Old members.

[Chromatic]

Missed that!

It wasn't up for very long IIRC.

 

[MontyVeda]

TMN and Jefmcg are both offered a robust female point of view.

I miss both of their POVs. Had a few run-ins with TMN on certain subjects but on the whole, she was an asset to the forum. (the quote under my avatar is from her

)

I don't remember jefmg so much but I do miss TMN.
I liked Dellzeqq as well, despite his bizzare hatred for mudguards and cycle paths.
Also- Broken Flipflop and his legendary interactions with the binmen!
I also often wonder what happened to the contributor with poor health who moved to Canberra and disappeared= Ace something. I hope she's doing well.

Everytime I see a horse rider on the cycletrack, I think of Broken Flip Flop ...I'd forgotten about his bin men rants.

 

[Fab Foodie]

If it is Regulator, he couldn't possible stop himself offering opinions on the current Corona virus business.

Yep and he’s been there for donkeys years....

 

[ianrauk]

Yes young Ed was one of the better contributors, he was always positive and, due to his age (was he 16?) he had no pretensions about always proving himself right. A breath of fresh air.

He had some issues but was a good lad. He joined us a few times on cycle rides.

 

[Rocky]

What happened to that miserable old bloke from Brighton who drank lots of beer, played cricket and complained about dog walkers leaving their plastic poo bags on trees?

 

[Blue Hills]

This is just a website, it’s not a community.

Have you never met anyone off here?

In truth I do think of it as a sort of community - in that in general it's very nice. And that I can develop a sense of individuals, which is very important for basic sanity I think. It's the reason I avoid what is generally called "social media".

 

[Blue Hills]

What about a few other tossers that haven't been seen for ages

@rockymountain
@TVC
@Regulator

don't recall the first two - definitely remember the last.
To me this shows that it is a "community".
Every village has one.
So I avoid.

 

[Fab Foodie]

What happened to that miserable old bloke from Brighton who drank lots of beer, played cricket and complained about dog walkers leaving their plastic poo bags on trees?

Still doing all of the above....

 

[Rocky]

Still doing all of the above....

I’ve suddenly realised that my description could apply to anyone of about 50 people on here.

 

[Blue Hills]

I, for one, am glad Rocky disappeared......nasty opinionated bloke. And he was the only member to ride his bike less frequently than you, Potsy.......

don't remember rocky - maybe don't spend enough time on here or stay away from certain bits for long periods.
I have long had the feeling that many of the most active and problematical folks don't actually ride their bikes much. Tis the reason I am sure why some block ready access to their profile so that you can't easily see their posting areas/histories. No good reason for that I have ever been aware of.
No great problem though - the truth about the warped will filter out. Just as it does with folk offline.

 

[gbb]

Bonj, there there was a character you wont forget. Endless fun and disagreements, always one to stir things up but not generally in a hateful way.(imho)

 

[Blue Hills]

Regulator's 'resignation' post was something to behold.

didn't see it.
something about him being the chosen one?
with a pic of saint sebastian (?) - inspirer of many trashy ridiculous paintings for 2,000 years - always a delight to see them when visiting a gallery.

 

[Chromatic]

didn't see it.
something about him being the chosen one?
with a pic of saint sebastian (?) - inspirer of many trashy ridiculous paintings for 2,000 years - always a delight to see them when visiting a gallery.

No.

 

[Blue Hills]

One and the same.
Using an old avatar he used on here

yes.
and that other place is the smallest of small ponds.
I pretty much left it years ago after some spectacularly smallpond crap.
This place is far far healthier - bigger pond.
By the by I don't remember the majority of the folk mentioned in this thread - not sure what that says.

I DO remember someone from (I think) north east london - was very regularly bullied - at least one or two times I stepped in to defend him, quite often from some of the poisonous exes referred to above.
Then later he tried to bully me!
nowt so queer as folk.

But it does confirm to me that this place is relatively healthy/like offline life.

 

[Blue Hills]

And @BorderReiver (?) who used to post some fantastic pics from his rides in the far hills of Northumbria.

ah yes my addled brain remembers him, probably because the name matched many of the posts and those pics - i only vaguely know that area - just passed through once or twice like many i suppose - made me decide I must get there bike-touring.