Yesterday I apologized to Bostic in the thread on BF (start with post #17). After that he posted the Strava data I was looking for, in case any of you are interested. And yes, he seems very nice. This is the first time I've had any communication with him. Like I said earlier in this thread. I'm not familiar with him or his posts.

So if any of you are interested you can follow the thread over there. It is a prime example of why I love BF so much. I've been a member there since July 2006, and there are a lot of nice people over there. I ignore the BS threads now and just click on the ones that look more "genuine", if you know what I mean.

I have learned a valuable lesson from all this drama, and that is to keep any doubts I have to myself. I now know that the NorCal regional subforum is not full of the same BS as some of the other subforums on BF.

Here's another reason I don't spend a lot of time on TE discussing non-cycling stuff. My father has told me several times that the internet is a "huge time suck". Like most of us, he loves his computers and keeps them updated, but he balances his time on the net with books and other hobbies (he's retired).

It is possible to waste a tremendous amount of time on the internet. Just the process of editing and uploading videos and photos is time-consuming. First you've got to copy it from the memory card to the computer, which takes several minutes. Then you've got to sift through all the footage and figure out what clips are worth keeping in the editing software. If I use DashWare to overlay the Garmin data onto the video, that's another long process. Then the video has to be rendered and uploaded to YouTube.

Photos are much quicker to edit and upload, but it still takes a few minutes.

I will make it a point to post more often around here, but there's only so many threads I can contribute useful information to. If I don't know about a subject, I'm not going to offer advice or an uninformed opinion.