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I don't comment much on this thread but I always read it. Whatever happens, your bravery has been inspiring to me.

I really hope so. He's had such an understated but steady rise to (almost) the top. Each year he seems to move up a couple of places on average.

Cheers. I remember Wout climbing much better than the average belgian hardman in last year's tour and figured they have to ride for somebody, but wasn't really aware of Vinegaard's credentials.

So with Roglic not in the running anymore, does that make the Wout van Aert the new GC contender for Team JV? This tour is nuts.

Not true. Matthieu would still hold his own beer.

I'm not sure if you mean an africanis, or a seriously weird looking person of dutch heritage? (I'm kidding obviously and agree with all the other comments about your brilliant charity work)

Look man, I want to buy things for my bike. "It weighs less" is just the way I justify it.

I'm sure I would be too. Thanks for trying to do the right thing here, it will hopefully make other cyclists safer.

I lived in the UK for a number of years so I read text as sarcasm or satire by default. It has it's downsides.

Many have fallen already.

I'll be there too. If I see that lovely bike I'll be sure to greet it's owner.

I'm just going to take this moment to appreciate the fact that "Topics for discussion" is also an acceptable Topic for discussion. I believe the young people would say this is "so meta".

That's not how I understand Matt's original post.

My goodness, I thought you were joking about the price. I still have an enamel mug from when I was a little fellah (this took place in the 80s) so I clearly will not benefit from the added strength of titanium.

Only wheel size makes a difference.

Many forums are reliant on the community to report offensive content. I don't see anything wrong with that.

Broadly speaking the price of bikes (new or used) has increased because (a) Covid impacted production rates and distribution and (b) more people have taken up riding. So one of the reasons driving the price up is the increased popularity of cycling. ie: cycling is not dying, it is more alive than it has ever been. It's just a bummer that bikes are becoming more expensive.

Both great names, for the current era my favorite is Taco van Der hoorn. But my all time favorite has to be Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, sounds about as dangerous as the man himself.

You're taking this social distancing thing too far mate.

You know what they say: two thirds of the world is covered by water. The other third is covered by N'golo Kante.

Fair enough, I'd prefer it that way. I've just assumed it's too much admin.

That would be great but I suspect much more labor intensive and subjective than the alternative. You have to sift through a whole thread, see who triggered who, decide who is in the wrong, give them a warning...etc. It would be mentally taxing and a very time consuming for the person responsible. It's a lot cleaner to shut down an inflammatory topic.

It's that champion mentality that separates him from me. That's gotta be the only reason I'm not up there at his level.

Cheers @Jewbacca, really enjoyed this writeup. Well done on the result. And FWIW, NoFX's "So long and thanks for all the shoes" is still one of my go-to running soundtracks. That or Baba O'Riley on repeat.