"i got really ticked one day because someone unleashed a big anti-gay tirade (only very loosely bike-related), and the moderator didn't do anything for almost a week. so i haven't checked it out in a while."

uh, hmmm. How is being gay be bike related?? ;-)

Did one of the biker boys get teased by some bubba with a beer belly and a big shiny truck because of our tribes tight, pretty spandex clothes and cute bike shoes and so feel compelled to unleash on gay people to proove he's straight?

I don't think that's how you proove you're straight. I thought guys'd proove that by treating women well, but what do i know? I'm gay ;-)

So I could be wrong about that ;-)

whatever started the tirade, I'm just guessing ;-)

At risk of being flamed there I probably would have told the board that real straight men would just feel confident in their sexuality even when wearing that cute pink Giro jersey they won't wear in public. ;-)

Gals, one thing I've found is that the more violently they protest about gay people...the more latent they are. "Real straight men" don't bash gays. Not scientificly prooven or anything, just something I've noticed