Author Topic: What is great about YACF?  (Read 7143 times)

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #25 on: 11 February, 2019, 09:33:12 pm »
Most folk here know to STFU if they have no Clue.

This is a relief and a blessing.

For myself, I state if I am uncertain about an answer I give and follow up with a fact check.

Many here do similar.

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #26 on: 11 February, 2019, 10:48:14 pm »
Ensuring that Marmite will never die.
Get a bicycle. You will never regret it, if you live- Mark Twain

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #27 on: 11 February, 2019, 10:55:07 pm »
Ian's food rants, other people's problems, helpful advice freely given, great photos.

Torslanda

  • Professional Gobshite
  • Just a tart for retro kit . . .
    • John's Bikes
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #28 on: 12 February, 2019, 11:36:32 am »
Being utterly selfish, the help, advice & support when I started the bike shop.

Nearly 6 1/2 years ago!
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #29 on: 12 February, 2019, 12:01:56 pm »
I confess to frequenting other cycling fora.
I'm sure that it is my loss of pride, dignity and general self-respect that has led to this.
But this is the only forum that I would consider as home.

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #30 on: 12 February, 2019, 01:22:22 pm »
I confess to frequenting other cycling fora.
I'm sure that it is my loss of pride, dignity and general self-respect that has led to this.
But this is the only forum that I would consider as home.

Yeah, ditto - my browser is permanently set to the YACF tab.

Nuther thing I like here is the absence of that "family forum" humbug, which primly censures any word not found in the 1955 Oxford School Dictionary.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #31 on: 12 February, 2019, 02:43:56 pm »
I confess to frequenting other cycling fora.
I'm sure that it is my loss of pride, dignity and general self-respect that has led to this.
But this is the only forum that I would consider as home.

Yeah, ditto - my browser is permanently set to the YACF tab.

Nuther thing I like here is the absence of that "family forum" humbug, which primly censures any word not found in the 1955 Oxford School Dictionary.

Oh yes, that. Very much.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Beardy

  • Shedist
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #32 on: 12 February, 2019, 02:48:19 pm »
The lack of significant trolling. Whether this is a consequence of draconian moderation before I joined of because any troll is quietly corrected and then fed no further (I suspect the later), it is highly unusual on the interwebs and somethin to be applauded.
For every complex problem in the world, there is a simple and easily understood solution that’s wrong.

Kim

  • Timelord
    • Fediverse
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #33 on: 12 February, 2019, 02:55:25 pm »
Absolutely.  The closest we tend to get is tongue-in-cheek recommendations of inappropriate technical solutions, and the usual holy wars over the likes of tubeless tyres, disc brakes or electronic shifting (which get a bit circular, but tend to be reasonable discussions).

Sometimes the politics threads get heated, but rarely to the point of personal attacks.

The extremely low incidence of spam is also notable.

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #34 on: 12 February, 2019, 03:10:11 pm »
My nephew recently joined the forum.
He bemoaned the number of times his application had to undergo an approval / confirmation process - something I was unaware of as I had an indefinite visa from the other place. I assume that that is representative of the troll / bot filter.

Oh, and while I'm here, has someone had a word with Tigerrrr recently?
I used to enjoy his dispensing of alternative medicinal procedures.
They appear to be a bit thin on the ground of late.


rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #35 on: 12 February, 2019, 09:39:41 pm »
If your nephew is trying to sign up with an email address like stayhardallnight@cheapmeds.com, he will have issues.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #36 on: 12 February, 2019, 10:41:10 pm »
Nuther thing I like here is the absence of that "family forum" humbug, which primly censures any word not found in the 1955 Oxford School Dictionary.
We allow all the four-letter words here: bike, fork, ride, tube, tyre...
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

Kim

  • Timelord
    • Fediverse
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #37 on: 12 February, 2019, 10:42:22 pm »
w*lk?

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #38 on: 12 February, 2019, 10:45:21 pm »
W*rk.

Jaded

  • The Codfather
  • Formerly known as Jaded
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #39 on: 12 February, 2019, 10:49:19 pm »
**nk
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #40 on: 12 February, 2019, 11:37:44 pm »
Duct tape is magic and should be worshipped

Jaded

  • The Codfather
  • Formerly known as Jaded
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #41 on: 12 February, 2019, 11:43:57 pm »
Unexpected loss of glycogen.
It is simpler than it looks.

HTFB

  • The Monkey and the Plywood Violin
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #42 on: 15 February, 2019, 09:29:44 pm »
Unexpected loss of glycogen.
... cons leggy fools.
Not especially helpful or mature

IanDG

  • The p*** artist formerly known as 'Windy'
    • the_dandg_rouleur

Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #44 on: 15 February, 2019, 09:44:13 pm »
If I have any kind of problem, I ask the forum. If my laptop is on, the forum is on a tab. I am proud to know some amazing people through the forum and it's predecessors. The general lack of nastiness is notable as is the fantastic helpfulness of forumites. It is the place that feels like home, even when I am barely cycling.
Quote from: Kim
^ This woman knows what she's talking about.

IanDG

  • The p*** artist formerly known as 'Windy'
    • the_dandg_rouleur
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #45 on: 15 February, 2019, 09:52:53 pm »
Unexpected loss of glycogen.

as experienced when climbing Quarry Bank

Wowbagger

  • Former Sylph
    • Stuff mostly about weather
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #46 on: 15 February, 2019, 11:53:04 pm »
Quite apart from the erudite smut, and the smutty erudition, there are real live experts on here about a massive range of subjects - people who tell you amazing things in a way that never seems to be "talking down". I have some very good friends as a result of joining YACF and its predecessor, many of whom are about the same age as my kids. That is something I cherish.

I think we should organise some more forum rides.
Quote from: Dez
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #47 on: 16 February, 2019, 12:51:11 am »
Unexpected loss of glycogen.

as experienced when climbing Quarry Bank

I learned to drive in the area and never suffered glycogen depletion climbing near the then Round Oak Steel Works. I suppose there are advantages to the internal combustion engine...

Steph

  • Fast. Fast and bulbous. But fluffy.
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #48 on: 17 February, 2019, 12:57:53 am »
CAIK.
Mae angen arnaf i byw, a fe fydda'i

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: What is great about YACF?
« Reply #49 on: 17 February, 2019, 09:16:58 am »
Quite apart from the erudite smut, and the smutty erudition, there are real live experts on here about a massive range of subjects - people who tell you amazing things in a way that never seems to be "talking down". I have some very good friends as a result of joining YACF and its predecessor, many of whom are about the same age as my kids. That is something I cherish.

I think we should organise some more forum rides.

Alas, I am far, far away from Marsh Gibbon.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight