Permanently banned from Weightweenies without posting a thing..........

bungle73

Tried to register (because I was interested in the long-running Allez Sprint thread) yesterday. Was bizarrely asked to send an email with my "cycling information". No idea what that meant, so I sent a list of the bikes I own, and awaited account activation. I guess they're not good enough for them, as when I went on there today I got a

"You have been permanently banned from this board.

Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.

A ban has been issued on your IP address."

message. I've received no other messages. I guess they don't want any new members, or I'm not good enough for them......

I've read around and it seems they hand out bans willy nilly, and it seems it's no use contacting them about it (which I've done) because they don't respond.

webboo

I blame Merlin.

slowmart

@ OP, have you recently moved? A previous occupier may have been banned previously and it’s the IP address which is being flagged?

bungle73

slowmart said:

@ OP, have you recently moved? A previous occupier may have been banned previously and it’s the IP address which is being flagged?

No. I’ve lived here since 1998.

td.zhang

Same thing happened to me. Was fine for a few months and then my IP got banned in October for seemingly no reason. My public IP has not changed for the last two years.

pinno

Create account through a VPN/proxy.

bungle73

pinno said:

Create account through a VPN/proxy.

What's the point when you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to gain access, which I already did once and got inexplicably banned? I can't read the website at all now without using a proxy. Ridiculous.

orraloon

Maybe their mod works for Merlin?

darkhairedlord

Or the post office.

veronese68

Or reads other cycling forums

pblakeney

Having your reputation preceding you is not always a good thing.

me-109

What was the thread title? 'I drilled my derailleur cage and it snapped; can I blame Shimano/SRAM/Campag for not making it stronger?'

pinno

me-109 said:

What was the thread title? 'I drilled my derailleur cage and it snapped; can I blame Shimano/SRAM/Campag for not making it stronger?'

Look, attaching the mech to the frame correctly would be a start.

joe_totale-2

Did you tell them about your 40kg backpack?

Stevo_666

veronese68 said:

Or reads other cycling forums

me-109

pinno said:

Look, attaching the mech to the frame correctly would be a start.

I must have missed that one.

darkhairedlord

me-109 said:

pinno said:

Look, attaching the mech to the frame correctly would be a start.

I must have missed that one.

I think pinno is conflating bungle with manc33

webboo

And Joe Total is confusing him with milemuncher.

bungle73

I'm not sure it's worth hanging around here anymore. What with the persistent and unending trolling, anf now the forum itself has been turned into an unmitigated impossible to navigate atrocious pos. I congratulate you.

pinno

bungle73 said:

I congratulate you.

First day of the new decade and i'm getting compliments.

Stevo_666

bungle73 said:

I'm not sure it's worth hanging around here anymore. What with the persistent and unending trolling, anf now the forum itself has been turned into an unmitigated impossible to navigate atrocious pos. I congratulate you.

Unfortunately we can't take the credit for state of the new forum...