1st Annual Thready Awards: 2008
12-30-08, 09:41 PM
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1st Annual Thready Awards: 2008
1st Annual Thready Awards:
What was your favorite NorCal thread for 2008?
6 Categorys:
1. Inspiring
2. Serious:
3. Funny:
4. Romantic
5. Any-thread from any forum in the world:
6. Photo:
May take some research, try to at least list one. Not all have to be filled in.
Try to get them in before...Jan 1st 2009
What was your favorite NorCal thread for 2008?
6 Categorys:
1. Inspiring
2. Serious:
3. Funny:
4. Romantic
5. Any-thread from any forum in the world:
6. Photo:
May take some research, try to at least list one. Not all have to be filled in.
Try to get them in before...Jan 1st 2009
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1. Inspiring: https://www.bikeforums.net/northern-california/496060-2008-your-cycling-year-review-post-here.html year in review
2. Serious: Matt & Kristy: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=kristy+mattwhen NorCal really came together in solidarity
3. Funny: Justin's https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=ride+beakersunglasses in the toilet
4. Romantic: Marco & Ruth proposal
5. Any-thread from any forum in the world: hmmmm not sure yet...
6. Photo- this one just is so peaceful
2. Serious: Matt & Kristy: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=kristy+mattwhen NorCal really came together in solidarity
3. Funny: Justin's https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=ride+beakersunglasses in the toilet
4. Romantic: Marco & Ruth proposal
5. Any-thread from any forum in the world: hmmmm not sure yet...
6. Photo- this one just is so peaceful
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12-30-08, 10:11 PM
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How about a category for "Inspiring" (I think that could be separate from "serious"). I think it'd also be good to hyperlink the thread that they're recommending to allow us to enjoy those threads without relying on the fearsome BF search engine.
Meanwhile, I'm getting my thinking cap on.
Meanwhile, I'm getting my thinking cap on.
12-30-08, 11:48 PM
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Fav other thread than BF:
https://ask.metafilter.com/107673/Dre...istmas#1576147
Girl gets a bike for Christmas due to online community.
Romantic goes to Marco and Ruth. Could there ever be a better tale? With photos!
Inspiring: Pete gets some special bonus award for his AIDS ride reports
https://ask.metafilter.com/107673/Dre...istmas#1576147
Girl gets a bike for Christmas due to online community.
Romantic goes to Marco and Ruth. Could there ever be a better tale? With photos!
Inspiring: Pete gets some special bonus award for his AIDS ride reports
12-31-08, 01:24 AM
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OK, need to add some others (with one exception)
Inspiring/Serious : + 1 on Pete's ALC report
Serious/Inspiring : Ramon's Death Ride report
Romantic: tough category, but gotto mention Paula's recent nuptuals (OK not NorCal, but best I could do)
Funny: too many to mention, mostly individual posts here and there, but Curtis/Pete's butterfly incident at the Davis Double was pretty bizarre
Photo: Not mine, but I still love this shot on Diablo
Inspiring/Serious : + 1 on Pete's ALC report
Serious/Inspiring : Ramon's Death Ride report
Romantic: tough category, but gotto mention Paula's recent nuptuals (OK not NorCal, but best I could do)
Funny: too many to mention, mostly individual posts here and there, but Curtis/Pete's butterfly incident at the Davis Double was pretty bizarre
Photo: Not mine, but I still love this shot on Diablo
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12-31-08, 11:19 AM
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This thread needs a photo category, and a bunch more comments!
12-31-08, 11:38 AM
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So I join BDC and say in really crappy Italian that I appreciate them and would enjoy hearing their stories
They're sort of a Klein user's group and they can't believe the famous Diablo Scott has joined their ranks and they welcomed me and asked me questions and last week I spoke with one of them on Skype who's from Venice but works as a Harbor Master in Ravenna (he was at work and would sometimes have to stop the conversation to direct tugboats and stuff in Italian) and I was Google Earthing Ravenna Harbor while we were talking. How cool is that?
https://www.bdc-forum.it/showthread.php?t=57530
Interestingly, he pronounced Klein in the Italian way which sounds more like "Klane" and he also talked about how he didn't like "carbon feeber", but he spoke excellent English and was tolerant (didn't laugh) of my feeble attempts at Italian.
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12-31-08, 11:50 AM
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The famous Diablo Scott!!! I love it!
