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If it was a dog, it would be off to the vets for a little lie down....
Did they get rid of all the Big hitters/characters leaving it to be terminally dull and then die a slow withering death?
Perhaps you and the soon to arrive bemoan ers could help by contributing a little?
Blimey. I seem to remember the "help my bikes gone wrong" threads used to be quite helpful and reasonably quickly replied to, but I don't think I have posted on there for five years.
[edit] good point kryton. Perhaps I will start a thread about my wife's new pink Cove Hooker. Nothing like a thread with endless possibilities of inuendo to bump up the post count. 😆
BTW flashy used to post a bit on BM, but he wasn't called CaptainFlasheart back then....
Did they get rid of all the Big hitters/characters leaving it to [s]be terminally dull and then die a slow withering death? [/s] grow fresh, freed from the cancer of incessant bickering
FIFY
Did people get married, have kids or move to Canada?
grow fresh, freed from the cancer of incessant bickering
nature abhors a vacuum, new keystone forumites will evolve to the fill the niches
BTW flashy used to post a bit on BM, but he wasn't called CaptainFlasheart back then....
There used to be a Flashy on BM back in the day? Who's the STW Flashy then? Is he an imposter?
Yes. I am. 🙂
Good to see the old mindless drivel threads still going eh?
BM had some top guys on, I had several thousand posts on there! People just drifted away as much as anything. Shame.
At least interesting pictures are allowed over there 🙂
Lady Gresley - Member
At least interesting pictures are allowed over there
Seems to be much less moderation, and more freedom of speech. As said though, needs more bike content.
Yes. I am.
Not....... FlaptainCasheart? 😯
I used to get mixed up between Bike Magic and Bike Radar and would inevitably end up on Bike Radar.
Eh, you mean there is/was another site, another forum?
You could be dunked in a well for that kinda thing..
I used to post there loads but it all got a bit dull when that barking mad Dylan chap got banned
Are you talking 1st ban or the subsequent ones Kato? His rantings caused at least a dozen folk that I know to leave - even Mr S gave up in the end.
Met a lot of good guys over there, rode with many & even raced with a few but a lack of control allowed the Turveynator to post the inane rumblings of a madman. MDT contains a mixture of insanity and profoundness but is breathing it's last as most of it's contributors now exist over here under various pseudonyms.
i was quite prolific once 😀
To be fair what finished it off for me was when they redesigned the whole forum. Just didn't like it after that
Mike Davis leaving saw the start of BM's demise, imo. The Kidderminster Clown was, initially, amusing but turned into a very disturb(ing/ed) individual. The redesign, which locked out a large number of people, was the final nail for many. I still post but it's becoming less frequent which makes me a wee bit sad as there is/were some good people over there. 😐
Did people get married, have kids or move to Canada?
Well, I managed two of those but have settled for a dog and two cats at the moment....
BM was the first forum I found IIRC and was Melvin Schmelvin for a short while. Was 42 (ginger lad that sent photos of his c0ck to women riders) on BM or here?
It appears to me there's enough former contributors on here to raise the proverbial Phoenix.
Dylan is currently serving his third ban, he never learns. The front page articles are pretty good and are arguably more frequent than STW's.
I have been wondering if all those "suffering" from STW's rule tightening may make an appearance over there.
Bike Radar is my other forum now, BM's just too quiet. It's a shame because I agree their nrews/articles are better than here, and I do like David Arthur.
At least it was a bike forum unlike here.
It was the first bike forum I visited and like others it all sort of went downhill with the format change and when Mike left. The rides section was always handy. Even though Dylan was barking mad he was entertaining. Gravity pulling you uphill on your bike anyone? Ice bullets?
Frequented there and here regular, then drifted away from BM staying with this place. Now I don't even post very much here.
used to be there - i was chocolate teapot. that was many many moons ago.
this place was still gofar back then iirc.
Dylan is currently serving his third ban, he never learns
I think it's more like his fourth or fifth ban?
I didn't even know BM was still in existence? I thought it was a early-mind 00's ting.
hora - Member
I didn't even know BM was still in existence? I thought it was a early-mind 00's ting.
Oh, it's still there, just. It's a bit like the Prefects Common Room at a (very) minor public school............in the school holidays.
The ride section used to be good as were some of the ramblings. The news section is still good.
The redesign didn't help IMO, and it's never good to see an ego implosion result in a banning or a flouncing (Dylan and JohnG spring to mind as examples). At least the bans there are not permanent. Although at time some of the recent folk on here who where smited by the hammer of ban could be annoying it'd be nice to see them back. It's easy to deal with annoying by not reading......
Used to be a great laugh back in the day, lots of personalities, lots of arguments but people just used to forget and move on. Seems 'banter' is taken too seriously, and the current folk aren't intelligent enough to be amusing, they try but fail dismally. I actually blame some of the current users for it's demise as they are so dull.
Ah, that's a shame. About 10 years ago, I was a very regular on there and it was a great forum with a good group on it.
Topov - Member
Used to be a great laugh back in the day, lots of personalities, lots of arguments but people just used to forget and move on. Seems 'banter' is taken too seriously, and the current folk aren't intelligent enough to be amusing, they try but fail dismally. I actually blame some of the current users for it's demise as they are so dull.
The worst troll ever Mr Boutros.... and current user.
Used to spend a lot of time there 9 or 10 years ago when I was in conventional employment but now I'm in the bike trade I only have much time in the winter and somehow this is where I usually wash up.
I'm serious.
But then you're part of the problem, aren't you. I seem to remember this conversation was had on BM itself, but no one really rose to the challenge.
At least 2 members sloped off becuase they fell out with each other, not the forum. Dylan and John G imploded and were banned / left respectively, Kato, Luke, Prince whats his name and a couple of others surfaced over the last few months and like yourself, stopped making the effort after 1-2 posts.
Not all of us are as gifted an talented as you in the world of comedy and trolling, like I said before, perhaps stop moaning and make and effort - if you can't be bothered to make an effort then you don't have the right to moan. :-p
FWIW, the reason STW survives over BM is volume. Thats could easily be addressed on BM, if people choose to.
But I'm not moaning I don't give a ****, that's just my opinion.
Topov - Member
But I'm not moaning I don't give a ****, that's just my opinion.
Weird that you should mention it on here then, yet point fingers at the current members. Leave well alone eh....
Not weird is it though, I had to have a peek after the excited Facebook message that I got from Stan, when in Rome!
Peek - not weird. Blaming those that contribute for not being "good enough" when you CBA yourself = weird.
Cest la vie.....!
Is it usually as much fun as this over there?
Lol at chakaping - no, more so as we are allowed swearing and shouting, soft porn and generally unacceptable graphics 😀
The rules here stifle things somewhat.
And the odd conversation about bikes of course.