Unpopular Opinions

webboo

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pblakeney

oxoman said:

Barry Sheene was better.
James hunt was better than Schumacher.
Freddy Mercury was a bigger showman, then again so was Gary Glitter.

You appear to be missing the point of the thread.

shortfall

oxoman said:

Barry Sheene was better.
James hunt was better than Schumacher.
Freddy Mercury was a bigger showman, then again so was Gary Glitter.

Sheene wasn't even the new ever British bike racer let alone better than Rossi.

Hunt was just a waste of a talent who can't even be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Schuhmacher who was definitely one of the all time greats, just not THE all time best IMHO.

Keith Moon, whatever else he was great at, couldn't even keep time.

FreddieVonRost

1. Correct,
2. Maybe,
3. B0ll0cks.

pblakeney

Topic fail.

tailwindhome

shortfall said:

Hunt was just a waste of a talent

Rush, the Ron Howard film on the Lauda/Hunt rivalry is on Iplayer atm. I've no interest in F1 but it was quite good.

pblakeney

If you want to see pure racing then watch Senna.
As we are going popular instead of unpopular. Rush was good though.

shortfall

freddievonrost said:

1. Correct,
2. Maybe,
3. B0ll0cks.

Pete Townsend is quoted as saying Moon couldn't keep the beat so it's not just me saying it.

shortfall

tailwindhome said:

shortfall said:

Hunt was just a waste of a talent

Rush, the Ron Howard film on the Lauda/Hunt rivalry is on Iplayer atm. I've no interest in F1 but it was quite good.

It was a fabulous fim agreed.

diamonddog

Disc brakes and 12 speed cassettes are a step too far for road bikes.

kingstongraham

I have found myself wishing Theresa May was still PM.

capt_slog

oxoman said:

Single chainring set ups.
Fixie's with no brakes.

Is that an opinion?

coopster_the_1st

kingstongraham said:

I have found myself wishing Theresa May was still PM.

Well, at least you are sticking to the brief of the thread as this has been proved to be unpopular

First.Aspect

pblakeney said:

I'm pee'd off with people going on about their mental issues. That's the OT part.

Yes, mental issues are real and I have every sympathy for that, but I am constantly listening to people moaning about their mental health because their lives are slightly unfulfilling; i.e. "I'm bored, how can I cope?"

I would expand this to people who define themselves by a moderate or common health issue. Usually the most unusual or significant health issue they actually have is narcissism.

FreddieVonRost

shortfall said:

freddievonrost said:

1. Correct,
2. Maybe,
3. B0ll0cks.

Pete Townsend is quoted as saying Moon couldn't keep the beat so it's not just me saying it.

Pete admitted that he did not like Moon's drumming but that the poor timing only came towards Moon's end.

shortfall

freddievonrost said:

shortfall said:

freddievonrost said:

1. Correct,
2. Maybe,
3. B0ll0cks.

Pete Townsend is quoted as saying Moon couldn't keep the beat so it's not just me saying it.

Pete admitted that he did not like Moon's drumming but that the poor timing only came towards Moon's end.

Hmmm not so sure. Even those drummers who like Moon and cite him as an influence recognise that he wasn't the traditional style of drummer who's main purpose was to keep time. The drugs just made him worse to the point where Townsend wanted to replace him before he died. Townsend reportedly found Entwistles bass playing similarly quirky and claims that he had to keep the rhythm because the rhythm section couldn't.
Anyway, regardless of the intricacies of the debate in the spirit of the thread it's clearly an unpopular opinion 😀

Stevo_666

Single speed bikes are utterly pointless. Just ride your normal bike and don't change gear.

FreddieVonRost

Yes, but my hipster .......

shortfall

Stevo_666 said:

Single speed bikes are utterly pointless. Just ride your normal bike and don't change gear.

My old man used to reckon that fixed wheel bikes were the best way to get properly fit as a cyclist because you were forced to pedal constantly pedal and couldn't bail out on climbs and use an easier gear. Not sure where flip flop hubs fit into this though as it loses some of the design simplicity, adds weight and obviously allows free wheeling which is surely cheating (maybe a debate for another thread?). As an aside he used to be mates with Jeff Banks in the 50s when they were in Catford Cycling Club. I am currently wearing Jeff Banks boxers funnily enough. I don't know Jeff Banks though 😁

Stevo_666

shortfall said:

Stevo_666 said:

Single speed bikes are utterly pointless. Just ride your normal bike and don't change gear.

My old man used to reckon that fixed wheel bikes were the best way to get properly fit as a cyclist because you were forced to pedal constantly pedal and couldn't bail out on climbs and use an easier gear. Not sure where flip flop hubs fit into this though as it loses some of the design simplicity, adds weight and obviously allows free wheeling which is surely cheating (maybe a debate for another thread?). As an aside he used to be mates with Jeff Banks in the 50s when they were in Catford Cycling Club. I am currently wearing Jeff Banks boxers funnily enough. I don't know Jeff Banks though 😁

True, I did try one belonging to a mate and they're hard work on gradients. But then again I'm not uber fit cycling wise.

Small world though, I only live a couple of miles from Catford even if I do try to avoid as far as possible

shortfall

Yeah the old fella grew up in Blackheath which I guess is on the doorstep of Catford.

Stevo_666

Blackheath is still worth a visit.

orraloon

shortfall said:

...he used to be mates with Jeff Banks in the 50s when they were in Catford Cycling Club. I am currently wearing Jeff Banks boxers funnily enough. I don't know Jeff Banks though 😁

😳 Those boxers have lasted well!

rjsterry

Stevo_666 said:

Single speed bikes are utterly pointless. Just ride your normal bike and don't change gear.

Mine is my normal bike. Must say I have enjoyed the simplicity.

ddraver

In defence of fixies...

When j got back recently I discovered that the place I'd left my old fixie, turbo trainer and other metallic goods was not as dry and warm as I'd thought and so most of them were now a ball of rust.

Pretty much everything is ruined but the fixie took a new chain, and a bit of wire brushing on the hub nut threads to be restored to full function...

FreddieVonRost

Life is better without a television.

Dorset_Boy

Stevo_666 said:

shortfall said:

Stevo_666 said:

Single speed bikes are utterly pointless. Just ride your normal bike and don't change gear.

My old man used to reckon that fixed wheel bikes were the best way to get properly fit as a cyclist because you were forced to pedal constantly pedal and couldn't bail out on climbs and use an easier gear. Not sure where flip flop hubs fit into this though as it loses some of the design simplicity, adds weight and obviously allows free wheeling which is surely cheating (maybe a debate for another thread?). As an aside he used to be mates with Jeff Banks in the 50s when they were in Catford Cycling Club. I am currently wearing Jeff Banks boxers funnily enough. I don't know Jeff Banks though 😁

True, I did try one belonging to a mate and they're hard work on gradients. But then again I'm not uber fit cycling wise.

Small world though, I only live a couple of miles from Catford even if I do try to avoid as far as possible

I used to live on the Forest Hill side of Catford in the late 1980's. Some good evenings down at the dogs there.

Stevo_666

Dorset_Boy said:

Stevo_666 said:

shortfall said:

Stevo_666 said:

Single speed bikes are utterly pointless. Just ride your normal bike and don't change gear.

My old man used to reckon that fixed wheel bikes were the best way to get properly fit as a cyclist because you were forced to pedal constantly pedal and couldn't bail out on climbs and use an easier gear. Not sure where flip flop hubs fit into this though as it loses some of the design simplicity, adds weight and obviously allows free wheeling which is surely cheating (maybe a debate for another thread?). As an aside he used to be mates with Jeff Banks in the 50s when they were in Catford Cycling Club. I am currently wearing Jeff Banks boxers funnily enough. I don't know Jeff Banks though 😁

True, I did try one belonging to a mate and they're hard work on gradients. But then again I'm not uber fit cycling wise.

Small world though, I only live a couple of miles from Catford even if I do try to avoid as far as possible

I used to live on the Forest Hill side of Catford in the late 1980's. Some good evenings down at the dogs there.

Even smaller world.

I was in Camberwell in the late 80's...

orraloon

Netflix is a crock of shite.

Approx 1 in a thousand listed worth watching. The number of times I have scrolled through on my (borrowed) account and eventually gone xxxx this I'm out...

Just as well I ain't paying.

tailwindhome

'Woke' is just this generation looking at the previous generation and deciding which parts of popular culture and ways of life they don't want to keep

Previous generations did the same. They called it the 'looney left' and 'pc gone mad', but progress continued and we look back amazed at the attitudes which prevailed scarcely believing what passed for comedy, what views were mainstream and that what seems normal now could ever have been controversial

Future generations will do the same.

That's life, you're just of the previous generation now so it feels uncomfortable.