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I would like to invite Professor Richard Robinson to join the newsgroup uk.rec.cycling with immediate effect. We need him now more than ever. I do this of course in the customary way, handing him the wax-sealed invitation, handwritten with a quill on the finest paper, while kneeling down and ensuring that I do not look him in the eye at any time.

I'm sure that, as with everything else, he knows a tremendous amount about cycling, and that he'd be more than happy to share his knowledge, priceless anecdotes about his various rides, and his unique and hilarious brand of wit. Perhaps he can settle the helmet debate once and for all; perhaps he will have useful tips for dealing with psycholists; perhaps he will even come up with a mathematical proof that Guy Chapman is anti-motorist (not that we need one).

What I can be certain of is that if he graced us with his presence, the group would become a far richer and more enlightened place overnight. Even if he never cycles and isn't interested in it, I'm sure he still knows more about it than any of the rest of us; that's what he's like; he's not *Professor* Richard Robinson for nothing, after all.

So that's decided then. See you there, Richie-Boy!