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Its been an important part of many lives for over ten years yet its being left to shrivel and die.
It is one of the top resources for cycling history with many members actual participants in cycle manufacture and sport but is rapidly being forgotten as the facebook generation inadvertently wipes out history with ephemeral goldfish like 'facts'
A great one brought to my attention was some facebook page where they were adamant that Jon Whyte 'invented' the first full suspension MTB. We know this to be absurd but some young facebook fellow-me-lad will start telling his mates and they'll tell their mates and it will end up as a fact.
The internet is re-writing history - Retrobike can keep a little part of it alive and kicking. Early participants are not getting any younger and we need to keep their contributions safe for the next generation of cyclist who will wonder where Granddad's 'is it a Zaskar' came from or mad Aunt Maud's hand built Roberts was built.
Just my thoughts.
It is one of the top resources for cycling history with many members actual participants in cycle manufacture and sport but is rapidly being forgotten as the facebook generation inadvertently wipes out history with ephemeral goldfish like 'facts'
A great one brought to my attention was some facebook page where they were adamant that Jon Whyte 'invented' the first full suspension MTB. We know this to be absurd but some young facebook fellow-me-lad will start telling his mates and they'll tell their mates and it will end up as a fact.
The internet is re-writing history - Retrobike can keep a little part of it alive and kicking. Early participants are not getting any younger and we need to keep their contributions safe for the next generation of cyclist who will wonder where Granddad's 'is it a Zaskar' came from or mad Aunt Maud's hand built Roberts was built.
Just my thoughts.