Neil_B

I see fifty threads on the front page of the Clyde/Athena Forum. Depending on what you think "weight issues" are, there are only five to ten threads on that subject on the page. My count:

- Fat person mentality?
- Before and after photos (a Sticky)
- the stubborn last few pounds
- the weekly weigh in thread
- riding to lose weight
- I ride many miles and never seem to lose weight.
- "Is weight all that matters"
- Sayre's "Year one - done" thread.

How many of these are "weight loss issues" is debatable. This thread, for instance, is trolling. Sayre's "Year One" isn't about weight loss, but setting goals afterward.

But let's assume that all eight I listed are "weight loss issues" threads. And say I missed a couple. That means out of 50 threads on the front page, ten of them are on "weight loss issues." So 20 percent of the threads on the front page of a forum for larger than average cyclists discuss "weight loss issues", and a 235 pound roadie finds that "overwhelming."

I think we can all wake up and smell the coffee, folks. That's not java, that's sour grapes.