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: I’m surprised Hora hasn’t got a mention
Was he not the full on Lance apologist/defender?
There's a Lance thread active right now so maybe that will draw him out?
I used to find THM's blanket assertions that the adults would be showing up to the Brexit negotiations any minute quite comforting.
2-3 years later, though, none have shown up. At least not on the UK side.
Jambafact was a thing too - he was quite rightly called out on his misinformation. He kept doing it, jambafact gained momentum and I guess he didn't like it to the point where he stopped. But, to reduce this to playground levels (de rigueur anyway) he did start it.😕
Not seen GW since lockdown started but you to see him smoking roadies on his BMX.
@dannyh TBF the EU team appears to be adults, who are just as mystified by the UK team as the British public are.
Wasn’t there some chap who was mad keen on XC racing?
@ avdave
Yep, that was him. Davidtaylforth. Very funny.
: I’m surprised Hora hasn’t got a mention
He pops up every once in a while on the Peak District MTB Facebook page.
@lowey : is that definite about SFB / simonfbarnes? Any idea when?
Its a tricky issue where someone continually posts either abhorrent views or false claims and gets hounded for it then flounces
Geetee ( I think it was) was one who got a load of flack for what was to me abhorrent views and took a mighty flounce as a result. Others who I get on with saw that as bullying. To me it was that his abhorrent views needed to be challenged at every opportunity. I think Jamba and THM are similar cases in some ways
It becomes quite similar to "no platforming" by peer pressure rather than by the mods.
I do not know what the answer is to that.
I’m surprised Hora hasn’t got a mention
He’s on pinkbike under a different alias, avatar is him though.
davidtaylforth was a master.
He knew how to catch a fish.
Its a tricky issue where someone continually posts either abhorrent views or false claims and gets hounded for it then flounces
The issue of forum bullying/hounding is largely down to the collective effect. If someone posts something objectionable everyone else feels the need to weigh in and collectively they get a kicking. For this reason I tend to look to see if others have already called it and if they have I don't post. It's one of those internet v real life issues, in a real life situation most of us probably wouldn't engage in that kind of collective action but online it's easy for it to snowball.
It becomes quite similar to “no platforming” by peer pressure rather than by the mods.
A very similar thing happened to that TJ guy a few years ago. Whatever he posted, folk just jumped on a bandwagon to argue with him and wind him up, often without actually reading his posts.
Stratobiker, I use to like his blog on racing in France.
Its a tricky issue where someone continually posts either abhorrent views or false claims and gets hounded for it then flounces
Not quite what happened though.
Edit: Scrub that, he's gone, not worth typing about.
Ling
Ling
She's still lingering
Farmer Giles paged me once, which was nice. Can't remember what he wanted to ask me.
There is a few, most mentioned above. Hope they are OK for the most part.
I quite like this forum, despite recently being banned for a month, there's a good range of people who allegedly ride bikes now and then. So I'm hanging around for a bit. My condolences.
Edit: on a total tangent, it’s a pity the tag notifications don’t work on the updated forum; mods – any word when this will be fixed?
It's currently on the to-do list for site version 2.7.6, 2.7.4 being current and 2.7.5 planned to go live next week. This isn't set in stone though, tasks can and do move.
The issue of forum bullying/hounding is largely down to the collective effect. If someone posts something objectionable everyone else feels the need to weigh in and collectively they get a kicking. For this reason I tend to look to see if others have already called it and if they have I don’t post. It’s one of those internet v real life issues, in a real life situation most of us probably wouldn’t engage in that kind of collective action but online it’s easy for it to snowball.
This. If you hold a minority view then it's going to be a majority of people who disagree with you. That's not bullying, it's simply numbers. It's when it starts spilling across into other threads than it becomes exponentially more problematic. As someone else said though, I don't really know what the solution is to this - 20 people wade in in response to a post, we issue 20 warnings, we've essentially then just granted diplomatic immunity to the OP to post whatever they like unchallenged.
I never quite worked out whether Jmaba was a wind-up merchant, a serial BSer or just lived in his own little fantasy world and believed everything he posted, but if someone is going to post complete nonsense presented as fact then it should come as no surprise to them when it gets corrected.
We always encouraged him to use the Report Post link if anyone replied more robustly than he was comfortable with and he never did, so we assumed he was perfectly happy to keep popping in, throwing hand-grenades and then changing the subject.
I had off forum discussions with Jamba and he never intimated he was particularly angry about being called out. THM on the other hand could not cope with it. ( THM and Jamba are real life friends)
Cougar - what about the position like with Geetee? To me his views where abhorrent but clearly deeply and sincerely held. There was a bit of a pile on on him calling him out for his views. I felt they could not go unchallenged but clearly it really got to him. Other folk took the view that he was bullied for his views.
He didn’t need to his conjoined twin did it for him.
THM and Jamba are real life friends
Good God!
I exchanged some messages with Jamba which I note have disappeared from my profile without me deleting them. He made much of being Paris based which makes having a friend in Scotland surprising. I'm afrai I took his messages as an attempt at manipulation rather than genuinely friendly. THM and you seemed to be at daggers drawn for years, TJ.
Peterfile, I seem to remember he posted some top notch camping and adventure photos in Scotland - I even toyed with the idea of a camping holiday, but I quickly came back to my senses.
Sorry guys, re SFB I meant I wont ever see or ride with him again. To the best of my knowledge he is in a care home now after a 2nd heart attack. Apologies for giving the wrong impression.
Peterfile, I seem to remember he posted some top notch camping and adventure photos in Scotland
Some spectacular scenery in some of them. Also lots of mountains, I think.
Sorry guys, re SFB I meant I wont ever see or ride with him again. To the best of my knowledge he is in a care home now after a 2nd heart attack. Apologies for giving the wrong impression.
There were a fair few people posting on his FB timeline only 3 weeks ago for his birthday.
I know the family were always very private but I'm sure we'd have heard if he'd passed away.
THM and Jamba are real life friends
TJ, do you mean friends of yours, or each other?
He made much of being Paris based which makes having a friend in Scotland surprising.
He has a propert in Paris I believe he may have been planning on moving there. Anyway that’s enough from me as he’s not hear to defend himself.
Peterfile - I met him and his SO in an Aviemore café a few years ago. I wasn't sure it was him and didn't know his real name, so I actually had to ask "are you Peterfile?".
That could have gone horribly wrong!
Speaking of peters, what about peterpoddy, the motorcyclist from somewhere south?
I got to sit out for a week because of Jamba, if he didn’t report it who did, had some nonsense from Drac which has coloured my opinion of him. Not an easy job being a mod but some are better than others.
I got to sit out for a week because of Jamba, if he didn’t report it who did, had some nonsense from Drac which has coloured my opinion of him. Not an easy job being a mod but some are better than others.
Anyone can report a post. Warnings don’t show from a specific mod.
Peterfile – I met him and his SO in an Aviemore café a few years ago. I wasn’t sure it was him...
@scotroutes If its the chap I'm thinking of I'll wager a bet that it was his SO you recognised first... she's, erm, very attractive!
One name that springs to mind is that chap who use to win Ten under Ben every year, raddogair I think. Not seen him on here in a long time..
Now seems an oportune moment to ask..aracer and junkyard, I kinda assumed they were the same character with 2 log ins? They always appeared on same threads, both held exactly the same views and backed each other up constantly, and their assertion that they were always correct on any subject known to man was borderline comical.
If its the chap I’m thinking of I’ll wager a bet that it was his SO you recognised first… she’s, erm, very attractive!
It is.
aracer and junkyard
I've met them both. At the same time. I can confirm they are not conjoined twins.
. Warnings don’t show from a specific mod.
Well I had a e mail from you about it.
Did you? That is intriguing as we ordinarily don’t email members.
Sorry guys, re SFB I meant I wont ever see or ride with him again. To the best of my knowledge he is in a care home now after a 2nd heart attack. Apologies for giving the wrong impression.
Just as much my fault for getting the wrong end of the stick.
THM doesn't live in Scotland which is pretty evident from his posts (and his forum name).
Checked and not once have I emailed you, I don’t clear my email especially STW so looks like you’re mistaken. I’ve looked further still and never even issued you a warning. 🤷🏻♂️
Actually while you are on, can I just ask why you came into a thread about members past feeling the need to try and call me out?
don’t email members
Isn’t snapchat for those type of pictures?
Not an easy job being a mod but some are better than others.
And some aren't even declared as mods....
🙊
Isn’t snapchat for those type of pictures?
😂
Actually while you are on, can I just ask why you came into a thread about members past feeling the need to try and call me out?
Don’t flatter yourself, I initially made a point about Jamba and that I was pinged by you. It was because I called him Jambaliar after he claimed that Clinton had had a stroke.
So why was it necessary to make a false claim or ironically a lie?
Wasn’t a false claim or a lie,
16/10/2016
Yup I can see warnings issued you did not receive a warning or an email from me. It’s Ok you can apologise for being mistaken.
You will be waiting a while
That’s fine you continue with your disbelief but best you refrain from making false claims in the future
In an attempt to get the thread back on the rails: I also miss Emsz (sp?). She had a kind spirit, and often brought some human perspective to our arguments and discussions.
Anyone remember her? I asked about her a couple of years back, and I think she explained that she had a new partner who encouraged her to spend less time on here, implying that maybe she got a life. (I don't know why anyone would want to do that! 😉 )
Yeah - I remember emsz. Always brought a different pov.
Foxychick - bumped into her at SITS that year the mud was bad and there wasn't a spare mech/mech hanger to be found.
