What has CycleChat done for you

[Dogtrousers]

The xenforo forum software is a boon too. I'm no expert on all the different systems on the market but I've used a few and none are as good as this IMO

 

[Threevok]

For me, Cyclechat is a welcome distraction from the normal humdrum of international espionage and casual sex, that is my life

 

[Drago]

I find that quiet time to reflect and surf cyclechat keeps me grounded when I'm touring with Spinal Tap.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Surely the question is "What has Drago done for Cyclechat?"

 

[EltonFrog]

Surely the question is "What has Drago done for Cyclechat?"

The square root of feck all!

 

[Drago]

The square root of feck all!

Not even that much!

 

[ColinJ]

Surely the question is "What has Drago done for Cyclechat?"

The square root of feck all!

It must be i (or j if you are an electrical engineer) - the square root of -1, an imaginary number!

 

[TheDoctor]

Ooooh, where to start?
I've had a fair amount of work from Hilldodger, formerly of this parish. I also learned to ride a trike, a two-wheeled 'bent, a wobblebike and a penny-farthing
I met Mike Burrows, and got to ride a few of his creations.
I've met and ridden with more CC members than I could possibly name, bought and sold a few things, did a Friday Night ride to Brighton.
And I spent a very pleasant evening with @theclaud , when I desperately needed to get drunk (having spent the day visiting my very ill Dad in hospital). She was able to help in that quest

 

[mudsticks]

I'm imagining that as the title of a children's book: Farmer mudsticks' jolly nice squeezy hooter.

Genius idea..

And far more likely to make my fortune, over all this dry old 'agricultural reform' scribing I go in for generally

 

[Fiona R]

It's made me feel I'm not that odd. Longer distance cycling is quite a lonely activity for a middle aged+ woman who is a a bit slow and not a born athlete . Great wisdom, friendship, inspiration and advice and a bit of daftness and distraction, I freelance from home 3 days a week so need some chat. On the other two days at work work I need to get away from the inane chat, that is my job, to sane chat.

The challenges I love. Especially the Lunacy challenge this year. Such encouragement, and a great group encouraging each other. Such a delight to be part of the celebrations as people cross their own challenge line.

 

[mudsticks]

It's made me feel I'm not that odd. Longer distance cycling is quite a lonely activity for a middle aged+ woman who is a a bit slow and not a born athlete . Great wisdom, friendship, inspiration and advice and a bit of daftness and distraction, I freelance from home 3 days a week so need some chat. On the other two days at work work I need to get away from the inane chat, that is my job, to sane chat.

The challenges I love. Especially the Lunacy challenge this year. Such encouragement, and a great group encouraging each other. Such a delight to be part of the celebrations as people cross their own challenge line.

Just cos you're in a minority doesn't make you odd m'dear. .

I was a fairly well established middle-aged, multiday touring lady cyclist, who didn't give much of a fig for distance or times, and still doesn't, before I landed here.

But there's been a bit of useful Intel' all the same .

But I get what you mean about a bit of chat inane or otherwise..
I work from home (farm) most of the time, when not out teaching.

The ppl I work alongside, and teach, are mostly of a similar mindset to myself .

There's plenty like that on here too, but it has also given me a window into other ways of thinking, which is really valuable.

Anyhows must be off.. The capacitor for the borehole has blown up again (suspiciously soon) so need to go get spares, and pressure gauge, and switch.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

 

[Gravity Aided]

Cycle Chat has given me advice, internet camaraderie,and an appreciation for the UK and Ireland in general. Previous to this forum, it was just a place my people came from. The more you hear from people all around the world, the more you see the similarities, rather than the differences. I have also learned that cycling obsession knows no boundaries. While I haven't met any members on the forum, I was planning to meet Vernon Levy(GRHS) when he cycled past on his tour across America, but he turned back in Montana, I believe.

 

[oldwheels]

Picked up all sorts of useful information, not all cycle related. I do not agree with a few opinions but then not everybody agrees with mine. Living out on the edge of the world it is interesting to hear how the other 99% lives and works tho’ I do have forays into the maelstrom from time to time.

 

[12boy]

My forum interests are pretty much Bikeforums and CycleChat. While the former is possibly more technical, and has a lot more input from folks in other parts of the world, it is a much more hardnosed forum with less patience for repeated questions and disagreements can get ugly. This forum, mostly UK people, give me a window into a culture very different than my own. I enjoy your humor and the obvious affection many of you have for each other. I also enjoy the differences in our shared language and sometimes have to google what these words mean to you. In a perhaps tasteless example, today I've run across the word hooter, which in this country does not mean a horn but rather a redneck way of referring to a lady's chest. I also find your willingness to discuss personal problems and the kindness and sympathy shown in those discussions to be touching. Much like my many bikes, I would have to say CycleChat has been good to me.