Have Rapha finally disappeared up their own @rse?

pinno

Fyffes is just a clearing house (see Rule 463, Clause 8, Subsection C, Paraphrase 9).

tlw1

Stevo 666 wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

Jesus wept - can someone sum up the last 4 pages please as I cba to read all of it, I can't believe how epic this has become.

It's enough to make you want to become a mountain biker

my cycling club has MTB specific clothes.............

city_boy

matthew h wrote:

my cycling club has MTB specific clothes.............

Are they baggy like these...



Or are they more 'fitted' like these...



Or are they just downright clingy...??

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pinno

Nice one City Boy.

Flâneur

Which one was stevo?

city_boy

sa0u823e wrote:

Which one was stevo?

All of 'em! It's a pictorial timeline of his mountain biking career!

pblakeney

Is that third one Rapha?

bernithebiker

I'm joining the club she's in, not too fussed if I have to wear the same kit.....

slowmart

Maybe the OP should have looked a little deeper into the title, given the content of the thread it's questionable if you replace Rapha with cycling

My local club likes you to wear the club kit which is a real shame as Ive enjoyed riding out with them a couple of times but wearing club colours doesn't appeal. That said the club is growing nicely and looks after novices really well and has a good reputation.

pottssteve

From the Rapha club book...

Para 3.1 Riders (male) are requested to have 2 days worth of stubble at all times.
3.2 Rides should ideally take place in misty weather conditions. Cyclists should stop occasionally to allow accumulated moisture to drip atmospherically from the peak of their alpaca-leather casquette.
3.3 ALL rides MUST take place in isolated, mountainous locations with no other traffic present. If this is not possible club members must move house and live in a secluded valley in the Dolomites or Pyrenees.
3.4 All club rides must be conducted in black and white with several sections ridden in slow motion.

...possibly

tmg

I think this whole discussion summarises cycling and life in general up, there are some people on here who are the kind of people who like structure and order and gain a sense of belonging and identity from being part of a club and think everyone else is missing some gene by not wanting the same, then there is everyone else who just gets on with their life.

imposter2.0

Why do you feel those two groups are mutually exclusive..?

pottssteve

tmg wrote:

I think this whole discussion summarises cycling and life in general up, there are some people on here who are the kind of people who like structure and order and gain a sense of belonging and identity from being part of a club and think everyone else is missing some gene by not wanting the same, then there is everyone else who just gets on with their life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1711jiiRtM

tmg

So are people in clubs the one's with the loaded guns or the spades???

tmg

Oh and they are mutually exclusive because the ones who are in clubs think there is something wrong with those who aren't and at any opportunity feel the need to tell everyone who isnt in a club why they should be but fail to understand that is normally the very reason why said people are not in such a club

imposter2.0

tmg wrote:

Oh and they are mutually exclusive because the ones who are in clubs think there is something wrong with those who aren't and at any opportunity feel the need to tell everyone who isnt in a club why they should be but fail to understand that is normally the very reason why said people are not in such a club

Thanks for clearing that up. Nice and clear now.

For the record, I've never told anyone they should be in a club - I just like to see good, sound reasoning for whatever choice people make, not misconceptions.

The "Oh they all force you to wear club kit" (they don't) angle being a particularly good example on this thread.

pottssteve

tmg wrote:

So are people in clubs the one's with the loaded guns or the spades???

Maybe this will make it clearer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3EI6cGfuE

thegreatdivide

Why do the vast majority of UK club kits look like they’ve been designed by people who have no design skills. They just look embarrassing!

tmg

You need to consider peoples perspectives, so the people who make such comments as "Oh they all force you to wear club kit" may have only ever come into contact with clubs who have that stance, there are also those people who like to make sweeping statements. But does it really matter?

I'm not part of a club (as you can probably tell) but have come into direct contact with good and bad clubs/club members, but I can say the same for other "un affiliated" cyclists who can be classified as having good and bad attitudes towards other cyclists

imposter2.0

tmg wrote:

You need to consider peoples perspectives, so the people who make such comments as "Oh they all force you to wear club kit" may have only ever come into contact with clubs who have that stance, there are also those people who like to make sweeping statements. But does it really matter?

It matters in the sense that the 'all' bit is clearly wrong. They don't 'all' do that. Some evidently do, but don't use it as a reason to discourage others - whose local clubs might be completely different.

ddraver

Are you ever going to let this go?

pottssteve

ddraver wrote:

Are you ever going to let this go?

May I direct everyone's attention to:

viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=13009549

tmg

You have to question the persons logic if they were to be discouraged from joining a cycling club by such a comment without even validating the statement to be true relative to the club they were thinking of joining

Its noble of you to try and save such people from a life without a non uniform enforcing cycle club

imposter2.0

ddraver wrote:

Are you ever going to let this go?

Sorry DD - feel free to not click on it, if the topic concerns you that much.

imposter2.0

tmg wrote:

You have to question the persons logic if they were to be discouraged from joining a cycling club by such a comment without even validating the statement to be true relative to the club they were thinking of joining

Its noble of you to try and save such people from a life without a non uniform enforcing cycle club

As I and others have repeatedly said on this thread (maybe you missed it) - I couldn't give a fvck if those people join clubs or not. It's only the reasoning I have a problem with.

arran77

Imposter wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Are you ever going to let this go?

Sorry DD - feel free to not click on it, if the topic concerns you that much.

The internet fairies keep forcing him to click and reply

ddraver

Imposter wrote:

tmg wrote:

You have to question the persons logic if they were to be discouraged from joining a cycling club by such a comment without even validating the statement to be true relative to the club they were thinking of joining

Its noble of you to try and save such people from a life without a non uniform enforcing cycle club

As I and others have repeatedly said on this thread (maybe you missed it) - I couldn't give a fvck if those people join clubs or not. It's only the reasoning I have a problem with.

You seem to give very much of a fvck...

tmg

And neither could I give a fvck so lets end this with violent agreement

imposter2.0

tmg wrote:

And neither could I give a fvck so lets end this with violent agreement

deal

andcp

It appears another 'exclusive' club has opened for business. Quite like the idea, but one night near Chatsworth and two 50 mile rides for £450, or two nights in Italy for £1250 (flights not included) - :shock:

Edit: it would help if i put a link in :oops: http://www.montem.cc/