What happened to the cycling forum?

[Pirahna]

The thread seems to have been deleted and the site is unavailable. What happened?

[Skub]

The first rule of the cycling club is,you do not......

[Mr. Dazzle]

The first rule of the cycling club is,you do not......

Stop for red lights?

[Dunxster]

Maybe Weeksy got an offer he couldn't refuse.

[Count Steer]

I guess it's still 'under construction' and pending a security certificate etc.

OTOH, Weeksy may have decided he didn't want us all piling over there.

[weeksy]

It was awaiting an SSL change along with a banner, then a few updates to phpbb. But in truth I do t think it's going to fly.

What made this place work was the instant user base and accounts, I don't see that being quite so simple without users

So it's currently out of action and at the moment pretty unlikely to return

[gremlin]

First Post could be something that goes absolutely fucking viral to get some momentum going, such as somebody cycling down a suburban street naked except for a cape and flip-flops, chicken in the wicker basket and a Roman candle spewing jets of sparks from their arsehole.

Give me twenty minutes.

Anybody got a chicken I could borrow?

[Count Steer]

If you build it, they will come....

[KungFooBob]

If you build it, they will come....

Not me, I've about as much interest in push irons as I have shoving red hot pokers up my bum hole.

[Mr. Dazzle]

If my experience with bike seats is anything to go by, there's some overlap there.

[cheb]

He's got to sell this place first to fund it.

[weeksy]

He's got to sell this place first to fund it.

I could've sold this place 10X over. But that's not why I did it.

[cheb]

It's the politics forum that has the value, world leaders and influencers hang on its every word.

[weeksy]

He's got to sell this place first to fund it.

I could've sold this place 10X over. But that's not why I did it.

Genuinely?

I wonder what value it has outside of the obvious value to us who use it as a social club?
I doubt it generates much ad revenue, no merch to speak of, an aging (and dwindling?) member base of what is now a niche pastime, etc.

The value it's given me has been worth it, but if I was looking to make money then I'm not sure I'd see much in it.

I've never actually asked how much when they email, but I get a few each year

[KungFooBob]

I could've sold this place 10X over. But that's not why I did it.

Genuinely?

I wonder what value it has outside of the obvious value to us who use it as a social club?
I doubt it generates much ad revenue, no merch to speak of, an aging (and dwindling?) member base of what is now a niche pastime, etc.

The value it's given me has been worth it, but if I was looking to make money then I'm not sure I'd see much in it.

I've never actually asked how much when they email, but I get a few each year

VerticalScope?

A few years back they were buying up all the automotive forums.

[Skub]

He's got to sell this place first to fund it.

I could've sold this place 10X over. But that's not why I did it.

Genuinely?

I wonder what value it has outside of the obvious value to us who use it as a social club?
I doubt it generates much ad revenue, no merch to speak of, an aging (and dwindling?) member base of what is now a niche pastime, etc.

The value it's given me has been worth it, but if I was looking to make money then I'm not sure I'd see much in it.

I know it was many moons ago and it may be different now,but the Ben dude who owned Visordown did all right for himself,I believe. That place had lapsed into a shadow of it's former self by then,yet someone saw the value/potential.

[weeksy]

I could've sold this place 10X over. But that's not why I did it.

Genuinely?

I wonder what value it has outside of the obvious value to us who use it as a social club?
I doubt it generates much ad revenue, no merch to speak of, an aging (and dwindling?) member base of what is now a niche pastime, etc.

The value it's given me has been worth it, but if I was looking to make money then I'm not sure I'd see much in it.

I know it was many moons ago and it may be different now,but the Ben dude who owned Visordown did all right for himself,I believe. That place had lapsed into a shadow of it's former self by then,yet someone saw the value/potential.

When Ben sold it it was at its peak, they then changed it into a completely different forum with adverts, daft icons, structure etc, that's when everyone left with WB to trc.

[weeksy]

Genuinely?

I wonder what value it has outside of the obvious value to us who use it as a social club?
I doubt it generates much ad revenue, no merch to speak of, an aging (and dwindling?) member base of what is now a niche pastime, etc.

The value it's given me has been worth it, but if I was looking to make money then I'm not sure I'd see much in it.

I've never actually asked how much when they email, but I get a few each year

VerticalScope?

A few years back they were buying up all the automotive forums.

They're one of the companies yes. I don't know whether I even kept the mails to check the others.

[Skub]

I know it was many moons ago and it may be different now,but the Ben dude who owned Visordown did all right for himself,I believe. That place had lapsed into a shadow of it's former self by then,yet someone saw the value/potential.

When you say did alright for himself what are we talking, tens of thousands, hundreds?

No idea man,just hearsay really.

[weeksy]

I heard it was £45k but how true that is, I have no clue