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Looking for a cycle orientated moderated website/forum
I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a
more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? Can anyone reccommend such a forum ? |
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Looking for a cycle orientated moderated website/forum
On 21 May, 15:00, Rob wrote:
I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? Can anyone reccommend such a forum ? You could try Cycle Chat - I think it looks rather good. And contentious issues like the ones discussed here are relegated to separate sub-forums, and are moderated. Certainly the abuse etc that goes on here and deranged postings from motorists with bees in their bonnets would never be tolerated there. The URL is: http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/ Rudi |
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On 21 May, 15:00, Rob wrote:
I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? Can anyone reccommend such a forum ? And for what it is worth - I have spotted a number of former posters here (i.e who have deserted here some time ago) on Cycle Chat. And there are a number of comments there about what a shame it is that urc has degenerated like this. And they really do moderate - it is clear a number of people have been banned. Rudi |
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On 21 May, 15:09, RudiL wrote:
On 21 May, 15:00, Rob wrote: I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? Can anyone reccommend such a forum ? You could try Cycle Chat - I think it looks rather good. And contentious issues like the ones discussed here are relegated to separate sub-forums, and are moderated. Certainly the abuse etc that goes on here and deranged postings from motorists with bees in their bonnets would never be tolerated there. The URL is:http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/ Rudi Sorry for multiple posts. And when they spot nym-shifts by banned individuals they ban them too! But the whole site is so large ths trolling problem really doesn't seem to be a major problem. But I have only been lurking there for a short time. Rudi |
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On Thu, 21 May 2009 07:09:38 -0700 (PDT), RudiL
wrote: On 21 May, 15:00, Rob wrote: I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? Can anyone reccommend such a forum ? You could try Cycle Chat - I think it looks rather good. And contentious issues like the ones discussed here are relegated to separate sub-forums, and are moderated. Certainly the abuse etc that goes on here and deranged postings from motorists with bees in their bonnets would never be tolerated there. The URL is: http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/ Rudi How's your attempt to set up a moderated group? Do you want any help? I am all for them - in particular it stops nym-shifters. Shall we go for it? -- Posts from IP Address: 80.254.146.36 to URC over 6 years = 7 Guy Chapman : 5 Lou Knee: 2 Coincidence or nym shift? |
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On May 21, 3:09*pm, RudiL wrote:
the abuse etc that goes on here ....from BOTH "sides", but let me guess, you're only bothered about the abuse *towards* Chapman and his followers? deranged postings from motorists with bees in their bonnets would never be tolerated there. If by that you mean "any postings which defend motorists", you'd be wrong, as I've written plenty of such posts on Cycle Chat, and never been banned. In fact I've had explicit written permission to post on such subjects from the forum owner and a moderator. You've made it amply clear that *you* would rather the "wrong" opinions were censored (even if they actually happen to be correct), but thankfully the powers that be at Cycle Chat don't share your philosophy. You see, not everyone wants to ban people from disagreeing with them, and not everyone equates "cycling advocacy" with "a dislike of motorists and censorship of anyone who defends them" (in fact the second thing actually makes the first thing harder, not easier, and real cyclists must be getting pretty sick of car-haters hijacking their cause and damaging it). At the end of the day, someone only wants to stop particular opinions from being posted when they know they can't refute them. This case is no exception. Why have you adopted an anti-motorist stance when you know that you can't defend it and that it's not logical? Is it just a case of "I'm a university lecturer so I have to be stereotypically 'trendy' about everything, and 'trendy' types don't like cars"? Are you that shallow and idiotic about everything in your life? How about forming opinions because you think they're the right opinions, and not because you think they're "expected" of you? The URL is:http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/ It's an OK forum. One shouldn't be put off by the fact that an "I want to censor my opponents" type like RudiL has advocated it; he hasn't been on Cycle Chat for long and obviously hasn't seen much of it yet. It does have his pillocks, of course, but the worst ones (like Spindrift and Chapman) have long since been banned, and quite rightly so. |
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Rob wrote:
I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? CTC's forums have a fair variety of sub-boards so maybe worth a look. http://forum.ctc.org.uk/ Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On May 21, 3:09*pm, RudiL wrote:
You could try Cycle Chat - I think it looks rather good. And contentious issues like the ones discussed here are relegated to separate sub-forums, and are moderated. Certainly the abuse etc that goes on here and deranged postings from motorists with bees in their bonnets would never be tolerated there. The URL is:http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/ Rudi Thank you very much Rudi, for such a prompt and polite reply; it very much looks like a place I'd enjoy. cheers Rob H |
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On May 21, 3:38*pm, Peter Clinch wrote:
Rob wrote: I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, .... sniped CTC's forums have a fair variety of sub-boards so maybe worth a look. http://forum.ctc.org.uk/ Thanks Pete for the suggestion, I'll give it a thorough lurking :-) cheers Rob H |
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Looking for a cycle orientated moderated website/forum
Rob writes:
I'm a long time lurker on this newsgroup, but I'm now looking for a more cycle friendly place to post at and a community on can participate in. So far I've only found websites and forums that concentrate on the sports/performance aspects of cycling, does anyone know of any general cycling forums/websites ? Can anyone reccommend such a forum ? I've not seen bikeradar mentioned yet... There are several sub-forums and you might find one you like. www.bikeradar.com Despite the .com, it's a UK focused site. David |
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