Moderators (requests and notices)

@Velocio I'm afraid hiding the thread hands a victory to Thom. I've tried hard to get people to see this thread and read Thom's opinions and views in his own words and his attempts to justify them. In the past he's been very clever to hide behind online personas and use self censorship to never leave himself exposed. But here it is in his own words - admittedly still behind usernames - but there is enough evidence here to link this to him. Just look at the users joining the forum to share their experiences of him and his behaviour - it's been going on for years.

Rutland CC are due to meet soon to discuss their association with him with the added motivation to reform the club - this is a very good thing seeing as what was discovered about them recently. This thread would be evidence for those members not aware of what's been going on or of Thom's views and it seems he has plenty of influence within the club's hierarchy to keep himself onboard. Thom has an active sponsorship of Cycling Sheffield Team who are co-sponsored by a number of locals businesses including Giant Sheffield, I'm sure they'd be interested to read the thread too. They can then make up their own minds about their associations.

There's still activity on Twitter with Richard Moore commenting on Tom Whalley's Cycle Shed Cast episode where he discusses this and Thom is actively trying to have his say there. Without the thread being public he can simply deny most of what he's written and rewrite the story to suit his own outcome. And we know he loves to control the narrative.

Thom knew exactly what he was doing when he joined the thread and knew exactly how to destroy it by spamming it with fake users creating chaos and a massive headache for the the mods. The result is a hidden thread and a smirking Thom. And as @übé®_grübé® said, we shouldn't be doing Thom any favours. So please, make the thread public but locked.