i for one have really been enjoying hearing more people's "today i did this on my bike and it was awesome" stories without being dead certain that its going to turn into a flame war about semantics or some inane discrepancy no one needs corrected.

people are posting more freely around here lately.

also, the dead of winter means less clueless newbies asking a million helmet/brake/pista/bandanna questions. so that's making this place a little more hospitable as well. there's also a bunch of people on here that i'm realizing i would probably get along with really, really well with in real life too.