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Welcome to Justcycling

Started this thread to allow you new members to introduce yourselves before plunging headlong into the debate, look forward to your contributions. The Justcycling Forums started when the BBC cut the last batch of chat boards about 5 years ago it's fitting that we maybe come part of the solutiuon to the loss of 606 as well.

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[Mrs John Murphy]

Hello new posters. Hope you enjoy it here.

[kathy]

Hi to all new posters - look forward to getting to know you.

[Bartali]

Hello.  

My name's Bartali and I'm a cycloholic!

[MAILLOT JAUNE]

Welcome to all new members. I'm MAILLOT JAUNE, or MJ to most folk on here.

Hope you enjoy your time on this forum as much as I do.

There's a great crowd here.

[Fontfroide]

My name is Fontfroide, after the toughest col in my neighbourhood, Herault in the South of France.  I am old, but still ride quite often, just not so far and not so fast.  I am an American, a Brit and now getting to be a little bit French.  Welcome to the list.

[berck]

I'm from the USA. More specifically, the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

This is a great peloton to hang with.

I like to bike.


(To Bart, I wish I thought of that comment first! )

[Bartali]

I see our newest member is barryroubaix .... great name!!

[barryroubaix]

Thanks for that Bartali. I have been trying to use it somewhere, but the name always seems to be unavailable, even though I have never seen anyone actually use it!
Refugee from 606, browse more than post, but hope to change that ratio here.
Cycling mad-following, watching and touring (just finished the Southern Tier route across the States). Now looking forward to the Manchester Track World Cup, the  Spring Classics, and to get back up to the Lake District to ride the passes again.

[Nolte]

welcome barry

[Guiness]

Welcome Barry. Do you know how much a polar bear weighs? "Enough to break the ice". Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Guiness. I have a favourite drink. Can you guess what that is?  

I'm in my 40s. I have:

One cat.
One kid.
One wife (soon to have).

But possess quite a few bikes   . Ms Guiness also cycles. Great partnership in many respects.  

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[kathy]

Oh, for new members - I run a year long competition where you can pick the likely - or unlikely - winners for most of the top races.  Check out the Smarauder Memorial Trophy threads.  We start with HeT Volk (or whatever it's called now - can't spell it ) at the end of February.

[Mrs John Murphy]

Welcome also to Goblinf and King of the Wolds who also joined.

[MAILLOT JAUNE]

Is it worthwhile explaining McQuaids Office to the newbies?

In short, any controversial stuff should be discussed there.

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Some more new members, Malcolm, IOM Nigel and Barryonabike, welcome folks!!

[bbnaz]

Well done to have this.  Best of luck and welcome to the new members.  A warm fuzzy place indeed.

[Snaplegs]

Guten Morgan

I'm another refugee from 606. Not the worlds biggest cycling fan but since being guided by the regulars on 606 through TdF and the Vuelta I'm now making an effort to watch more and more races (Thanks Eurosport). But I have to admit I'm stricly an armchair racer.

Reason for that is that I am a full time House Husband with two small poeple to look after (Mini Snaplegs 1 is 5 and Mini Snaplegs 2 is just 8 weeks old) whilst Mrs Snaplegs serves Queen and Country with the Senior Service.

My main interests are Land Rovers (have two, one off-road at the minute as it blew up it's engine) and I'm in the middle of a full rebuild of a vintage caravan (Nicknamed Rosie). We have an aspiration that the caravan will be on the slopes of one the major climbs of the TdF - one day.

I'm not a prolific poster but the assistance given by the 606 elite has given greater enjoyment of the sport - hope you guys/girls can do the same when it expires, I'll try and contribute too. Hopefully some more of the 606 regulars will migrate to here too (See Goblinf and King of the Wolds are on here ).

[MAILLOT JAUNE]

Nice introduction. Welcome to the forum snaplegs.

[kathy]

Hi, Snaplegs, and welcome!

[Fontfroide]

What is 606?

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[chardon]

Guten tag!

Welcome snaplegs!

cheers!

chardon

[Bartali]

Welcome Snaplegs - the more the merrier and please join in when you can drag yourself away from the little snaplegs!

[Nolte]

welcome snaplegs

[Snaplegs]

Thanks for the warm welcome

[smithy]

Joined a while ago - only posted recently so I think I fall into this category. The first race to get me interested in cycle racing was the Duclos-Lasalle win in Paris-Roubaix in '93 when living in the Pyrenees. I could not believe that cycling was being shown live on national TV and got hooked on the story. Then cycled around the Pyrenees. Then got hooked on Le Tour in '96 and really hooked in '98 when I recognised all the places where Marco and co. were protesting. A great spectacle but what a farce... Since then assorted rides around the UK and Belgium culminating last year in a fund raiser around the route of De Ronde. Cobbles are great, punctures are bad and wet tram tracks are the creation of the devil. Plans for the future include more Monuments and a big Alpine col before I get too old...

[kathy]

Welcome, smithy.

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[Guiness]

[chardon]

Good to see another hooked cycling fan like the rest of us here.

Welcome Smithy!