Is the Clinic back in town?

[thehog]

With a bit of juicy news the Clinic is probably, according to 9 out of every 10 posters, the most exciting place on the internet.

Discuss.

 

[Cyivel]

Amen brother.

 

[Ferminal]

How many are sockpuppets!?

 

[Rip:30]

>Implying that there are at least 10 unique humans posting in the clinic.

 

[ebandit]

hogmany

thanks! hoggy

the clinic is the sole reason I follow the forum................racing can be

followed / discussed anywhere

the clinic has changed while I miss the heated exchanges from when I

first joined the forum....it is for the better that less insulting is tolerated

and remember ALL view points are to be appreciated just because your pet

theory is ridiculed it does not add up to censorship

keep posting lance appreciates your efforts too

Mark L

 

[thehog]

When the Dawg releases his autobiography "Sideways" next year the Clinic might go tres crazy again? He might break it?

 

[Beech Mtn]

Thanks Hog. Finally got a signature to top the 1-800-Brailsford Badzhilla infomercial.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

While I don't post there I love reading The Clinic, for the gossip rag that it is it's lacking some seriously interesting gossip right now. (I mean, are they still debating the tailwind on Ventoux?)

No worries, though, another month and The Clinic will pick up the traffic (and my interest) again.

 

[thehog]

Thanks Hog. Finally got a signature to top the 1-800-Brailsford Badzhilla infomercial.

I'm seeing usernames I've never seen before.

JTL & Rogers sent the bots into hyperdrive.

Great work in the 1-800-Brailsford! Just wait for the Classic season! They should start beating Fabian soon. Diali it in!

 

[ebandit]

nice

When the Dawg releases his autobiography "Sideways" next year the Clinic might go tres crazy again? He might break it?

nice one hoggy...trolling your own 'trolling' thread.....may I expect your book

'the truth about doping in cycling....but not the whole truth'

Mark L

 

[thehog]

I might release "outakes" at the same time as the Dawg/Walsh book. It will be the "best of the clinic".

Should sell 4 to 1 on Sideways.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Yes, it is.

 

[ebandit]

back

Yes, it is.

glad you're back..................now looking forward to your

clinic posts

Mark L

 

[Zam_Olyas]

glad you're back..................now looking forward to your

clinic posts

Mark L

Thank you, me old boy. My application for a mod post now is in jeopardy after i got banned but no worries i have benson on skype.

 

[thehog]

Re:

While I don't post there I love reading The Clinic, for the gossip rag that it is it's lacking some seriously interesting gossip right now. (I mean, are they still debating the tailwind on Ventoux?)

No worries, though, another month and The Clinic will pick up the traffic (and my interest) again.

It has since been discovered that a perma tailwind has followed Froome around since 2011

 

[Echoes]

Clinic posters don't care about clean cyclists nor about the classics. Distressing place.

 

[the delgados]

Clinic posters don't care about clean cyclists nor about the classics. Distressing place.

Who are the clean cyclists, and why should I care?
You're joking, right?
Why bring the classics into this?

 

[RedheadDane]

I've honestly never noticed the Clinic being away...

 

[Bullrun]

Has the clinic gone away? Has the policy about doping related topics on the road forum changed? Genuine question - was there an announcement I missed?

If I wanted to read raving loonies on overemotional rants, I'd visit the clinic regularly (not saying there's nothing but that in the Clinic, just that it's fairly common). Sometimes I do - fully aware of what I'm going to read. However, I don't expect to open the TdF thread and have to wade through a dozen nutty conspirational posts shrieking about reinstating Armstrong's titles and blackmails - not judging the authors, their outrage or whatever one can call it. Rather a matter of expectations and time management. I open that thread hoping to read some takes on the TdF, some more enlightened and unsubstantiated than others; but not trite ravings about doping, WADA and whatot.

So, are clinic posts now allowed everywhere? Is it a new policy? An oversight from the moderators?

I understand I might be highjacking this thread - let me know if I should start one.

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Has the clinic gone away? Has the policy about doping related topics on the road forum changed? Genuine question - was there an announcement I missed?

If I wanted to read raving loonies on overemotional rants, I'd visit the clinic regularly. Sometimes I do; fully aware that I'll inevitably bump into plenty of that nonsense. However, I don't expect to open the TdF thread and have to wade through a dozen nutty conspirational posts shrieking about reinstating Armstrong's titles and blackmails - not judging the authors, their outrage or whatever one can call it. Rather a matter of expectations and time management.

So, are clinic posts now allowed everywhere? Is it a new policy? An oversight from the moderators?

I understand I might be highjacking this thread - let me know if I should start one.

I'm assuming you have reported all the relevant clinic-type posts that are in the wrong forums?

 

[Bullrun]

Re: Re:

Has the clinic gone away? Has the policy about doping related topics on the road forum changed? Genuine question - was there an announcement I missed?

If I wanted to read raving loonies on overemotional rants, I'd visit the clinic regularly. Sometimes I do; fully aware that I'll inevitably bump into plenty of that nonsense. However, I don't expect to open the TdF thread and have to wade through a dozen nutty conspirational posts shrieking about reinstating Armstrong's titles and blackmails - not judging the authors, their outrage or whatever one can call it. Rather a matter of expectations and time management.

So, are clinic posts now allowed everywhere? Is it a new policy? An oversight from the moderators?

I understand I might be highjacking this thread - let me know if I should start one.

I'm assuming you have reported all the relevant clinic-type posts that are in the wrong forums?

I thought it was unnecessary because I read about 10 of them in a row in a single thread - it defies credulity moderators somehow missed all of them. In fact, I don't believe in that for a second.

I will report them though - I'm still interested in knowing if the policy remained the same and this was an occasional oversight or if the policy changed (in which case I have no interest in opening threads only to have to wade through dozens of doping posts to report them).

 

[King Boonen]

Re: Re:

Has the clinic gone away? Has the policy about doping related topics on the road forum changed? Genuine question - was there an announcement I missed?

If I wanted to read raving loonies on overemotional rants, I'd visit the clinic regularly. Sometimes I do; fully aware that I'll inevitably bump into plenty of that nonsense. However, I don't expect to open the TdF thread and have to wade through a dozen nutty conspirational posts shrieking about reinstating Armstrong's titles and blackmails - not judging the authors, their outrage or whatever one can call it. Rather a matter of expectations and time management.

So, are clinic posts now allowed everywhere? Is it a new policy? An oversight from the moderators?

I understand I might be highjacking this thread - let me know if I should start one.

I'm assuming you have reported all the relevant clinic-type posts that are in the wrong forums?

I thought it was unnecessary because I read about 10 of them in a row in a single thread - it defies credulity moderators somehow missed all of them. In fact, I don't believe in that for a second.

I will report them though - I'm still interested in knowing if the policy remained the same and this was an occasional oversight or if the policy changed (in which case I have no interest in opening threads only to have to wade through dozens of doping posts to report them).

It seems to surprise many here but the mods are volunteers who don't spend their lives reading every single post on the forum, sometimes we might not even have an interest in reading a thread at all and as such won't go in it unless something alerts us to a problem. Reporting posts is sometimes the only way we know users have a problem.

No, the policy hasn't changed but it does have some nuance. Speculation about doping is not allowed in the main form. For example "I think Froome is taking EPO" can only be posted in the clinic. Factual discussion around doping is fine however. "Contador served a doping ban" is acceptable.

We are also trying very hard not to be too over-zealous in the current situation as we are well aware that emotions will be running high.