Yes, the mods tried moving some of the threads considered to be "off topic" from here to Foo, but the threads died because very very few of the Foo members actually ever pop their heads out of the basement to see what is going on in the rest of BFs. Much less Road members going down to Foo to see what's happening.

There was even an example in the past week where a poster started a thread on a 200km randonnee she had done by posting it in Foo because she didn't know anyone in Long Distance. My comment that she wouldn't get to know anyone in LD unless she posted there, was studiously ignored.

The experiment of removing threads from here to Foo failed. A Road Foo might be an option, but unfortunately, it would be doomed, too, because the simple fact is that Road has a certain culture or aura to it. You either like it or leave it. In that regard, it's a pretty simple choice.