100% with DK on this as one of the 2or3 under 18's active on the forum , the forums not supposed to be serious and with most forum rides ending at pubs/involving drinking it's not really aimed at us either way , I have a pretty long involvement with scouting (participating and organising) and even when the main crowd are kids the CRB checks are a lot of work and more than you'd expect people get turned away so to do the same for the sake of me,indra and possibly a few others seems absurd especially when there's other cycling clubs who could accommodate us and even when CRB checks are all done the red tape involved is too onerous for a club of this not so seriousness
When it comes from turning people away from events I'm 100% with that if it protects the integrity of the club and all the members and it's only a couple of years tops i.e after being 16 to use the forum anyway so I don't see it as a problem if it's for the greater good of 99.9% of forum users
Well said son.