New to BikeRadar, not new to cycling
Chung Mee
Posts: 48
HI
I don't know where to put this, so I'll try here.
Cycling is my sport. For the last five years I've gone out on the bike every day - unless it's actually snowing, or if I'm away from home or have an early morning meeting. Every day I get out of bed, pull my bike kit on, and set off........all before work. I'm devoted to the Tour de France and could, I reckon, hold a Beginner's Class on the subject if not an Intermediate one. I have a stack of cycling books and have just bought two more for holiday reading. During the Tour I arranged my whole life round the TV/live streaming hours and work. I'm going to the Vuelta in September. I've done cycling holidays in Europe many times and atm have 3 different bikes in the shed, etc. (One's in pieces as I canniballised it to mend my usual bike*; the other one was a gift and after 250 miles I stopped riding it.)
This is a very big, busy forum and good for it. Far better than some where you have to wait for days for a reply. However, right now I'm undecided. The Armstrong-Haters thread in the Pro Cycling part seems to have descended into personal abuse. Seems to have - is this "normal" BikeRadar badinage which a new person here is outside the "joke"? For a new member of BikeRadar I find this is putting me off asking some questions and/or joining in.
A few pages back - but only a few hours back - someone in the Armstrong thread posted at length and thoughtfully about LA and I agreed with him. However nearly everyone who said so was sneered at. Messageboard same-old same-old, or typical BikeRadar? I cannot possibly read everywhere to determine this.
*I'm about to buy a new bike. I have needed a new bike for years. My main bike's done at least 9,000 miles and my performance would improve with a NEW bike. I just know this, instinctively - new bikes are lighter-weight for a start! I'd start asking questions about buying a new bike with my currently-limited budget but really do not want to attract sarcasm and intimidating scorn from wealthier and fitter and longer-term and longer-riding other cyclists here.
Any advice on my hesitation about BikeRadar, please? Thanks.
I don't know where to put this, so I'll try here.
Cycling is my sport. For the last five years I've gone out on the bike every day - unless it's actually snowing, or if I'm away from home or have an early morning meeting. Every day I get out of bed, pull my bike kit on, and set off........all before work. I'm devoted to the Tour de France and could, I reckon, hold a Beginner's Class on the subject if not an Intermediate one. I have a stack of cycling books and have just bought two more for holiday reading. During the Tour I arranged my whole life round the TV/live streaming hours and work. I'm going to the Vuelta in September. I've done cycling holidays in Europe many times and atm have 3 different bikes in the shed, etc. (One's in pieces as I canniballised it to mend my usual bike*; the other one was a gift and after 250 miles I stopped riding it.)
This is a very big, busy forum and good for it. Far better than some where you have to wait for days for a reply. However, right now I'm undecided. The Armstrong-Haters thread in the Pro Cycling part seems to have descended into personal abuse. Seems to have - is this "normal" BikeRadar badinage which a new person here is outside the "joke"? For a new member of BikeRadar I find this is putting me off asking some questions and/or joining in.
A few pages back - but only a few hours back - someone in the Armstrong thread posted at length and thoughtfully about LA and I agreed with him. However nearly everyone who said so was sneered at. Messageboard same-old same-old, or typical BikeRadar? I cannot possibly read everywhere to determine this.
*I'm about to buy a new bike. I have needed a new bike for years. My main bike's done at least 9,000 miles and my performance would improve with a NEW bike. I just know this, instinctively - new bikes are lighter-weight for a start! I'd start asking questions about buying a new bike with my currently-limited budget but really do not want to attract sarcasm and intimidating scorn from wealthier and fitter and longer-term and longer-riding other cyclists here.
Any advice on my hesitation about BikeRadar, please? Thanks.
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Don't be put off by the few who think they own the bike forums - the help you will get from genuine people will more than make up for the odd cretin.0 -
i personnaly think this forum is very helpful. anything you ask will be answered by people that know their stuff0
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