[Closed] Does anyone on here socialise with other forum members ?

I know a fair few people on here (i.e. that I know through the forum) and see a few of them on a regular basis. I also have friends who've never even heard of STW

Ha! You know they don't really exist don't you. They're all part of the AI system. Which means I don't exist either. Or is it you?

The Soft Southern Shandy Drinkers (Krew) get together fairly regularly. If only once a year at the Big Bike Bash! Wouldn't know each other if it wasn't for STW.

I'm really a teenage Thai girl on the lookout for a husband.

apart from people I knew already I have met another STW'er for a ride, just the one though.

Your all welcome to pop round though

Myself and Hora regularly indulge our shared passion for 18th century poetry at weekend conventions

Audi-driving, Orange-riding IT Managers are notoriously anti-social.

I've spent a lot of time with loads of them but sadly they're real (and mostly nice) people. I work with two but they don't know that I know.
That reminds me. I got my current job through a very nice forum member to whom I owe coffee and cake......or a few choice words....the jury is out 🙂

only 1, but i didn't meet him through here. We did 'meet' through a motorbike forum though and live locally.

Several, but then I know them mostly from other (not necessarily MTB) forums.

Met and rode with quite a few several years ago including some of the old skool crew; Smudger, Suicide Dave among others. Don't think I can remember many of the usernames of any of those I've ridden with in recent years.

I know a few folks from STW locally, socialise as much as I do with anyone (post ride beer!)

No. Meeting people off the internet is a bit wierd and potentially dangerous.

Know a few folk on here but I know them from when I was at Uni rather than through STW. If there was a 'forum' ride near me I would probably pop along.

There are several people with whom I'm 'real life' friends independent of the forum, and several people I meet periodically for rides having met via the forum.

So yes.

Miss njee20 is always rather apprehensive when I go to meet someone from here for a ride, lest they be an axe-wielding maniac or similar. Not happened yet though.

Did organise a Surrey Hills ride a few years back, a lot of folk turned up actually, so I've met quite a number.

I've met and ridden with a few, bikes were ridden, beer was drunk and a good laugh was had by all, 😀
Non of them actually worked in IT, rode a five or had an Audi either..

A few people I know in rel life, but they're all friends/aquaintances who use STW, not met via STW.

A few but not that regular and still in touch with many members of past. I've met many great people thanks to STW many of them I class as really good friends now and some as best friends. I've had the chance to ride in various parts of the UK with them and the Alps, been some great times and fond memories I will always have. Sadly had to say farewell to 2 in recent years.

no chance, bunch of freaks and ne'er-do-wells

I tend not to ask people I meet if they're on stw 'cos they only ask what my username is and then I have to try explain how to pronounce it.

Plus I might have upset them online at some point 😉

no chance, bunch of freaks and ne'er-do-wells

When are you going to come for a ride down here Mike?
I've also been contacted through forums to show people around the local trails & also done the same on my travels.

If you mean have made contact with other riders through STW, then a qualified yes -- have met a few folk, all too infrequently, through this forum or from Gofar predecessor.. Not many though, the folk I know and meet up with happen to be on STW rather than because of it.

well I've met people who *claim* to be on here.

I dunno though, they seem completely different in real life. Smaller, and less aggressive.

Don't think I've met anyone off this forum but I've been on quite a few rides with people from Mtb Britain, great lot over there and I need to go out more with them, its been ages since I did a group ride 🙂

Works the other way around I've found: met them in real life and then later discovered they are on here...it's unfortunately too late to avoid them by then but I'm sure the feeling is mutual 😀

same as TINAS, I'm friends with a few people who also happen to be on here, as opposed to friends with them because they're on here.

There are also a few that I'm sure are also on here from rides that we've been on together, etc., but i still don't know who they are on here. One in particular, I'm pretty sure I know who it is but I'm not certain and I'm not sure if i want to know for sure either.

I'm really a teenage Thai girl on the lookout for a husband.

Email in profile. Paypal gift?

Ive slept in the back of a people carrier with one, and enjoyed it so much I went on holiday with him. I may have known him outside of here though.

