General Cycling Discussion - anyone ever thought of a bikeforums gathering?

Just a thought here guys.....what about a national gathering of this forum(maybe we'll ask the roadies to come along to)haha..just kidding.

But seriously. Have any of us thought about getting our own bikeforums gathering together? I think it'd be sweet, we could all get together, show off our cool bikes, and how much we do or don't know about em. Get a ton of beer and then go for a night ride...LOL (i crack myself up sometimes...lol)

well give me your thoughts guys!!!

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There are areas that get together. (I am pretty sure there was one recently in the midwest maybe?). It would be a good and fun idea but getting everyone to a central location...would be tough :)

then we should work on getting little regional gatherings and then eventually we could get a national gathering or mulitple national gatherings together!!

Come on fat old car guys can do it, and they have to toat their cars with them!

It doesn't even have to be a ride all the time thing, find a hotel somewhere and just get a bunch of us to rent rooms, and a cool place to party and we'll be set! Then we could go out for rides... i mean just for a weekend, fly in to someplace, have members pick eachother up from the airport...it'd all work!! I can see it now...aaaahhhhhh. HAHA I'm still cracking myself up...LOL

What about starting in this forum regional forum areas so we could all see what's going on easier, and get to know the guys in our area a bit better? That might help! Just an idea!

:D

cool, yall come down DisneyWorld and I'll meet you for the weekend!

Other than that, I'm going to be in Hayesville, NC right on the NC/GA border for Memorial Day.

L8R

I am a member of a couple of import car forums, and I go to reigional meets every once in a while, so I would be down if there was something up here in nor cal

I would so do that. Just gotta convince my dad to let me cross the border to meet a bunch of strangers :)

Originally posted by WorldIRC
I would so do that. Just gotta convince my dad to let me cross the border to meet a bunch of strangers :)

Well if it's some regional meetings, you wont have to cross the boarder just go and hang with Maelstrom in B.C. Man whistler would be a great place for a national gathering, granted a bit outa the way for most, but man great place to get together!! Awsome trails, great town, partys all over...what more could you ask for!!! HAHAHAHA.

I'm gonna try and see if anything can be done about regional forums to be created on here. I think it would make life a ton easier for all of us to get some regional stuff going... incuding but not limited to gatherings, trail maintenance, trail closings, trail access meetings, all things of that nature!!!!



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We did a meet and greet over at the Tivo Forum...all of us from the left coast that could take the time off drove, flew, biked, to San Jose. We had a great time seeing the faces of people we've only
"met" through the forum. Tivo kicked in some prizes for extra fun. It was an all day event and we had a blast.

Now that I have taken up cycling, my Tivo and the forum have not been used lately. But I try to keep up with some of the members.

Originally posted by WorldIRC
I would so do that. Just gotta convince my dad to let me cross the border to meet a bunch of strangers :)

Tell him you would be meeting up with another canuck :D...that will instill the trust needed haha :)

HAHA ok then theres the matter of, "Dad, I'm going 6000km away by myself to meet some stranger canuck."

True enough...:)...does he ride...maybe he could come out :)

Originally posted by a2psyklnut
cool, yall come down DisneyWorld and I'll meet you for the weekend!

Other than that, I'm going to be in Hayesville, NC right on the NC/GA border for Memorial Day.

L8R

Hey a2psyklnut , you still planning on moving to Colorado??

A starter would be if some folks would just simply write their general region or state on their profiles. So many don't, and it makes the anonymity of the I-net even more isolating.

Originally posted by Maelstrom
True enough...:)...does he ride...maybe he could come out :)

My father is a lazy 47 yr old.

THere must be enough BF'ers just here in LA/San Diego to have a weekend ride. Maybe meet about Camp Pendleton. Way to determine how many of us there are south of Santa Barbara.?

not really enough kiwis down here for a meeting....will start a recruitment drive.... :p

Brendon
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Originally posted by slcpunk21
Just a thought here guys.....what about a national gathering of this forum(maybe we'll ask the roadies to come along to)haha..just kidding.

But seriously. Have any of us thought about getting our own bikeforums gathering together? I think it'd be sweet, we could all get together, show off our cool bikes, and how much we do or don't know about em. Get a ton of beer and then go for a night ride...LOL (i crack myself up sometimes...lol)

well give me your thoughts guys!!!

:beer:

I don't drink beer...

Originally posted by slcpunk21
then we should work on getting little regional gatherings and then eventually we could get a national gathering or mulitple national gatherings together!!

Come on fat old car guys can do it, and they have to toat their cars with them!

It doesn't even have to be a ride all the time thing, find a hotel somewhere and just get a bunch of us to rent rooms, and a cool place to party and we'll be set! Then we could go out for rides... i mean just for a weekend, fly in to someplace, have members pick eachother up from the airport...it'd all work!! I can see it now...aaaahhhhhh. HAHA I'm still cracking myself up...LOL

What about starting in this forum regional forum areas so we could all see what's going on easier, and get to know the guys in our area a bit better? That might help! Just an idea!
:D

Looks like you see female members flying to meet you in Chicago...
get back to Earth buddy ;)
Not everyone is so silly. ;)

I seem to recall there was talk of meeting up in Chicago this summer. Koffee Brown even offered up her place for people to crash. Whatever happened to that idea?

I live in orange county, it could be a fun get together.. Okie if no beer take a tour of all the wineries. :)

Come on down to Perth, Western Australia. We can have a great meeting here.

I would be up for a gathering here ;

July 14-21 (http://www.whistler-blackcomb.com/bike/events/gravityfest.asp)

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Wohoo...I am up for that one...that is a sweet festival...hopefully the have the freeride race this year...:D...

Originally posted by MediaCreations
Come on down to Perth, Western Australia. We can have a great meeting here.

Man I would love to go to Australia. We have sooooooooo many aussies here always talking about it. I swear I live in Little Australia...and what is it with you people and travelling (wanderlust), I swear you guys are the most adventurous travellers in the world...

Originally posted by Kev
I live in orange county, it could be a fun get together.. Okie if no beer take a tour of all the wineries. :)

Hey Kev. I like your idea!, Orange County is close to where I live as well, except my bike isn't ready yet :D
Hopefully I'll finish repacking all the bearings today ...

California is one GOOD place to be if you like nature!

Yosemite, Death Valley, Red woods, Ocean side...

Crossing some continent is one of my ultimate biking goals.. Maybe crossing Australia might be safer, traffic wise than North America... Love to see Australia. Our nephew who lives in Singapore,eventually wants to retire to Australia, so I think sooner or later, I will see Australia- along with bike in hand.

Sometime in late June or early July, I am hoping to meet DnvrFox and his wife during their pilgrimage to San Diego County.

Hope so. I have sent you a private message.

Philippines is a fine place for me for us to meet:D

We've too many world-wide members to ever meet in one location. One could suggest a simultaneous ride (same time in respective time zones) on, say, several continents - North and South Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia/New Zealand (any Africa members?) but the logistics might boggle the mind, so how about a virtual gathering where we each ride the same day at the same time (again in respective time zones) and post pictures on a common thread devoted to "The Virtual BF Gathering"?

If so, we only need to settle on a date and time.
I'd suggest the anniversary date of the founding of Bike Forums but I've no idea what that would be...