Why is there no road section?

[jack smith]

I've wondered for a while, there is an mtb and fixie section ect why is there none for road cyclng? I know there is road race and tri but that's full of racing posts, I'm sure a thread for general roadies would be popular.

 

[ianrauk]

General Cycling

 

[jack smith]

So why has mtb and fixie ect got their own space? As general cycling is full of allsorts nothing specific?

 

[ianrauk]

They are both sub genres of general cycling

 

[screenman]

What do you suggest a general roadie is, as you have me confused.

 

[jack smith]

A sub forum called "road cycling" where people can discuss road bikes and cycling on the road, mtb'ing. Commuting and fixie have their own part. But nothing for the general road rider who does sportives and leisurely rides ect

 

[ianrauk]

There are sections for both Sportives and leisure rides.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

What do you suggest a general roadie is, as you have me confused.

A subordinate of Field Marshal Roadie

 

[jack smith]

But still no dedicated general road riding topic just seems abit silly as surely there are a much greater volume of general road riders than people interested in fixies

 

[Spinney]

But still no dedicated general road riding topic just seems abit silly as surely there are a much greater volume of general road riders than people interested in fixies

Maybe it's a case of most of the site being for general road riding, and we just shunt the fixies away into their own little world so they don't bother the rest of us ?

 

[winjim]

I think roadies are the straight white males of the cycling world, ie don't need their own section as they're so massively over-represented in general.

 

[vickster]

I think there should be a women's cycling section That said the editorship of Cycling Plus don't seem to realise women ride bikes too

 

[simon the viking]

I think there should be a women's cycling section That said the editorship of Cycling Plus don't seem to realise women ride bikes too

There is a women's specific magazine.... I tried to get Mrs V to read it she thought it was patronising nonsense..... I looked at the prize on the letters page see if it was worth writing to in 'drag' as Mrs V and the prize was a pair of bike shaped earrings in sterling silver (I am not joking BTW) so didn't bother........

 

[vickster]

I quite like it personally. Only £2.50 a quarter too.
Cycling Active is better than Cycling Plus which is crap if a woman (this month, there was one photo of Laura Trott I think as part of a wider feature), otherwise absolutely no acknowledgement that women even ride bikes)

 

[simon the viking]

I quite like it personally. Only £2.50 a quarter too.
Cycling Active is better than Cycling Plus which is crap if a woman (this month, there was one photo of Laura Trott I think, otherwise absolutely no acknowledgement that women even ride bikes)

I was going to point out that C.A is a bit better than C.P for more general cycling articles.....