OK, to set the record straight.
I am very pleased to have managed to do so many miles this month and am very surprised to be in second place on the leaderboard of the Cyclogs team. This is because I am continually astounded by the impressive cycling feats of other people on this forum, Keith Oates being one specifically that I often notice. How do he and Aran20 do so many miles, so consistently? It's something that clearly takes a great deal of commitment and willpower and I think they're amazing to do so much.
On the ride yesterday, and a bit beforehand, I got into a bit of banter with Ianrauk about our relative positions on Cyclogs. He's going to overtake me either tomorrow or Tuesday, we have both been talking about it, and so I wanted to mark the moment, probably the last ever one for me, that I'm second on the leaderboard. I feel I have worked quite hard this month to do that many miles, particularly with the snow, and so I do feel that it's something I am mediumly proud about.
However I think there's a difference between pride (justified or unjustified) and snobbishness. Surely snobbishness suggests that someone feels they are innately superior to others around them? I really, really hope that that isn't what comes across from me, and if it does then I am very sorry for that. Young Un, I'm surprised that you have felt I come across like that, and wonder what it is that's given you the impression (my profile - picture of dog with bandage on? Reference to only one bike?; comments I've made - none of which spring to mind (apart from clearly this thread))?
And your final line to Speicher: "Speicher as you said before Auntie Helen can argue for herself. I am not trying to tell you to f off or anything, it is just that I do not want to argue with you, as I have nothing against you and don't want that to change." suggests that you are telling me to f off and that you do have something against me. I hope not!
, I did not mean that at all, I just was saying that I did not want Speicher to get dragged into an arguement that may cause me to change the way I look at her.
