State of the forum 2025

[Ilmaestro99]

@Ilmaestro99 and @noob being the same person would be something no one saw coming

I don't think anyone would mistake me for a noob

 

[topcat]

With all the delight at Pog beating everyone uphill and in the past Rog beating Spanish teenagers at the Vuelta, I wanna know if the forum will cheer as loudly if I crush my 7 year old son at weight lifting.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

With all the delight at Pog beating everyone uphill and in the past Rog beating Spanish teenagers at the Vuelta, I wanna know if the forum will cheer as loudly if I crush my 7 year old son at weight lifting.

As long as he isn‘t crushed by the weights.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

True that! But I accidentally, truly accidentally, almost hit her paw in the dresser this morning so we're now even 😅 It's amazing how small scratches can hurt 😅

As the 4yr anniversary of your joining the forum dawns, it is perhaps time for a username transition to "The artist formerly known as noob"?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

A lot of the forum's top stars have been banned recently for illegal substances. Our community is dirtier than I thought. And yet the most thermonuclear performer @CyclistAbi has never been caught!

 

[topcat]

A lot of the forum's top stars have been banned recently for illegal substances. Our community is dirtier than I thought. And yet the most thermonuclear performer @CyclistAbi has never been caught!

All these stars are doing their best numbers ever but have been left in the dust by the abs of steel goats.

 

[noob]

I don't think anyone would mistake me for a noob

Being a noob is actually really good; everything left to learn! Stuff is new and exciting! No pretentions, nothing to lose. Everything left to learn.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

With all the delight at Pog beating everyone uphill and in the past Rog beating Spanish teenagers at the Vuelta, I wanna know if the forum will cheer as loudly if I crush my 7 year old son at weight lifting.

That'll depend on a few factors. Is your son by any chance Slovenian?

 

[noob]

As the 4yr anniversary of your joining the forum dawns, it is perhaps time for a username transition to "The artist formerly known as noob"?

Thanks for reminding me it's my forum birthday!

Isn't 4 years rather young for an artist? I think it's more like "podium child age"

Spoiler: lol

Also I think I'm as good on a bike today as I was when I was 4 years old

 

[RedheadDane]

Isn't 4 years rather young for an artist? I think it's more like "podium child age"

Spoiler: lol

Also I think I'm as good on a bike today as I was when I was 4 years old

Personally, I like to think I'm better on a bike today than I was when I was 4...

 

[Oldman]

With all the delight at Pog beating everyone uphill and in the past Rog beating Spanish teenagers at the Vuelta, I wanna know if the forum will cheer as loudly if I crush my 7 year old son at weight lifting.

i like the "if" in that sentence.

 

[noob]

Personally, I like to think I'm better on a bike today than I was when I was 4...

Oh, you're right! I forgot when I first did ride a bike, so I had to look up how old people usually are when they learn to ride a bike, and it was a bit older so maybe then I'm as good at riding a bike as I was when 8 years old or so

 

[dr.eve]

Oh, you're right! I forgot when I first did ride a bike, so I had to look up how old people usually are when they learn to ride a bike, and it was a bit older so maybe then I'm as good at riding a bike as I was when 8 years old or so

Sorry to barge in and Congrats to your forum anniversary! 😄

But I was wondering, wherever you live, its normal to learn to ride a bike at approximately 8 years old?
Where I am from we usually learn at around age of 4 (+/- 1).
Funny thing of learning to ride a bike are these little tricycles and balance bikes. Children on balance bikes in the years before going on a real bike tend to learn much faster than tricycles kids.
My daughter was always on a balance bike and when we gave her her first bike with little training wheels on the sides first thing she said, before actually riding the bike, was: can i go without? So I took them off again and off she went seemingly effortless, bike skill unlocked 🤣

Sorry for going off topic.

 

[RedheadDane]

But I was wondering, wherever you live, its normal to learn to ride a bike at approximately 8 years old?
Where I am from we usually learn at around age of 4 (+/- 1).

I know you didn't ask me, but I think 4 (+/- 1) might indeed be the age around which kids graduate from balance bikes/tricycles to real "grown-up" pedal bikes. However, there's a bit of a difference between "starting to learn" and "actually being good at it", including being allowed to ride on your own - at least in low-traffic areas.

