Who is Inner Ring?

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  • rjgr
    rjgr Posts: 52
    TheBigBean wrote:
    AndyRubio wrote:
    I wonder why he prefers anonymity.

    The reasons are stated on the blog. He / she has a full time job and doesn't want his / her employer to know about it.

    I'm still voting for a lawyer.


    Has to be in IT. You can't sit at work playing on a computer all day producing nothing of benefit for the business ....

    Unless you work in IT :wink:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Will.C wrote:
    I think inrring is American living in France non? That's the impression I got anyway.
    Quite pally with vaughters, comments on American cycling a fair amount, I'm pretty sure I've seen a few americanisms in their writing too.
    He spells colour with a u though.
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  • Will.C
    Will.C Posts: 245
    Canadian.
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    whoever he is and excluding the typos, he's one of the best writers on cycling on the web. Happy that he gets credit for an excellent blog.
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    My guess would be Dutch.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I assumed he was English as he doesn't use 'merican spellings.

    Just a thought, has anyone asked him or is it a secret? Only just started reading his stuff.

    Also liking the tumbler page 'big ring riding'
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    He's British.

    I'd guess in finance or law.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • pat1cp
    pat1cp Posts: 766
    iainf72 wrote:
    http://inrng.com

    @inrng

    I think he's the best english language writer about cycling at the moment.

    Based on what's been said I'd say you've found Inner Ring right here... :wink:

    And I agree, best English read available at the moment.
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  • skylla
    skylla Posts: 758
    Who are INRNG?

    Different style and sloppy punctuation in recent write ups. Must have started to hire copy or ghost writers to bulk out site content.
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    iainf72 wrote:
    He's British.

    I'd guess in finance or law.

    I don't think he's mother tongue English - his phrasing isn't quite right, not quite 'natural'. Which isn't to say his English isn't tremendous. My instinct is that his first language is one of the romance languages, he reminds me of my high level students when I taught English in Italy.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Coriander wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    He's British.

    I'd guess in finance or law.

    I don't think he's mother tongue English - his phrasing isn't quite right, not quite 'natural'. Which isn't to say his English isn't tremendous. My instinct is that his first language is one of the romance languages, he reminds me of my high level students when I taught English in Italy.

    He said he's from the UK at one point. He lives in France or Monaco though, so perhaps that's explains the phrasing.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I still maintain he is Kleber.

    Despite the denials.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    I'm with the Kleber theory. The website expanding and him disappearing from the orum more or less coincided
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    iainf72 wrote:
    I still maintain he is Kleber.

    Despite the denials.
    It seems very plausible. Which leads us to the question - who was Kleber? (Did you ever actually know?)
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I wasn't around much when Kleber was posting, but having read through some of his posts I think I might be on board with that theory too.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    RichN95 wrote:
    It seems very plausible. Which leads us to the question - who was Kleber? (Did you ever actually know?)

    No, did ask him privately a few times and he wasn't forthcoming.

    But I know he lived around the Nice area sometimes, certainly knew people involved in some of the French teams. Knew Cuddly Bob from a previous existence.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    I thought it was Chasey for a while
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I think it's David Millar.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I thought it was Chasey for a while

    I hope this is a joke.
    _
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I thought it was Chasey for a while

    I hope this is a joke.

    Upset because you've been outted? :mrgreen:
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    iainf72 wrote:
    I still maintain he is Kleber.

    Despite the denials.

    I agree. Very similar matter of fact writing style, both have good knowledge of that part of the Alps and as you pointed out, the INRNG site took off when Kleber stopped posting.

    His first name is known - it's one of those names that could be English or Euro.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I thought it was Chasey for a while

    I hope this is a joke.

    It wasn't and you should take it as a compliment.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I thought it was Chasey for a while

    I hope this is a joke.

    It wasn't and you should take it as a compliment.

    Methinks the Mod doth protest too much
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  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    I think he's an accredited photog.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I thought it was Chasey for a while

    I hope this is a joke.

    It wasn't and you should take it as a compliment.

    Methinks the Mod doth protest too much

    Do we have to turn another thread into a Wiggins discussion? :wink:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    Inrng is Australian

    http://inrng.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two- ... ent-113207
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Alan A wrote:
    Inrng is Australian

    http://inrng.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two- ... ent-113207
    I'm not sure how you managed to infer that from that comment.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    The Inner Ring August 26, 2014 at 2:17 pm
    We’ve already had Drapac-Porsche in Australia too.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Paul 8v wrote:
    The Inner Ring August 26, 2014 at 2:17 pm
    We’ve already had Drapac-Porsche in Australia too.
    It's just a way of writing. I do it myself, using 'we' as a general collective cycling people (or whatever), rather than anything specifically related to me.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I know what your saying, it would explain the odd not quite English, not quite American spelling/grammar though.
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