody great, or you have to want to be one of those people so badly that you'll put up with being generally sniffed at by a roadie until you are enough of a t0sser to be considered one of the beautiful people.

Sorry. This should be in your rants here as well. :oops:

Its only a minority, of course.

sc999cs

Always Tyred wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

What constitutes a roadie? Are roadies people who ride on roads for fun instead of commuting on roads? Do you need shaved legs?

Go up to "your rants here" and you'll get an idea.

In order to be a roadie, you have to either be someone who has little sense of humour, is not in the least inclusive about your sport, does not think that stopping to wait for some with a flat is acceptable and thinks that they are bloody great, or you have to want to be one of those people so badly that you'll put up with being generally sniffed at by a roadie until you are enough of a t0sser to be considered one of the beautiful people.

Sorry. This should be in your rants here as well. :oops:

Its only a minority, of course.

I cycle for fun mainly and tend to acknowledge most other adult cyclists with a wave, nod or smile. I have noticed that if I'm on my road bike, in lycra, I get an acknowledgement from other road bike riders. If I'm on my MTB in baggies, or work clothes (while commuting) I might as well not be there :evil: So I think I know the type.

don_don

Seems to me that there are a bunch of people here who have become 'virtual mates' and now talk about anything and everything, which seems healthy. It would be sad though, if that was to the detriment of the other forums (boy that word f*cks me off - its fora!) :evil:

Erm, anyway, I'm still a bit loath to put anything off-topic here, which is why I expressed my physical attraction to a certain young lady in Cake Stop. And why they had to out me in here

always_tyred

sc999cs wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

What constitutes a roadie? Are roadies people who ride on roads for fun instead of commuting on roads? Do you need shaved legs?

Go up to "your rants here" and you'll get an idea.

In order to be a roadie, you have to either be someone who has little sense of humour, is not in the least inclusive about your sport, does not think that stopping to wait for some with a flat is acceptable and thinks that they are bloody great, or you have to want to be one of those people so badly that you'll put up with being generally sniffed at by a roadie until you are enough of a t0sser to be considered one of the beautiful people.

Sorry. This should be in your rants here as well. :oops:

Its only a minority, of course.

I cycle for fun mainly and tend to acknowledge most other adult cyclists with a wave, nod or smile. I have noticed that if I'm on my road bike, in lycra, I get an acknowledgement from other road bike riders. If I'm on my MTB in baggies, or work clothes (while commuting) I might as well not be there :evil: So I think I know the type.

I know, I just don't understand that. I commute on a battle worn old road bike, with the full lycra/grunge look and I look like a courier. At weekends, on the day that its dry and I dare take the rocket bike out, I look like a roadie. But you know, I wave to as many people as I can - including people who look terrified that they've ventured from the tow path.

always_tyred

don_don wrote:

Seems to me that there are a bunch of people here who have become 'virtual mates' and now talk about anything and everything, which seems healthy. It would be sad though, if that was to the detriment of the other forums (boy that word f*cks me off - its fora!) :evil:

Erm, anyway, I'm still a bit loath to put anything off-topic here, which is why I expressed my physical attraction to a certain young lady in Cake Stop. And why they had to out me in here

Noun

fora

1. Irregular plural of forum.

[edit] Usage notes

The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.

* Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).

(That's from Wiktionary, so its HAS to be correct. Staduims and forums, what is the world coming to?)

sc999cs

So the roadies coming to this forum for a chat are no longer stereotypical roadies?

nicklouse

Bikerbaboon wrote:

nahhh you dont need to have shaved legs to be a roadies but...... when you are thinking about shaveing your legs a roady would not even think about what affect it would have on his or her FCN.

Word.

always_tyred

sc999cs wrote:

So the roadies coming to this forum for a chat are no longer stereotypical roadies?

I'm given to sweeping statements.

Its more that sort of "sports club" thing you get. Its probably the same with squash (certainly used to be!) tennis, DEFINITELY the same with rowing.

So, nothing personal to roadies, those who are reading.

ansbaradigeidfran

Always Tyred wrote:

Staduims and forums, what is the world coming to?)

<pedant>
I've never been to a Staduim myself.
</pedant>

Crapaud

Harry B wrote:

Hey Popette is still around and posting so you might wanna be careful :?

Eeek!