There is one member I used to ride with about 10-12 years ago, though I think hes forgotten me 😥

Yes. I have three mates who I just would not know at all if i had never been on stw. But they are well outnumbered by riding mates who I knew already or have met without the aid of the internetz.

yeah.
some of whom i "met" after arranging rides via STW.
and one forum member i've been very good friends with for over 20 years.

met glupton via here , group rides and went to SSEC with him. hes not a bad lad - just cant resist the low lying fruit for trolling when bored 😉

SingleSpeeddan i met on here when i first moved to aberdeen and he showed me the local trails - last weekend i helped him build a bike shed.

met rusty mac a few times - usually doing each other favours - i checked over a wheel build for him and sorted out his gears - he gave me a 2 cube of scrap wood for burning 😀 (i emptied his garden of diy waste in the process 😉 )

Never met any STW-ers in person. 🙁

I'm not sure if I'm missing anything. 😉

hes not a bad lad - just cant resist the low lying fruit for trolling when bored

I reckon the same could be said for a lot of people on here!

One tries not to, but one does on occasion. 😉

One tries not to, but one does on occasion.

You mean when your butler has forgotten to arrange the black tie ball again, you have to lower yourself to meeting STWers... 😉

Yes, met loads of people off here. Some have even been relatively normal. 😉

[i] Smaller, and less aggressive[/i]

Not met me then 😉

[i]I'm not sure if I'm missing anything.[/i]

Not met me then 😉

White tie and tails, CL! 😉

I've met Molgrips and his car.

His car is a lot nicer in real life than it is on here.

^^^^ 😆

I have met him and molgrips , both at the same time as well!

Almost everyone I ride with I met through STW and they range from folk I wish I did not know to proper mates/lifelong friends.
Not sure how many I "know"* but I have ridden with about 100 ish as a guess?? Some I would not recognise again or remember [ as I am sure is the case for them with me]

Best aspect of STW is the riding and the surprise that comes from realising even the serial trolls are rather normal [ dull IME} in real life/.

* probably about 10 ish I could text/ email call re a ride

Not met me then

Been dreaming about you long enough though DezB, you foxy thing you! 😉

In my mind you look like...

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and you smell like moist poppies. 😉

Jeez. I only look like that when I'm having a poo

The only one I 'know' of is scotroutes, and we're linked via Google+ as I think he's really kewl 🙂

(I don't think he knows this. I will make this info known to him.)

It was the rough camping stuff he does that drew me in. Its something I intend to try and thought he'd be a good bloke to know, sounded like a decent guy, and we're not a million miles from each other geographically.

I'm aware of how "WLTM" that all sounds 🙂

DezB - Member
Jeez. I only look like that when I'm having a poo

I know.

Have to say, I don't think I've met anyone from here I didn't like, and I've met quite a few.

Always a friendly, inclusive atmosphere on group rides and the seriously good riders are usually the most encouraging and helpful to those of us not blessed with the most skills.

Taking the mick out of people on here is also far more fun when you've met them in real life too.

[i] I don't think I've met anyone from here I didn't like,[/i]

Not met me then 😉

I've met a fair few. A fair few have surprised me how bloody well that they can ride, hardly any have disappointed on this front. Surprisingly really as you'd think people on such a forum would fall into the 'lets talk about it/not be able to do it' category.

There are a fair few generous of spirit types on here.

[quote=codybrennan ]The only one I 'know' of is scotroutes, and we're linked via Google+ as I think he's really kewl
(I don't think he knows this. I will make this info known to him.)
It was the rough camping stuff he does that drew me in. Its something I intend to try and thought he'd be a good bloke to know, sounded like a decent guy, and we're not a million miles from each other geographically.
I'm aware of how "WLTM" that all sounds

* deletes post history *
* disconnects from internet *
* runs away *

Met a couple from flogging a few bits; nice bunch in the main. Let one guy take some RC36's on trust as may have been suitable for a mate and he'd run out of cash - only said £20 as they were a bit scrappy and his mate was short of funds too. Promised response/ payment never happened.

Lacoste jumper should have given it away really.

Not met me then

Only when I'm in need of a damned good cuddle

Met loads.

Some of the Edinburgh/Lothians crowd through here and mlehworld, then lots more through working at The Bike Chain.

More of the mlehworld crowd through various meats.

Even more through Fatbike rides and gatherings.

Plus a few other odds and sods encountered on various rides, either planned or by chance.

