Foo - First!

What was the first ever thread started on BikeForums?

Who made the first post?

What was your first post? First thread started?

Who will be the first to post in this thread? :p Predictions?

Who will be the first to answer my inane questions?

FIRST!

I was first to reply, but that is all i know.

I think this was my first post,m #38 on this thread http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=198480&page=2&highlight=Tom+Stormcrowe

I'm thinking it was Joe... probably announcing the establishment of the forums.

It was probably Joe spamming coupons. ;)

You mean coupins right:rolleyes:, yes please send me some coupins for hot pockets and Campbells soup as well.

I think this may be my first post. If not, it's close.
http://75.126.17.35/showthread.php?t=113718&highlight=aerotech
Post #4

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=329
That was as early of a thread as I could dig up
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=543
And that is Joe's first thread

JASON!!!! where are you dude?? Our Foo-historian can answer all your questions.....

.....wait for it....

Was anyone here for the imfamous "bic pen" shutdown? Was that the first time the server was overloaded?

...oh gee...I think I asked about some bike like kona roast vs norco wolverine back in 2002...man long time ago, the good ole days

Who was the first troll from hell?

First public banning?

My first post was my originally joining Bikeforums.

My first thread was about my opinion about wearing a bicycle helmet.

Who was the first troll from hell?

First public banning?
53-11 alltheway

D*Alex

What came first? The chicken or the egg?

They worked together and came at the same time? :o

What came first? The chicken or the egg?

Reminds me of a joke:
the chicken and the egg were laying in bed smoking a cigarette...Chicken says: "so, who came first?"

:o

First member was Joe,
for an interesting read click on member search and then
click on Join date.
I registered in late 2001 and I'm on page 59 (and there are
2200 pages of members).

The first meltdown was in 2000 when the servers failed
I wasn't here then but I think we lost alot of posts.

D*Alex was the first member banned that I was
involved with. He knew his stuff when it came to bikes
but was pretty gruff at times. By todays standards
he should be a mod. . .
It took us (mods) quite a while to decide to ban him,
banning (except for spammers) was not taken lightly at all
(and there seemed to be less bannable offenses).
when I started the mods were (in no particular order)
Velocipedio, Fubar5, Xavier, A2psyklnut, Mediacreations,
Ronh, ChrisL, and Joe as Admin.
members long gone: Campag fetish boy, Greg, JonR, Astra, GordonP.
BTW SpiderMike has been here a looooong time, eh?

I also think that this is the second incarnation of Bikeforums, that it was
Bikeforums.com (?) before. Joe? care to comment?

marty

My join date was 03-07-00.

My first post was in introductions.

That was "back in the day".

Benchmarks

I remember congratulating Joe when:
1000 members signed up!!!
100 members were online at one time!!
too many others.

I remember D Alex, I always kinda liked him.

Remember the guy who rode the unicycle who was killed in a car crash?

Too many others.

You can see what the site looked like when I launched it in 1999: http://web.archive.org/web/20000128214741/http://www.bikeforums.com/

We moved from the .com to the .net domain name when I lost control of the .com address. ISP went under, I moved, and Network Solutions would not give the domain back to me. It expired two years, and I had to pay $650 to get it back this spring.

Anyone remember when BikeForums was hacked my Al Quaida? The ISP closed off the .com server (luckly, we were on the .net at that time), both the FBI and CIA had access to the server for about two weeks. I recieved my first death threat.

a2, I remember when gnein died, heres that thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=2037

In addition to Lotek's members long gone list... I miss Ba-Dg-Er. I kind of think he is still here, with a new username... Steve33, DirtSquezeer. Good guys, very knoledgable.