Um... as they're all forum belles I'm sure she won't mind ... eh ... too much. (I don’t recall a post from Popette for a while now) It wasn’t intended as a definitive list. :oops:

Oi!, Popette, where are you? LiT’s is stealing your rightful thunder!

Jen J wrote:

I'm a newbie - I only started posting in here a week ago, and seem to have racked up quite a large number of posts...no stifling here

It's speculation on my part; maybe my perception’s wrong, but there does seem to be a high through-put of new members. Not everyone’s as confident as you obviously are, Jen.

Greg T wrote:

Commuting only had the one forum "commuting general" until the recent addition of "workshop".

All the commuters (and there are lots) were corralled into a small space and had to make do. It doesn't dilute the energy and gets the juices flowing.

Yip, for discussing …dum, dum, dum … commuting. Just because you’re a commuter doesn’t mean that you can only post in the one forum. By posting anything and everything in commuting there’s a good chance it’ll become a mess. At present it seems to be sucking the life out of Cake Stop; there are threads that should probably be in Campaign and Soapbox.

Greg T wrote:

Also Roadies are fecking awful dull people don't you think??

If you commute on the roads, as a vast majority will, you’re a roadie, you dullard. Commuting used to be part of the Road board.

Greg T wrote:

Commuting is a broader church. Apart from SCR which does have a certain "momentum" there are plenty of other threads started that noobs can post on without getting lost in the fireworks.

A broader church in what sense? IMO cycling’s the broad church and commuting’s just one aspect of it.

Overall, there is a good sense of community in Commuting – there’re some great threads, posts and characters. Imo we could have a greater sense of ‘cycling community’ if the message boards were used more fully, rather than being confined to commuting.

always_tyred

ansbaradigeidfran wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

Staduims and forums, what is the world coming to?)

<pedant>
I've never been to a Staduim myself.
</pedant>

I have noticed that anyone who tries to be a smart ars3 in a post usually makes a spelling mistake.

Damn and blast.

always_tyred

Crapaud wrote:

Overall, there is a good sense of community in Commuting – there’re some great threads, posts and characters. Imo we could have a greater sense of ‘cycling community’ if the message boards were used more fully, rather than being confined to commuting.

I think this is exemplified by the Morpeth socials. I know we have the occasional dig at the Londoncentricity of the forum, but its pretty cool that a bunch of people are metting up like that through the forum.

"I love you guys"

Jay dubbleU

I have to say as a newby I think the SCR thread is excellent - it seems to be the only thread that brings together a variety of people and bike from city types to those of us who live in the far west and marry our cousins all with one common desire - to scalp the hell out of each other :twisted:

?metting?

attica

Crapaud wrote:

If you commute on the roads, as a vast majority will, you’re a roadie, you dullard. Commuting used to be part of the Road board.

I think you'll find quite a few people who commute on nobblies would stay well away from cake sop because it's in the road section, quite possibly the reason commuting got it's own board non?

Commuting is so popular because anyone feels they can visit, it's not as exclusive.

Besides, can't remember who it was but some chap posted photos of his commute and it was almost entirely on tracks and trails, lovely photos too.

BTW, I consider myself a roadie at the weekends and primarily commute to keep my mileage up.

snooks

I was a dyed in mud MTBer until I started commuting...now erm, I have a road bike. [backpedalling] but I don't consider myself "roadie" [/backpedalling] ie I don't shave my legs and being seen by my mates wearing lycra, would be embarrassing for both parties!!!

As for the social side, I'm off to Richmond park to meet up with a few from here

Can't be bad now can it....

Hang, on Londoners talking to each other....this shouldn't be happening...Should it? :?

DavidBelcher

Always Tyred wrote:

don_don wrote:

Seems to me that there are a bunch of people here who have become 'virtual mates' and now talk about anything and everything, which seems healthy. It would be sad though, if that was to the detriment of the other forums (boy that word f*cks me off - its fora!) :evil:

Erm, anyway, I'm still a bit loath to put anything off-topic here, which is why I expressed my physical attraction to a certain young lady in Cake Stop. And why they had to out me in here

Noun

fora

1. Irregular plural of forum.

[edit] Usage notes

The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.

* Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).

(That's from Wiktionary, so its HAS to be correct. Staduims and forums, what is the world coming to?)

'Formulas' insted of 'formulae' - now that really does brown me off. :x

David

fairweatherbiker

Always Tyred wrote:

including people who look terrified that they've ventured from the tow path.

We too are brave souls. Those ducks and squirrels can be vicious