In the run-up to Christmas, think of all the good things you have got from this place. I figure it must be a fair bit, because whenever I don't know about something, even my wife says, 'have you asked on Singletrackworld?' 
In any case, I was lurker with the same forum name before the 'hack', and have been intermittently active since... so I have been hanging around STW for a good few years.
In that time, I have:
-received tonnes of bike-specific advice
-learned about wood burners
-been correcty diagnosed a few times
-been given free legal advice by a real solicitor
-been encouraged to get back on the bike (and stay on it) after some very poor health
-made (good) decisions about my cars based on what was said on here
-laughed once or twice
So go on. Anyone willing to admit that this particular online hang-out has been good to them?
Someone knew the correct size bottom bracket for my Kona.
New routes,
riding buddies,
group rides,
masses of advice,
[i]some[/i] good useful advice 🙂
a lot of laughs,
many many hours of work avoidance.
advice on places to stay/things to do on holiday
endless discussions on the relative merits of different whiskies with some current bargains thrown in (thanks to whoever it was that mentioned the £20 jura Superstition in Tesco, btw)
a couple of bargains out the clasifieds
- reduced my dependency on cycling magazines
- given me some good ideas about recovery from injury
- saved me from boring friends and family with bike talk
- keeps me somewhat informed about what's going on in the world
helped me recycle low value stuff I dont use that might otherwise have sat gathering dust or ended up in landfill, the recipients of which have kindly made donations to the Air Ambulance.
Lots of laughs
Some incredible photography
Some 'interesting' photography
Some dubious but funny photography
Techy bike answers
Good and bad advice (both are good in their own ways right?)
And some funny, interesting, great debating!
Made some friends
Encouraged me to ride more
ridden in all parts of the uk either with routes from here or with people from here
Done a bit of racing
Bought a load of cheap hardly used stuff
Had a good laugh
learned a bit of stuff both about bikes and other stuff
Ask not what STW has done for you - ask what you have done for STW. 🙂
- been stalked.
- been verbally abused.
- possibly been slandered.
- been insulted.
- been (attempted) bullied.
- made me laugh.
- made me cry.
what's not to like?
many many hours of work avoidance.
+1000!!
saved me from boring friends and family with bike talk
Oh and that aswell....
Bought a load of cheap hardly used stuff
Oh yes- lots of that aswell....
It helps me keep track on people who I like to meet in real life.
I never let them know, how I know so much about them though, or who I really am.
Caused me to spend lots on bargain second hand bike bits.
Allowed me to meet the locals and go riding throughtout the UK.
Realised there're plenty of bodgers and fettlers out there with similar taste to me.
Caused me to receive disciplinary warnings about internet usage in at least 2 jobs.
i love this forum (since i got the interweb back in 2009 😉 this is probably the only forum that i have stuck with all the time.have had some great advice about dealing with lack of motivation/depression,and how to keep riding my bike (still have to take the advice though,as going through a non biking phase atm 🙁 also have had great answers to nearly every question i have put up here (whatever it may be).also like the humour on here also.have never felt unwelcome either.i would really miss this forum if it ever went (and you guys also 😳 EDIT would also like to add that people had offered to send me money when i put a question up about what food to buy for a small amount of cash.i was taken aback by their kindness to be honest 😀
Made me realise that "it's only the internet so it doesn't matter" 😕
its not the forum, its the (most of the)people who use it.
Helped me to stop smoking so it has possibly extended my life!
Mainly music for me, thanks to chaps like thepurist, organic355, schrickvr6. TSY and Jamie I've discovered some lovely new sounds for my ears.
Not to mention the forum rides, the Brewer bloke and of course, the Big Bike bash, which means my kid gets to have maximum fun on his bike too!
Oh and speaking of Dezb jr. - he's started playing rugby because someone started a thread on here about kid's rugby! And for some reason I really like standing around in a muddy field watching kids chasing after a egg shaped ball of a Sunday morning 😀
Then there's the laughs...
Oh and what about Bullheart!
I never knew there was so much in it...
STW is ace.
I've had some sound advice from people on here and a forum member came to the rescue with a very reasonably priced pair of forks too (thanks Clong!). The music threads help while away my lunch hours and of course there's Picolax.
I was lent a charger for some ay-ups by a bloke who I didn't know, thanks Swampi 😀
I got some artwork done for my club by another bloke I didn't know, thanks Millitant Biker 😀
Some of Chipps tutorials I have found to be very motivating and simply great.
iDave and his advice on things eating / insulin.
I like the Mag (I iz a subber)
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Solo - get yourself across to my bodyfat thread... I have questions.
Nice folk in real life
Interesting and hardly used bike bits
Some great routes
A collective interweb hug when bad things happen.
Picolax - seconded. It's not everyday you cry laughing whilst at your desk.
[i]Solo - get yourself across to my bodyfat thread... I have questions.
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You do realize I'm designing a Jaguar, you know !.
Oh, and I've found Love.
**didn't even post a link to said thread**
**Goes off to find it anyway**
Solo, here's one I made earlier...
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TSY.
I knew it.
YOU ARE, THE GREAT LORD ALMIGHTY.
😉
I've been telling people that for ages.... seems the good folk of STW are all going to hell though.
[i]seems the good folk of STW are all going to hell though.[/i]
Well for God's sake man. errr, God. Do something about it.
Save the STW sinners !.