Originally Posted by
kevindsingleton
I usually consider maddog's posts to be blunt to the point of rudeness, but, this time, I don't see a problem. If one chooses to highlight one's gender and disdain for brands, then, when gender doesn't matter, but brands do, it's not rude to point that out. Read what was written, not what your anger wanted to read.
This isn't a gender thread, or a brand thread. The OP didn't refuse to reveal information about her bike, she made a profile comment referencing some of the ridiculous brand war behavior often seen on these boards, and it had no direct applicability to a wheel problem.
Now we have mutliple posts about a non-existant issue and even people labeling one of the few women who bothers to come to a predominantly male board in a predominantly male hobby/sport as "sexist".
Does any of this solve the OPs problem? Does any of this make women more welcome on this website or in this sport?
It is one thing to be blunt about the content of the thread, but pulling stuff out of people's profiles just to lecture them is far from helpful.
"Sexist."
Idoicy.