Originally Posted by StephenH

That's kind of my observation, too. The people somewhat come and go, but some of those that left were real yahoos, too, so it all stays about the same. Or maybe I'm just one of the uncivil yahoos so I don't notice the deterioration.

I'm okay with thread drift, a lot of times, the alternative is deadness, which is not good either.

"Juvenile" may be a good term for 50% of what's on the internet, but then again, I'm not aware of an age limit in the general forums. So yes, you likely have some people that lack maturity. If they're riding bicycles and talking about it online, that's a good thing, though, so we want 'em to feel welcome here. There's a couple of guys at my bike shop that are way younger than me, and I appreciate their help.