Author Topic: A Cycling Forum that never took off. (Read 4873 times)

Basil · « **on:** 20 June, 2008, 07:55:40 am »

I suppose lots of people start forums that never succeed.
Here's a cycling related one.

I guess we're just not ready for such specialist niches.

Chris S · « **Reply #1 on:** 20 June, 2008, 07:58:01 am »

It never took off because the colour combinations trigger epilepsy in any reader to stays longer than 30s

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 June, 2008, 08:08:34 am »

Anything saying it is hosted "for free" deserves to die - slowly and painfully.

Seineseeker · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 June, 2008, 08:10:15 am »

Why doesn't someone register and post, it would make the guys day!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 June, 2008, 08:13:15 am »

Quote from: Seineseeker on 20 June, 2008, 08:10:15 am

Why doesn't someone register and post, it would make the guys day!

Go on then! But be careful you don't get barred for too low a post count...

TimO · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 June, 2008, 08:18:08 am »

See what we've done:

Quote

... Most users online was 19, Today ...

rogerzilla · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 June, 2008, 08:41:33 am »

Aaah. I feel sorry for them.

Chris S · « **Reply #7 on:** 20 June, 2008, 09:19:33 am »

Anyone up for a Flashmob of his site?

We all register, and post one message, then un-register

Wowbagger · « **Reply #8 on:** 20 June, 2008, 09:33:14 am »

It seems to be just one guy - Martin Wilson.

"Institute of Cheap Bikes" sounds to me rather like the National Apathy League.

Chris S · « **Reply #9 on:** 20 June, 2008, 10:34:19 am »

Quote from: road-runner on 20 June, 2008, 10:05:38 am

Quote from: Chris S on 20 June, 2008, 09:19:33 am
Oh, so you are one of those who rings front door bells and runs off before the resident gets to the door!

Me?

Deano · « **Reply #10 on:** 20 June, 2008, 10:41:34 am »

I'm tempted to register and demand a board for Tensor, which was a cheapo bike importer based in Darlington. They were so crap that one BMX they sold snapped at the fork crown when you took it down a steep drop-off, such as a kerb.

I'm sure they had at least one bike in that colour scheme

tiermat · « **Reply #11 on:** 20 June, 2008, 10:46:02 am »

HEY! My first drop handle-barred bike was a Tensor, bought it from Arthur Caygills in Richmond.

It was a great bike (rose tinted specs and all) until:
1) the seat stay parted company with the seat tube (fixed by my dad)
2) I was hit by a motorbike that was going way too fast and the RHS chain stay got mangled....

I was in my early to mid teens at the time

Deano · « **Reply #12 on:** 20 June, 2008, 10:53:51 am »

Quote from: tiermat on 20 June, 2008, 10:46:02 am

...The seat stay parted company with the seat tube...

I stand corrected

Palinurus · « **Reply #13 on:** 20 June, 2008, 12:58:58 pm »

Cycle Chat was empty for ages. They even had a helmet thread going that only attracted about three replies. God knows what happened to the handful of original members.

Tensor! I had one of theirs when I was a kid (a 5-speed "racer". I think it was called a "Montana"). Magic it was, did my first long-ish rides on that. Sorry to report that I haven't got a spectacular failure story.

Pete · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 June, 2008, 09:37:43 am »

Hmmmm....
"Last updated 2005"
Is it possible, the guy has clean forgotten he has this forum?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #15 on:** 23 June, 2008, 03:47:53 pm »

Quote from: Palinurus on 20 June, 2008, 12:58:58 pm

Cycle Chat was empty for ages. They even had a helmet thread going that only attracted about three replies.

How did it take off? Was it used as a C+ lifeboat, like ACF?

blackpuddinonnabike · « **Reply #16 on:** 23 June, 2008, 03:51:45 pm »

Quote from: Palinurus on 20 June, 2008, 12:58:58 pm

Tensor! I had one of theirs when I was a kid (a 5-speed "racer". I think it was called a "Montana"). Magic it was, did my first long-ish rides on that. Sorry to report that I haven't got a spectacular failure story.

My first fixed wheel was a skip rescued Tensor.

It was fun wondering what would go wrong next. In the end rust started to eat the frame (I'd stripped it and resprayed it).

annie · « **Reply #17 on:** 23 June, 2008, 03:58:31 pm »

All I can say is

. I felt sick and dizzy just staring for a nano second.

alecstilleyedye · « **Reply #18 on:** 23 June, 2008, 06:19:46 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 23 June, 2008, 03:47:53 pm

Quote from: Palinurus on 20 June, 2008, 12:58:58 pm
Cycle Chat was empty for ages. They even had a helmet thread going that only attracted about three replies.
How did it take off? Was it used as a C+ lifeboat, like ACF?

basically, yes. we really got lucky.

rr · « **Reply #19 on:** 24 June, 2008, 03:45:59 pm »

Nearly all the regulars moved there when it became Bikeradar

Paul Smith SRCC · « **Reply #20 on:** 28 June, 2008, 10:58:20 am »

There are indeed a quite a number of forums, I personally view two on a regular basis and a couple of others less frequently. For sure some are set up differently than others in terms of layout which can make a difference to some, but as far as I am concerned it is the people that make a forum what it is and by that I don't mean how visit or by how many post; size as some say isn't everything.

Yacf may be the most recent and it may not be the biggest but as far as I am concerned it is one of my personal favourites

Paul_Smith
www.bikeplus.co.uk

FatBloke · « **Reply #21 on:** 28 June, 2008, 11:36:45 am »

I know of a cycling forum that took off very successfully, flew quite well for a couple of years, and is now about to crash very heavily due to pilot error. $:-\$

Luckily most of the passengers seem to have escaped by parachute!

rower40 · « **Reply #22 on:** 28 June, 2008, 12:49:18 pm »

Quote from: Paul Smith SRCC on 28 June, 2008, 10:58:20 am

Yacf may be the most recent and it may not be the biggest but as far as I am concerned it is one of my personal favourites

The qualitee ov der postin and der spellin is jus mint innit. Swot I like bout Yacf.

hellymedic · « **Reply #23 on:** 28 June, 2008, 01:00:45 pm »

Quote from: rower40 on 28 June, 2008, 12:49:18 pm

Quote from: Paul Smith SRCC on 28 June, 2008, 10:58:20 am
Yacf may be the most recent and it may not be the biggest but as far as I am concerned it is one of my personal favourites
The qualitee ov der postin and der spellin is jus mint innit. Swot I like bout Yacf.

That's wot I like about it; it's fun and frendly without being pretenshus or content-free.

Pete · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 June, 2008, 07:50:53 pm »

Quote from: FatBloke on 28 June, 2008, 11:36:45 am

I know of a cycling forum that took off very successfully, flew quite well for a couple of years, and is now about to crash very heavily due to pilot error. $:-\$

Luckily most of the passengers seem to have escaped by parachute!

Hmmm.... just seven* posts in 24 hours. Just seven. Great shame, to see something once so great and vibrant, sink so low. $:-\$

*seven in the 'public' area that is.

Author Topic: A Cycling Forum that never took off. (Read 4873 times)

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