Forum for Anal-Retentive restorers?

[bushpig]

Forums, public or private, should have a character limit! Too many words!

 

[pete_mcc]

So what you're saying is that I'm ultimately doomed to have a winged crank arm as an avatar? Is there a test?

I agree with your logic, but I'm not sure I understand the acceptance of the demise of VRC (and what I'm sensing is the expected demise of Retrobike, at least as a dedicated retro forum)

I would certainly never suggest that a site that has grown so comprehensively as RB will die because a few hardcore people leave. What I was saying is RB is a different beast and has much wider appeal but with that comes an element of breakaway and rebirth for groups no longer completely catered to, natural evolution which is accelerated to a great degree in the WWW.

It's the circle of life

 

[bushpig]

As far as VRC goes, I don't think the management got it. Retrobike does a lot of the stuff you need to do to evolve and create a nice community. In particular, I think the no outing and classifieds policy at VRC lead to a lot of strife. It sucked to have to mod those issues too.

 

[rumpfy]

I actually quite like rummaging through readers rides and seeing a childhood dream next to something dragged out of a skip next to a piece of californian exotica next to a bike with risers and bar does. I like the sense of community that offers

Good for you. Personally I don't.

My name is Kevin and I'm a bike snob

I don't recall that always being the case.. ;-) What changed??! You been hanging around with the older boys again...?!

Mr K

Cherry picked some of the RBUK talent. Us old boys are jerks. :twisted:

 

[rumpfy]

All your bikes are belong to us. The good ones at least.

LOL!


Bushpig =

 

[bushpig]

Cherry picked some of the RBUK talent. Us old boys are jerks. :twisted:

As they say, "Who Dares Wins!"

 

[rumpfy]

I'm with The Big Cheese on this one (word, brother!), but comments like these from this month's BOTM are really funny and it'd be a loss if people didn't make them:


"Let me get this straight......you are asking for us to vote for a "plain Jane" production bike wrapped in a candy bar wrapper paint scheme for bike of the month???......sheesh!"

"The alignment of the valves with the tyre labels is fine if simply for a posed pic, and would have been even more effective if aligned with the angle of the forks, but this kind of detail clashes with the rest of the bike where everything is engineered for a purpose."

"Mountain Goat is DQ'd for me because of the sloppy front brake cable ferrule in the headset - it's a 6mm thread, and that hanger takes an 8mm. This is a VERY easy part to find at a local shop."


I'm off to align the Cheng Shin tyre logos on my Carrera Scrapheap.

My favourite ever was (and I'm sorry mattbrown):

Let me get this straight...you pirated parts from two other crappy Outposts...to build up one crappy Outpost?

It caused a right stink at the time, but I still think it's a very funny comment. I think Matt took it in the spirit it was intended, but some others weren't able to be so objective in their view of it.

Please don't let every build get wrapped up in cotton wool, let's still have a bit of bite about the place - keeps it interesting!

Hahaha!

I forgot about that one. IIRC, the guy took it exactly as intended. In stride. Though there is/was truth to my comment...but his reaction is whats key.

Typically, public forums have rules against attacking other member...which many users have issues with. More often than not, newbies don't know how to deal with it. I can't refrain from making a comment myself. I'm an asshole.

A private forum with hand picked people who all know each other, this isn't an issue.

 

[rumpfy]

So what you're saying is that I'm ultimately doomed to have a winged crank arm as an avatar? Is there a test?

I agree with your logic, but I'm not sure I understand the acceptance of the demise of VRC (and what I'm sensing is the expected demise of Retrobike, at least as a dedicated retro forum)

I would certainly never suggest that a site that has grown so comprehensively as RB will die because a few hardcore people leave. What I was saying is RB is a different beast and has much wider appeal but with that comes an element of breakaway and rebirth for groups no longer completely catered to, natural evolution which is accelerated to a great degree in the WWW.

It's the circle of life

Demise is a strong word. IV'ers obviously still frequent both sites. Contributions are less, thats all. MTBR VRC and RBUK will continue along just fine.

But the intricate knowledge, networking, quality level, and trade/help community can't be matched. The privacy and low member count keep trust up.

I doubt this is a new phenomenon in forum evolution (in any hobby or online community).

 

[utahdog2003]

Demise is a strong word. IV'ers obviously still frequent both sites. Contributions are less, thats all. MTBR VRC and RBUK will continue along just fine.

But the intricate knowledge, networking, quality level, and trade/help community can't be matched. The privacy and low member count keep trust up.

I doubt this is a new phenomenon in forum evolution (in any hobby or online community).

I don't blame you for taking that tack after the VRC thing, I just regret that it has to happen to my hobby. :cry:

 

[SF Klein]

I forgot about that one. IIRC, the guy took it exactly as intended. In stride. Though there is/was truth to my comment...but his reaction is whats key.

Typically, public forums have rules against attacking other member...which many users have issues with. More often than not, newbies don't know how to deal with it. I can't refrain from making a comment myself. I'm an asshole.

A private forum with hand picked people who all know each other, this isn't an issue.

Note: the use of the word "you" below is intended as the collective "you"; not the singular. I use "u" to mean the singular "you"

Out of curiosity, u seem to have an awareness about your being a prickly fellow, yet u also say u can't help from making a comment? U don't mention the nature of these comments, yet one can assume that since u claim you're an a**hole, then you're aware that these comments tend to inspire anger/disappointment/etc. in the person that they were intended for. So my question is...if you REALLY CAN'T help yourself, then surely you must be missing several teeth and have black eyes on a regular basis from all the passersby you also insult on public streets. Surely you don't agree with every hair style or wardrobes that people select to go out in public. And I'm positive, you're not fond of every parked car you see on your way to work so surely you must hunt down the owners to tell them of your disapproval. And with your problem of being incapable of containing your derisive comments, then surely u must be beaten on regularly by all these insulted people you're passing in your daily life.

I don't really think that's the case (you could keep your comments to yourself but you choose not to.) Many folks here will post stuff like "I don't like it", etc. but when I read an assortment of your posts and several others on the other forum, I can't help but being left with the feeling that you seem to seriously enjoy ganging up to pick on folks, particularly these "newbies". You have an awesome level of knowledge and a fantastic collection of significant, vintage MTB history but you don't have my respect because I can't get past the mean spirited bullying that some of you guys seem to thrive on. :cry:


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Q. What is the definition of Frumpy to you? What makes one..."Frumpy?"
A. lack of style, stuck in another time style-wise. one who walks w/o energy or good posture as if walking to the sound of slow drums?
I've also always been curious about the significance of your username