On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 12:52:53 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 14/10/2019 01:55, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:20:30 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 14/10/2019 01:17, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:05:54 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 13/10/2019 19:42, Simon Jester wrote:
On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 12:09:21 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Violent, uncouth, foul mouthed, littering ******* who shave their legs.
Little wonder that they are detested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBOlo4t3JtM

Nothing to do with cycling.

Cyclists are nothing to do with cycling?

Who'da thortit?

Pro cyclists have no more to do with utility cyclists than F1 drivers have to do with utility drivers.
Using your 'logic' F1 cars should have to pass the UK MOT before they are allowed on the track.

Be clear: Are you REALLY claiming that cyclists have nothing to do with
cycling?

Think before you answer.

I am saying racing has nothing to do with transport.

That much is true but it wasn't the question and is not relevant to the OP.

In exactly the same way, F1, Speedway and all the rest of the
boredom-fest that is "motor-sport" also has nothing to do with transport.

All very well, but that doesn't mean that cycling is nothing to do with
cycling (which is the essence of your claim).

It might all be different if this NG's purpose were limited to utility
(transport) cycling. But it isn't and indeed, the NG name indicates the
opposite of that.

In The Beginning there was UK.TRANSPORT and UK.REC.CYCLING.
The Cyclists pointed out that UK.TRANSPORT only discussed motor vehicles, and it was so.
The Prophet Huge Davies thus created UK.REC.DRIVING, and all was peaceful.
Then came JNUGENT who claimed UK.RAILWAY was not an appropriate forum to discuss railways in the uk. So was the flame war born and destroyed usenet.