I thought the silly season only existed during the Tour de France on this forum. Clearly I was wrong as this silly thread proves that.
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auscyclefan94 said:I thought the silly season only existed during the Tour de France on this forum. Clearly I was wrong as this silly thread proves that.
BroDeal said:For aussies it starts in November when they make threads about p!ssant races like the TDU in November, two months before the race--if you can call it a race..
When five out of the eight top threads are polls we might have a problem.
auscyclefan94 said:I agree it is quite early to have TDU thread but that is because there is no racing on atm. It is a big cycling nation's biggest race so I guess it does deserve some attention. But you can keep on making more ridiculous threads.
ElChingon said:There is no "Off-Season" for polls, only an Off-Season for bike racing
Martin318is said:Valid point.
The issue here isn't that there are a bunch of polls. The issue is that nobody has anything particularly new/interesting to say and so the polls are not getting swept off the front page by the day to day conversation.