Chain Reaction Powers The Singletrack Forum

I don’t think this is winding people up enough. STW Towers should take a look at Pinkbike, they’ve embedded their menu in the middle of a banner ad and I click that damn advert on a regular basis when I really wanted the ‘News’ button. Could work well here too.

I will sit back and wait for the ‘likes’ from my fellow forumites 😀

I don’t have an issue with sponsorship if it keeps the STW_staff team earning a living and the forum and magazine alive.

The Ad free part of our T&Cs is here https://singletrackworld.com/terms-and-conditions/#gbe2c4a9c79bf

The Ad free part of our T&Cs is here

Do subscribers get a notification when the T&Cs are updated?

I for one welcome our new size XXS/XXL-only overlords

Seems some forum members got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Seems some forum members got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning

Or maybe unlike you they’re not blinkered

I put my roof bars on here, they should have gone on the classifieds. I just wanted to see if anybody could use them before they went to the tip.

Sorry mods

Does 2 broken websites make 1 working one?

It’s worked! I’ve been on the Chain Reaction website, browsing. Is there a way of going directly from here? I tried clicking the logo but no luck!

Or maybe unlike you they’re not blinkered

Or maybe mods understand the rules.

@Bruce no problem

Or maybe mods understand the rules.

My main objection was that the email I got from the moderator team was just curt and rude.

Probably just being time efficient. Keep up the hard work mods. And thank you.

Nice one! Good to get a bit of sponsorship. All the TV programmes influencers seem to these days!

Ftfy!

Probably just being time efficient. Keep up the hard work mods. And thank you.

We can’t all be au fait with sub-paragraph “c” of section 14.2.77 of chapter 4 of the forum rules.

Does 2 broken websites make 1 working one?

I searched on CRC for a size L jumper and got the Picolax thread instead

Full membership discounts ?

 

Well someone needed to ask 😕

It would be nice if the sponsorship got as far as the members discount page.

This inspired me to go to chainreaction when considering a new stem. Unfortunately I found I couldn’t filter by stem length so I gave up and left…

Although I wanted to point out that neither of the items pictured are either a torque or a torx wrench, it did remind me I need a new chain whip that works on 12 speed. Very cunning, CRC 😉

can we ask the 5-star phone in question?

Nice one! Good to get a bit of sponsorship. All the TV programmes seem to these days!

Which, you could argue, is just a cunning/cynical way of getting round the advertising minutage restrictions. 😉

We can’t all be au fait with sub-paragraph “c” of section 14.2.77 of chapter 4 of the forum rules.

That parking is restricted to reverse parking only on a Wednesday afternoon, sir?

I’m not quite sure of the relevance of that her, sir.

Searchbar is powered by google also.

We all moaned when the begging cup went out, if this is a way of keeping the forum going without begging then great. (& same for Izuzu advert too afaic)

All I can see is a Chain Reaction banner, not getting anything else?

Aside from the thoughts on web sites, it’s good news that STW has attracted a no doubt significant player in the cycling world, with hopefully an equally significant funding pot.

I don’t mind the odd advert and I don’t chase the lowest price on anything – race to the gutter anyone – but, if the forum becomes a CRC forum as has been indicated slightly by threads being deleted, and goes down the avenue of ‘We can’t promote any shops other than CRC/Wiggle’ etc, it will be disappointing and I’ll pack my bags.

For me the annoying thing is the large ad videos that pop up inline with the forum posts.
I rarely read any of the members only content so it makes me really question what I am paying the membership fee for when I am having to navigate over ads.

Well my CRC wheel arrived, it’s correct… it was easy to find on the site and it’s all good.

Welcome to our great Overlords.

For me the annoying thing is the large ad videos that pop up inline with the forum posts.

If you are a paying member then there is an option to disable those videos in the preferences section of your account info.  They do still seem to sometimes appear if you come into a post via a Google link but the rest of the time they are gone

as has been indicated slightly by threads being deleted

I’m pretty confident in saying that’s coincidence not conspiracy. The various threads were all things which would and have historically been removed. Sometimes it’s fine line between an ad and a PSA and sometimes the mods make a call I’d disagree with but none of the threads I saw were clearly “normal” forum content deleted for promoting [redacted 😉].

It looks suspicious because “I’ve got free roof bars pm me” got deleted about the same time as the crc banner arrived. It would have been deleted or closed a week ago though and no one would have batted an eyelid at that.

Something about incompetence and malice, and if you can’t decide which it might be, use the search bar up there to find previous threads on the subject.

[Mod – to clarify, starting a for sale or wanted post in the main forum (stealth or otherwise, no matter how generous the offer) has never been allowed. If you see one, report it and we’ll remove it & ask the poster to place an ad in the classifieds. Thanks]

Which, you could argue, is just a cunning/cynical way of getting round the advertising minutage restrictions

Not very cunning tbh. I’m about as likely to buy a Volvo cos they sponsor True Detective or a bottle of Coors cos I like Channel4 comedy as I am to only shop at CRC for my bike kit.