State of the forum 2025

[RedheadDane]

By "alliance" you mean you are actually the most nationalistic of them all!

I like it when the Danes win!
I also like when the French win. And the Belgians win, and the Slovenians win, and the Dutch win, and the Germans win, and the Italians win, and the Spanish win, and the Colombians win, and the Any-Other-Nationalities win.
I'm not so sure about the Norwegians. Except Laengen and Wærenskjold; I like it when they win!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And I shall sneak in with my people from all over with unusual names or pets alliance!

FTFY

 

[RedheadDane]

FTFY

I'm also perfectly willing to cheer for riders with ordinary names, or ordinary pets.
I'm even willing to cheer for riders with no pets at all.

However, if there ever is a rider with an unusual name, who has a boa constrictor named "Fluffy", I'd definitely cheer for this rider.

 

[gregrowlerson]

FTFY

I can hear her cheering on topcat from all the way over here in Australia!

The forum as a whole has certainly peaked just in time for the spring classics.

P.S. This is the year that May becomes July.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm also perfectly willing to cheer for riders with ordinary names, or ordinary pets.
I'm even willing to cheer for riders with no pets at all.

However, if there ever is a rider with an unusual name, who has a boa constrictor named "Fluffy", I'd definitely cheer for this rider.

How about a wine-loving cow called T-bone Pinot or a worm named "The GOAT"?

 

[topcat]

Happy St. Patrick’s day weekend. It’s a 3 day holy day. I feel the forum has got into the swing of things. Yesterday, after two days on the batter, with Ireland winning the grand slam and MVDP’s tko, the euphoria was electric. We had one or two patrons who got a bit rowdy and had to be told to sleep it off but as a whole the forum conducted itself with good cheer and pathos (a rip-roaring Saturday night). Today is a day of recovery.

 

[RedheadDane]

Performances are getting very suspicious in the Catalunya Roglic vs Evenepoel thread!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I think we can say that just like the riders themselves, the Evendepoel and Roglic fanboys are peaking too soon, doing absolutely ridiculous numbers in March still 6 weeks from il Giro. Thermonuclear posting. They go away to training camp and dissaper offline for months and then come down for Catalunya and nobody can keep up

 

[Cassirer]

I think we can say that just like the riders themselves, the Evendepoel and Roglic fanboys are peaking too soon, doing absolutely ridiculous numbers in March still 6 weeks from il Giro. Thermonuclear posting. They go away to training camp and dissaper offline for months and then come down for Catalunya and nobody can keep up

As ridiculous as it looked it was only one sprint, though. If they keep it up during the mountains, that's when we should start questioning their peaking.

 

[RedheadDane]

As ridiculous as it looked it was only one sprint, though. If they keep it up during the mountains, that's when we should start questioning their peaking.

Do you have any idea how long fanboys (and fangirls) can keep their peaks up for?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

People seem to be experimenting with all kinds of things these days to keep up with the fastest posters. Some are even prepared to eat crow (I guess that's what Armstrong did for a few years in the naughty noughties).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEMlvjJ9uxo&ab_channel=Perd

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jVGjpyNsY&ab_channel=PaulieIASIP

 

[fmk_RoI]

(I guess that's what Armstrong did for a few years in the naughty noughties).

Armstrong only ate crow with Oprah and on his "I'm sowwy" world tour in 2013. Throughout the noughties he was the one serving humble pie, even to the food inspectors.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Armstrong only ate crow with Oprah and on his "I'm sowwy" world tour in 2013. Throughout the noughties he was the one serving humble pie, even to the food inspectors.

I was actually referring to his former girlfriend.

 

[RedheadDane]

Serious talk!
Has anyone considered the possibility that some people might be using mechanical doping? Speeding up their posting by using some speech-to-text program.
This seems like something that should require a TUE.

 

[fmk_RoI]

I was actually referring to his former girlfriend.

You think LA's gonna waste time on his girlf's undercarriage?

(I can't believe we're actually having this discussion.)

 

[topcat]

Serious talk!
Has anyone considered the possibility that some people might be using mechanical doping? Speeding up their posting by using some speech-to-text program.
This seems like something that should require a TUE.

A serious sky supporter does this. While he has never admitted to having a tue himself, he powered out approximately one billion posts about the tue system.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Serious talk!
Has anyone considered the possibility that some people might be using mechanical doping? Speeding up their posting by using some speech-to-text program.
This seems like something that should require a TUE.

I assume this is closest we'll ever get to an admission of guilt, considering that you're one of top posters of all-time.

 

[RedheadDane]

I assume this is closest we'll ever get to an admission of guilt, considering that you're one of top posters of all-time.

I have build my post-count gradually over the years.

 

[Salvarani]

How many chances does one get, anywho.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

How many chances does one get, anywho.

We might find out in a month's time.

 

[RedheadDane]

How many chances does one get, anywho.

I'm assuming the "offending" post was removed? Actually did a quick search, and no; definitely nothing ban-worthy.
Don't suppose anyone - apart from the person reporting, and whoever acted on the report - actually saw it.

 

[Salvarani]

I'm assuming the "offending" post was removed? Actually did a quick search, and no; definitely nothing ban-worthy.
Don't suppose anyone - apart from the person reporting, and whoever acted on the report - actually saw it.

You should send a letter.

 

[RedheadDane]

You should send a letter.

Guess he's just been unlucky to have reported posts reviewed by admins twice in a relatively short period.

 

[Salvarani]

Guess he's just been unlucky to have reported posts reviewed by admins twice in a relatively short period.

That must be it.

 

[pastronef]

the forum Clinic, we know it, has lost some of its verve
imagine if Sky had won the previous year TDF, Gran Camino, Omloop, Kuurne, Tirreno, Catalunya, E3, GW, Dwars.
back in 2015-16 the forum would have crashed