Here are my votes:
1. Inspiring
2. Serious:
3. Funny:
4. Romantic
5. Any-thread from any forum in the world: A hilarious, beer-loving Korean kid rides a 49cc scooter with a top speed of 39 mph around the US. Tons of pictures and stories of the people he met and the places he saw along the way. (https://totalruckus.com/phpBB2/viewto...er=asc&start=0)
6. Photo:
One of my favorite items of the year was the article about the new road being built up Mt. Diablo- East Gate, I think. I was very excited to read about it! Scott, was that you?
PS- Hey Pete, guess what I got for Christmas???
Here are my votes:
1. Inspiring
2. Serious:
3. Funny:
4. Romantic
5. Any-thread from any forum in the world: A hilarious, beer-loving Korean kid rides a 49cc scooter with a top speed of 39 mph around the US. Tons of pictures and stories of the people he met and the places he saw along the way. (https://totalruckus.com/phpBB2/viewto...er=asc&start=0)
6. Photo:
One of my favorite items of the year was the article about the new road being built up Mt. Diablo- East Gate, I think. I was very excited to read about it! Scott, was that you?
PS- Hey Pete, guess what I got for Christmas???
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12-31-08, 11:54 AM
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Inspiring: Pete's ALC https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=428091
Serious: Matt & Kristy https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=kristy+matt
Funny: That's hard, there were so many funny moments. The sunglasses in the toilet is up there for sure.
Romantic: 2 big ones for 2008.
Our trip/proposal thread: https://www.bikeforums.net/northern-california/447801-back-my-european-trip-including-tdf-report.html (the major posting of pics/story starts on page 3).
and Paula eloped: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=491604
Outside this forum: Not sure.... Many classics in the road forum for sure!
Serious: Matt & Kristy https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=kristy+matt
Funny: That's hard, there were so many funny moments. The sunglasses in the toilet is up there for sure.
Romantic: 2 big ones for 2008.
Our trip/proposal thread: https://www.bikeforums.net/northern-california/447801-back-my-european-trip-including-tdf-report.html (the major posting of pics/story starts on page 3).
and Paula eloped: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=491604
Outside this forum: Not sure.... Many classics in the road forum for sure!
12-31-08, 12:34 PM
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OK this is a little egotistic but here's the story. My blog was getting a lot of hits from Italy so a few months ago I clicked on the "came from" link in my site counter and found this Italian version of Bike Forums called "Bici da Corsa". Now I understand a little Italian and had a couple semesters of it in college 30 years ago so I read through it and found they were coming from a thread on Klein road bikes and they frequently linked to my History of Klein Road Bikes page LINK as a reference (I also get some from the links in Curtis's and Pete's blogs once in a while).
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^^ You're referring to the sunglasses, right?
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1. inspiring -- the FC508 support rider's thread. holy insanity batman!
2. serious -- all of the tragic car-vs-bike crash reports
3. funny -- pete at the bottom of the ditch on BBM livermore (?) ride
4. romantic -- the Friends alter ego stuff
5. any thread -- ???
6. photo -- BBM shots from Mono Lake
beaker - neat! that looks like a tilt-shift lens?
2. serious -- all of the tragic car-vs-bike crash reports
3. funny -- pete at the bottom of the ditch on BBM livermore (?) ride
4. romantic -- the Friends alter ego stuff
5. any thread -- ???
6. photo -- BBM shots from Mono Lake
beaker - neat! that looks like a tilt-shift lens?
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1. inspiring -- the FC508 support rider's thread. holy insanity batman!
2. serious -- all of the tragic car-vs-bike crash reports
3. funny -- pete at the bottom of the ditch on BBM livermore (?) ride
4. romantic -- the Friends alter ego stuff
5. any thread -- ???
6. photo -- BBM shots from Mono Lake
beaker - neat! that looks like a tilt-shift lens?
2. serious -- all of the tragic car-vs-bike crash reports
3. funny -- pete at the bottom of the ditch on BBM livermore (?) ride
4. romantic -- the Friends alter ego stuff
5. any thread -- ???
6. photo -- BBM shots from Mono Lake
beaker - neat! that looks like a tilt-shift lens?
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1. inspiring -- the FC508 support rider's thread. holy insanity batman!
2. serious -- all of the tragic car-vs-bike crash reports
3. funny -- pete at the bottom of the ditch on BBM livermore (?) ride
4. romantic -- the Friends alter ego stuff
5. any thread -- ???
6. photo -- BBM shots from Mono Lake
2. serious -- all of the tragic car-vs-bike crash reports
3. funny -- pete at the bottom of the ditch on BBM livermore (?) ride
4. romantic -- the Friends alter ego stuff
5. any thread -- ???
6. photo -- BBM shots from Mono Lake
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