 

[noob]

Sorry to barge in and Congrats to your forum anniversary! 😄

But I was wondering, wherever you live, its normal to learn to ride a bike at approximately 8 years old?
Where I am from we usually learn at around age of 4 (+/- 1).
Funny thing of learning to ride a bike are these little tricycles and balance bikes. Children on balance bikes in the years before going on a real bike tend to learn much faster than tricycles kids.
My daughter was always on a balance bike and when we gave her her first bike with little training wheels on the sides first thing she said, before actually riding the bike, was: can i go without? So I took them off again and off she went seemingly effortless, bike skill unlocked 🤣

Sorry for going off topic.

No worries I really don't know when I learned riding the bike. Maybe should ask my parents. I just googled "when do people learn riding bikes?" and got 8 as the age, so I assumed I was that late. But my first guess was actually like @RedheadDane 4(+/-1) too

I know you didn't ask me, but I think 4 (+/- 1) might indeed be the age around which kids graduate from balance bikes/tricycles to real "grown-up" pedal bikes. However, there's a bit of a difference between "starting to learn" and "actually being good at it", including being allowed to ride on your own - at least in low-traffic areas.

I think you're right. I guess 4 months closer to 5 should be correct for me, probably some months later than my peers. I just remember it was hard

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

My kids were born in late autumn. We taught them how to ride a bike in the summer before they turned four. However, we had to teach them again the next spring. After that, the skill stuck.

 

[dr.eve]

I know you didn't ask me, but I think 4 (+/- 1) might indeed be the age around which kids graduate from balance bikes/tricycles to real "grown-up" pedal bikes. However, there's a bit of a difference between "starting to learn" and "actually being good at it", including being allowed to ride on your own - at least in low-traffic areas.

True, also depends largely on how bike safe and aware the environment is I guess. My daughter is now 5 and can bike to school (only max 2km that is), but of course she always goes under our supervision alongside her. Not sure when she would be riding alone, 8? 9? She has a little brother so may take bit longer till he also can ride alone. Plus there's 2 high traffic points on the road for which they really need to understand traffic rules to be able to go alone safely.

 

[Netserk]

As we can no longer exchange private messages here, I think it's good for those who would like that option to make themselves easy to find on other platforms. But some level of opacity or indirectness may be preferred to allow some filter.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Topcat has decided to empty his medicine cabinet almost a week before the Vuelta starts. Bold choice. Let's see if he hasn't peaked too early.

 

[noob]

If anyone hasn't seen that there now is a Discord server for random chatting and PM function automatically built in, (since it's Discord) just look at my signature

 

[Berniece]

But I was wondering, wherever you live, its normal to learn to ride a bike at approximately 8 years old?
Where I am from we usually learn at around age of 4 (+/- 1).
Funny thing of learning to ride a bike are these little tricycles and balance bikes. Children on balance bikes in the years before going on a real bike tend to learn much faster than tricycles kids.
My daughter was always on a balance bike and when we gave her her first bike with little training wheels on the sides first thing she said, before actually riding the bike, was: can i go without? So I took them off again and off she went seemingly effortless, bike skill unlocked 🤣

Yeah, that's normal. I think I was around 3 years and a couple of months.

I did learn my son to ride a bike a few weeks ago, he's 2 years and 7 months old. But he's the next Eddy Merckx so that makes sense.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah, that's normal. I think I was around 3 years and a couple of months.

But you're presumably better now, than you were then?

I did learn my son to ride a bike a few weeks ago, he's 2 years and 7 months old. But he's the next Eddy Merckx so that makes sense.

I'll start working on the "Berniece Jr. is the next Eddy Merckx" thread right away!

 

[dr.eve]

Yeah, that's normal. I think I was around 3 years and a couple of months.

I did learn my son to ride a bike a few weeks ago, he's 2 years and 7 months old. But he's the next Eddy Merckx so that makes sense.

Haha great to hear, looking forward in 16 years or so to hear about Berniece Jr.

 

[dr.eve]

But you're presumably better now, than you were then?



I'll start working on the "Berniece Jr. is the next Eddy Merckx" thread right away!

He deserves a thread indeed

 

[topcat]

Seemingly il Lombardia (the il maestro of monuments) is a foregone conclusion, so there is a bit of exasperation on the forum. But true to forum or form, the forumites have popped thie lsd (limited slip differential) and got creative with such brilliant topics as your favourite rider from each country and which tdf's could HE have won. Peak forum material.