Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

Keep in mind that this forum (probably all of them) is a collection of people who are very dedicated to cycling, plus people who enjoy trolling each other, plus people who are sitting at work, bored out of their minds, wishing their situation was different, and other types, too.

Lots of people come here, set up a new account (eg they've never been seen before), and start a thread on some inane topic ... that sort of ruins it for people we don't already know, who want to talk about something off the beaten track. We had a guy who didn't know how to remove his "dork disc" and decided burning it should work. There was another guy who got a set of aerobars, saw fit to attach them using zip ties, and promptly crashed. This other guy, with impulsivity and anger issues, chased a driver down and wound up in handcuffs outside a convenience store, being hugged by a security guard. None of this has much bearing on you, except that you're new here, and a lot of people are just slightly suspicious because of that.

This will all blow over, probably by tomorrow. And then people will be happy to talk about what you came here for in the first place.