Our mission is to help cycling enthusiasts and foster a healthy community. The message boards are the core of our community. As a result, we would appreciate it if people read and abide by these guidelines.

The RoadbikeREVIEW staff and volunteer moderators monitor the message boards, removing inappropriate content. The purpose of these guidelines is to explain what kind of messages are "inappropriate," and therefore will be deleted. We are explaining these guidelines beforehand, so if a message is removed everyone will understand why it was removed. In general, we err on the side of leaving messages up. The entire site is premised on sharing product information, so as one might imagine we are strong proponents of free speech. That being said, here are some specific reasons why we remove certain messages:

1. The message insults or degrades another member of the community.
2. The message contains profanity, offensive language, racial epithets, or insults based on race, religion, or sexual orientation (note: this includes use of the word "gay").
3. The message is an advertisement or spam.
4. The message contains obscene or pornographic images/photos/text/videos.
5. The message promotes illegal activity (at our discretion).
6. In addition to #3 above, please do not post Classified Ads/Want Ads/Trade Ads in the message board forum. Please post these in our Classifieds Section.
7. The message is posted as "flame-bait" and is posted to incite flames and insults.
8. The message has been posted to more than 2 boards. Posting the same message to multiple boards is spam, and all posts may be removed and the user may be banned. Please post to the most relevant board only, no more than 2.

In addition, as a courtesy to your fellow forum members, please follow these guidelines:

1. Do not post race spoilers in the General Forum
2. Do not post off-topic, socio-political posts in the General Forum (these should be posted in the Non-Cycling Discussion Forum or the Politics Only Forum)

Posting under multiple accounts is not allowed and users doing this may be banned. One or all accounts may be deleted, as may all posts under these accounts.

Threads that keep getting "bumped" back to the top with "hey, bumping this post back up" type posts will be locked. If you do not have anything new/informative to add to the post, please do not attempt to "bump" a thread just to keep it at the top.

A note about avatars and signature files: Inappropriate/obscene or distasteful avatars may be removed by us at any time. You may also be asked to change your avatar, should we deem the avatar to be inappropriate. Please do not post ads for bikes or parts in your forum signature, they are NOT allowed.

Unfortunately we must reserve the right to remove messages. However, we truly love this community, so we will only remove any given message if we judge that it's in the best interest of the community. Please feel free to ask questions or direct comments to us.

Sincerely,