Hi,
I'm the community manager at IB, the company that acquired BikeForums. I've looked over this thread and I understand the frustration. The Mods and Admins here do the best they can to work transparently and have been the leaders in pushing for a system (now in place) to track all edits. As far as access to specific forums is concerned, the moderation team is undergoing some reshuffling right now that should be completed in the coming weeks. Once that' in place, forum access will be restored.
Please do contact me with concerns about the administration of the site. I assure you, though, that the changes that are being made now that will help this community.
Thanks,
JuCo