Is this forum going downhill, due to numpty newbies?

but you see its the ones who you call whinging miserable gits who are organising the rides, posting up events, keeping the drinks going, etc etc... if newbies want to be a part of the forum, contribute, get into the offline aspects of the forum, and spend less time asking inane questions that can be easily answered via the power of google.

@ will, this forum will never be an equal opportunities playground, because the majority of women who are into bikes will never obsess as men do about the minutiae of them, the small minority who do find this place enjoyable/tolerable, its never going to be 50/50, but if the forum gets anywhere close to a 70/30 man/woman split, I think it'd be a better place.

For the record mate, I would never class you as a whinging miserable git, yes you may complain now and again, but you do a hell of a lot to help out with rides/events, and welcoming new people to drinks etc, I think the forum would be a poorer place without your prescence, also 99% of your criticism is pretty constructive and grown up, as opposed to the blunt and quite harsh opinions/attitudes often voiced on here.