I'd say that, almost without exception, they were all well-balanced, nice-to-know folk - even TJ and GW.

through various meats.

BBQs?

Bacon is an important part of mlehworld

[quote=codybrennan ]
I'm aware of how "WLTM" that all sounds

speaking of which, did GeeTee1972 ever mange to hook up with Dave from Leith Hill?

It's complicated.

even TJ

[obligatory reminisce avec misty eyes]

Aaahhh TJ. Now there was an STW-er!

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I've met a few guys who I thought 99% chance of posting here, but I didn't want to be that guy who meets some new guys and goes:

"So, you guys post on STW?"

[i]We have spoken on the phone iirc[/i]

To me? How would that have happened?

I was introduced to the forum by a few guys I rideout with, one in particular was an avid poster until he got bored. My whippet mate watches but refuses to post anything, my mates from UpNorf post and rideout and we meet a few times a year or so.
Then theres the SSUK crew who I met at Charlies infamous event, all who rode out impressed me, in the main for being rather normal and hard riding types, which I like.
There are a few groups close to me that rideout, the Lordswood/QECP/Fareham/Meon lot and I crash into them when I can.

As far as the rest on here, most I would be pleased to meet/rideout with, not on a dark night you understand, but in open countryside in daylight 😉

I'm on here because of real world friends, and I've made real world friends from on here.

(Also I have completely blanked people from on here that I should know, because I'm forgetful and pig ignorant, but I'd totally socialise with them if I was less shit.)

Friends......pens......

piemonster - Member
Friends......pens......

Pauline?

Only 2 - and I would have met them in other ways

[b] andytherocketeer[/b] -

Several, but then I know them mostly from other (not necessarily MTB) forums

Hello...! see you on the S10BB 😉

To me? How would that have happened?

IIRC you or a mate had an issue with Merlin and I went into speak about it - was it a light? Years ago old forum iirc

It either that or I dream about you 😉

I do.

One is a former colleague who I have know for 20 years. Another is someone I have know for about 8 years.

The rest are the bunch of randoms that I ride with on a Monday night.

All of them top blokes/ladies.

Pauline? The big 4-0. So many candles and so little time

Does it count if the other member was banned, came back under a different username, then got banned again?

I'll echo some comments above and say I've never met anyone on here that hasn't turned out to be anything than jolly nice. Rusty Spanner even gave me a load of beer - I hope that sets a precedent for when I meet anyone else of here.

scotroutes - Member
Bacon is an important part of mlehworld

nom nom nom....

Yep loads of the single speedy nichewhores. Most of them are tattooed dunkard hooligans so we get on well.

More of the mlehworld crowd through various meats.

Did these meats involve spinning?

😆

I've met some on STW rides, all of whom have been really nice. I don't socialise much with anyone, work does my head in and at home I like my own company and to hang out with my dogs. I liked the STW rides but I mostly prefer to ride alone - I get more riding in that way, with less stopping for chats/repairs/punctures/late arrivals etc.

When I first joined the forum it was simply a matter of being in touch with people to know when the Northern Chapter rides were being organised from .I've met some good folk and riding buddies on here but there are loads I'll never meet .Syspect there are a few desk-jockeys passing boring days at work by engaging in mass-debate

yes......!!

ride with a few regularly, even know what some look like in civvy clothing rather than cycling kit..

I don't regularly socialise with anyone I've met through the forum, I've met and had a good laugh with a few who post on here at the kind of event you'd expect to do that at (eg SS nichewhore gatherings as per tazzy)

Wildest stab in the dark was going to Norway and spending 3 days very explicitly trusting my life with a guy I met through a US forum - backcountry touring, so avalanche rescue etc. A few trip reports from the both of us on there, so there was some e-scoping going on. Bit more of a flyer for him, because he was well known on there and obviously trusted by a number of guys who clearly knew their shit. Not so much for him to see about me.

Waves to MartynS.

I socialise with loads, even 'Big Hitters' and have even been on skiing holidays with a few.

Been riding with too many to mention though, not sure they know who I am or care.

speaking of which, did GeeTee1972 ever mange to hook up with Dave from Leith Hill?

I haven't met anyone off here...I just haven't been propositioned yet.

Perhaps I need to make my profile more explicit and upload pictures of my junk.