au revoir

…very serious. But tell me
…very serious. But tell me WTF is TDF BTW anyway?

farrell wrote:dazwan

farrell wrote:

dazwan wrote:

Lance who?

I’m stunned you’ve never heard of him before.

I was joking you know! 8| (I already knew he was the middle-aged woman with big hair in that Oprah interview, duh! 😛 )

I really don’t give him any thought though. Why should I? The worst punishment for someone like LA is if the entire world just ignored him and got on with their lives. Lets move on and worry about something else!

Whats the Tour de France BTW?

CXR94Di2 wrote:Re

CXR94Di2 wrote:

Re ‘cyclist’… having seen some of his posts, he came across as knowledgeable…

What a nice gesture of you, to acknowledge this…
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… and (to add wood to the fire), what a weird way to say ‘good bye’… I hope he’s reading these comments with joy! 🙂 I have to say I truly (!) 😀 enjoy posts that (ironically) moan about moaning! 😀

Let’s moan about something meaningful, like how many transfers we’re going to get for the Grand Tours, the return of penalty transfers, how we need either a higher budget for the game or have the rider valuation algorithm tweaked so the current mid-level riders, at 20 and 30 or so credits, drop to 12 or so credits so we can play with more than 3 or 4 ‘Stars’ and 4 3.0 riders when the mountains come along…

Or lets not (!) moan and instead write joyous accounts of how we thoroughly enjoyed the racing and the game this past weekend! Truly great stuff! 🙂

Cyclist wrote:

… au revoir to all the people I had great chats with, met for a coffee…

That’s really not (!) a way to treat people who’ve treated you right… Thank them one by one for their thoughtful comments… You’re making a bigger deal of the Lance supporters than of the people who’ve brightened your day and entertained you with their company… That’s unfair! :W

I think you should come back and apologize to those people you’ve enjoyed rather than just leave like that… I, for one, would respect the hell out of someone who had the ‘balls’ to do that… 😕

In one way I can see a point.
In one way I can see a point. Lots of opinionated / extreme views are express on here, but then it is a forum! As for me, I take a pop at the pricey stuff, simply because I don’t buy it. I tend to the cheaper end of push bike stuff. But that’s just me and take it with a pinch of salt. As for LA, well anything on him, past or present will always divide opinion anyway.

Blue skies to all the readers! (Apart from Friday morning, when we will see ranting views on ninja cyclist riding without hi vis, lights and stabilizers during the “day”)

Re ‘cyclist’ I don’t know
Re ‘cyclist’ I don’t know what has happened on the lance thread, but having seen some of his posts, he came across as knowledgeable but also has an attitude of get out of my way.

To be fair there is a lot of
To be fair there is a lot of moaning and negativity on this site. I suspect – at least in terms of the equipment reviews – it’s largely due to an unusual mixture of audience: both wealthy and poor people frequent this site. Or at least those who like spending their money on fancy bike gear and those that don’t. I’m simplifying it of course but a site like DCRainmaker is very clearly targeted toward a more discerning and affluent audience, whereas this site tries to be all things for all people.

Regarding the Lance Armstrong vitriol, I just find it funny. Laugh it off – its got to the stage where its just a parody – he’s the archetypical pantomime villain. It’s as if he introduced drugs to cycling. To be honest I used to hate him about 6 months ago too, now I really admire him again – opinions change.

So an attention seeker points
So an attention seeker points out that he is leaving just in case we didn’t notice that he had gone. Good bye, you wont be missed but I bet you are soon back under a different name.