Sorry guys.
SteveM - although he made a brief appearance
MattL
AndyA
Dave
Benji
I could go on there’s many a member past who have long gone from here who I’ve become very good friends with that if probably have never met otherwise, some for almost 20 years now
Fruit - and whatever his SO was called. Last post was, I think, aimed at On One.
Did he come back with a SuperstarComponents userid?
Pigface.
Give it a rest.
What about the spider guy? Haven’t seen anything from him for a while - unless a spider ate him?
Fruit has been on here since before time. He told me to sign up in what would have been 2004 ish. When he got me back into riding at Uni. He's had many guises. But yes he is the owner of SSC so posts under their name occasionally.
Now seems an oportune moment to ask..aracer and junkyard, I kinda assumed they were the same character with 2 log ins? They always appeared on same threads, both held exactly the same views and backed each other up constantly, and their assertion that they were always correct on any subject known to man was borderline comical.
I've met them both too, but not at the same time. 🙂
Both very interesting people.
Simon, (Muddydwarf) is an exceptionally nice bloke. I hope he's ok.
This is not a good thread.
( THM and Jamba) TJ, do you mean friends of yours, or each other?
Each other - not me FFS
This is not a good thread.
They never are.
I miss Rachel.
Rachel is still very active on Twitter. Awesome person. Very dry sense of humour.
I hear from Hora every. single. day. He's doing ok.
https://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whatever-happened-to-former-stwers/
I loved the car crashes. Surfmat, fourcrossjohn, Smee.
re: JojoA1, last posted I think on the thread re soul rider last year, I think. Stillriding (or was), vet mixed pairs at 10UTB last year - 2nd place, demoted to 3rd after stewards enquiry 🙂
Smee/glupton/TZF was always good for a laugh. I think he is "better" now he has escaped from his wife. I've met him a couple of times and we're connected on Facebook. He is very into long-distance running now - GGW, WHW etc.
Holy smokes! That ten year old thread is a helpful link! Some of the names of there bring back memories.
But anyway, what happened to ernie_lynch?
I got to sit out for a week because of Jamba, if he didn’t report it who did
That's not how it works. I've no idea what you're referring to but if you got a week off then it would have been because of something you did. Warnings and bans don't require a reported posts, rather it's helpful when we have them.
Ooh is that a threat? Stay classy Drac, stay classy.
I doubt that that was the case, but now that you come to shine a light under the bushel I'm genuinely surprised that someone hasn't banned you yet. You've done rather well thus far so I wouldn't crow too loudly if I were you.
(... also not a threat, just a gentle nudge to wind it in.)
Ernie still pops up occasionally. I think he just got tired of arguing with all the "black is white", no "white is black" bollox on the politics threads
What about geex !! Quite a character and very prolific now on eMTB forum.
Nobody cares about geex.
I’ve met them both. At the same time.
So have I, & so have you TJ. Minigaff weekend with Ton.
Junkyard, the Angry Vegan.
Ton's champion BTW, still a diesel engine on a bike. Chug chug chug...another 50 miles...chug chug chug...(& that's just the beer stops). He's an animal!
SaxonRider
SubscriberSpeaking of peters, what about peterpoddy, the motorcyclist from somewhere south?
Last met him and his wife on a #JENNRIDE near Stroud, IIRC they were moving north possibly Yorkshire or Cumbria?
Muddydward is fine. Stands just in front of me at Sale Sharks games (when things were normal) active on twitter.
Glupton gave me some very kind advice years ago about a running injury. He is on Twitter also.
What about geex !! Quite a character and very prolific now on eMTB forum
Or quite a dickhead depending on your outlook. Fortunately that site uses a forum designed this century so it's easy to block those you don't wish to see.
Nobody cares about geex.
I miss him. He was entertaining.
I genuinely believe the way I ride on the roads ie. wheelying, manualling, hopping kerbs, playing around and most important of all smiling and making eye contact with, thanking and greeting pedestrians and drivers when passing raises my image out of the “cyclist” group stereotype and humanises me more to onlookers.
It definitely gets me compliments and smiles back.
I don’t consider myself a cyclist. Just someone who loves riding bikes and does it a lot.
On my commute each way I jump 19 red lights, ride 4 pavements and hop on and off a few more and on the way in I ride one quiet one way street (Lane) the wrong way.
All of the above is done safely. No one is ever in danger from my actions and no one is inconvenienced in the slightest.
blindly obeying the law when the law is stupid, ill thought out and actually more dangerous than not obeying it.
Cycle lane planning is a complete joke here and quite a few are just plain dangerous if you stick to the advised cycle lanes/filters etc.
What about geex !! Quite a character and very prolific now on eMTB forum.
Hope he's still setting people straight over there.
Why do these threads always predominantly throw up the troubled individuals? It's the squeaky wheels that get the grease I suppose.