My first deleted thread

[BrynCP]

It's Greek.

I personally saw no harm with the posters, bearing in mind they were vintage posters on topic and not just a screen grab of an "adult" site.

However, if it breaches the Forum's T&C then so be it. (In fact it seems to breach at least two parts of it, 1) sexual content and 2) non English (Edit: Language) content!

 

[User6179]

They are suggestive but not pornographic, they in no way offend me but I see why they were deleted .

 

[subaqua]

It's Greek.

I personally saw no harm with the posters, bearing in mind they were vintage posters on topic and not just a screen grab of an "adult" site.

However, if it breaches the Forum's T&C then so be it. (In fact it seems to breach at least two parts of it, 1) sexual content and 2) non English content!

I never knew farage owned CC . When does the scots welsh and Irish get deleted

 

[raleighnut]

Missed it all.

 

[BrynCP]

I never knew farage owned CC . When does the scots welsh and Irish get deleted

Edited post to clarify English Language.

 

[srw]

Of course it's Greek. Turkish is written in the Roman script, like English - and has been since Ataturk began modernising the country about 100 years ago. The only language written in the Greek script is ...errr... Greek.

You might recognise some of the quite well-known Greek letters. There's a Gamma in the first initial of the shop name, a Sigma in the middle of the surname of the shop, a Pi as the first letter of the text and a few Omegas too. It doesn't take a lot of Greek to decipher "Elladi" (Hellas- Greece) and "Athenai" - Athens in the text.

My modern Greek is a bit ropey, but it seems to be claiming that Raleigh are the best bikes in the world.

 

[srw]

Anyway, back on topic. You can find both posters online quite easily (google Raleigh adverts). Both are basically images of naked women with a greek text underneath advertising Raleigh bikes. Fortunately cyclechat has got a bit beyond the sort of objectification of women that they represent. Of interest only to sad gits who can't find real pornography and people who wish we still had the mores of the 1950s.

 

[steveindenmark]

Can we Ban anything to do with Bianchi please.

Non English content and not a sexy colour.

How about my collection of Italian cycling stamps? I suppose I cant show them now :0)

My saucy seaside 1960s postcards. "Wheres the soap". ,,,"Yes it does sister"

 

[theclaud]

There we are, then - as we say down here...

 

[User6179]

Missed it all.

Just for you but I will need to delete quick before the mods see it .

 

[Pale Rider]

Fortunately cyclechat has got a bit beyond the sort of objectification of women that they represent. Of interest only to sad gits who can't find real pornography and people who wish we still had the mores of the 1950s.

Patronising politically correct claptrap, of course.

But the sadder thing is a number of people on here buy into it.

 

[srw]

Patronising politically correct claptrap, of course.

But the sadder thing is a number of people on here buy into it.

If you can construct an intellectually coherent argument that a picture of a naked woman dangling knickers from her fore-finger isn't objectification and is relevant to the bikes being advertised I'd be delighted to hear it.

 

[BrynCP]

Fortunately cyclechat has got a bit beyond the sort of objectification of women that they represent. Of interest only to sad gits who can't find real pornography and people who wish we still had the mores of the 1950s.

To think all those people who go to art galleries, for example to see works such as Michelangelo's David, only need to go search Google for porn instead; they could save a fortune!

I seriously doubt those posters were posted in order to objectify women or as an alternative for pornography. They were created, they exist, they are part of the history. They are therefore of interest to people.

 

[Pale Rider]

If you can construct an intellectually coherent argument that a picture of a naked woman dangling knickers from her fore-finger isn't objectification and is relevant to the bikes being advertised I'd be delighted to hear it.

Looking at an old cycling poster depicting a semi-naked woman does not make me a misogynist.

Presumably you think the image should never have been created - you need to take that up with the artist.

 

[Brandane]

Anyway, back on topic. You can find both posters online quite easily (google Raleigh adverts).

All I could find was some young bloke with an over sized chopper......