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Bikeradar forum… what happened there then?

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  • February 20, 2011 at 5:41 pm #13115
    James Warrener

    Just been to have a look on there and the forum is down for the weekend… what’s that all about then eh?

    Have the Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador threads finally gone too far? đŸ˜•

    Or is it just “system maintenance”

    Interesting and it will be good to see a bit more traffic coming through the forums on here as a result perhaps.

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  • February 24, 2011 at 1:26 am #640841
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    jamesfifield

    http://www.bikeradar.com/news
    http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bikeradar-forum-update-29392

    16,000,000th post and it all went FUBAR. Oh well, it’s back now!

    February 23, 2011 at 2:29 pm #640839
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    James Warrener

    First name terms with Mr
    First name terms with Mr Jones then!!

    Interesting.

    February 22, 2011 at 9:23 pm #640837
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    dave atkinson

    (No subject)

    February 22, 2011 at 8:05 pm #640835
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    Velo Rapide

    Oh FFS! I can’t believe it’s
    Oh FFS! I can’t believe it’s still down!

    I sent an e-mail to Jeff today and he explained that the web site had grown too big. They were trying to move files around, or between servers and it hadn’t worked.

    He promised the forums would be up again this afternoon, but it clearly hasn’t happened :”(

    February 22, 2011 at 5:38 pm #640833
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    dave atkinson

    That’s not an argument,
    That’s not an argument, that’s just contradiction đŸ™‚

    February 22, 2011 at 4:11 pm #640831
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    KirinChris

    step-hent wrote: I quite like

    step-hent wrote:
    I quite like a good argument now and again

    No you don’t.

    February 22, 2011 at 12:48 pm #640829
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    step-hent

    I think the comments section
    I think the comments section does reduce the forum traffic, but since the comments are then used like a forum it balances out. A lot of the Bikeradar forum posts are essentially started with comments about news stories, and they then diversify into wider discussions.

    Much the same thing happens on road.cc, but I’d agree with robert.brady that the road.cc forum has less arguing for the sake of entertainment. I quite like a good argument now and again, but if I want that I’ll go elsewhere – I like the more constructive discussion on here, plus I can post from work (whereas bikeradar is caught by the internet filters).

    February 21, 2011 at 10:19 pm #640827
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    Super Domestique

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:The

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    The comments section works so well on the site and gets used so extensively that you could maybe say the forum suffers ?

    I must say I agree. As someone who has used forums for cars and mtbs in the past, I hoped to find this forum would do the same for my road bike hobby.

    February 21, 2011 at 6:16 pm #640825
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    robert.brady

    Perhaps, but that would
    Perhaps, but that would suggest that people see this site simply as a source of news rather than as a community, which is what a good forum can build up.

    Rob

    February 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm #640823
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    James Warrener

    The comments section works so
    The comments section works so well on the site and gets used so extensively that you could maybe say the forum suffers ?

    February 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm #640821
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    robert.brady

    I’d like to use this forum
    I’d like to use this forum more as I think it could be a “nicer” forum as opposed to the arguments and name calling that can break out on other forums I use. However I get a quicker response to questions on Bike Radar, so if I’ve got a problem with my bike I’ll go there.

    I like the idea of Tweeting forum posts, but maybe the forums need to be more prominent on the home page of the site?

    Just my tuppence worth.

    Rob

    February 21, 2011 at 5:09 pm #640819
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    simonmb

    Oh And there I was hopin’
    Oh :/ And there I was hopin’ you’d expand a little on your conspiracy theory đŸ˜•

    February 21, 2011 at 3:21 pm #640817
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    James Warrener

    Hopeful that some people
    Hopeful that some people might migrate over here and add some more to this forum.

    February 21, 2011 at 11:33 am #640815
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    simonmb

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:still

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    still down….

    Why the fascination?

    February 21, 2011 at 11:25 am #640813
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    James Warrener

    still down….
    still down….

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