BRILLIANT, Carleton!

Hai,

I want to make a documentary about fixies and teh fixy culture... can u all tell me Y fixie riders r coolr than every1 else?

Kthxbai

The mods need to get more fascist up on this b*tch. Seriously, sticky-ing the jackass thread sets the tone for the entire forum.

dats right ^

thats what i be sayin mon!

and update the resource thread. and change the search form so its static on the site and no a "drop menu" pop-up thing

When I read the title of this thread, I seriously thought the OP was talking about these guys:

http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/322...9843724_rs.jpg

There's a lot of noise here, but I can't say any of it "grinds me down". That's what jobs are for and I just quit mine!

Sorry, but I enjoy the chance to express my immature side from time to time. That is what the internet is for.

I frequent a few forums and no matter how civil they start out, they always seem to degrade over time. I guess it is just the nature of the internet and how those who were once young are now older and don't always mesh with the next generation. I have seen this happen, to some extent, on NSXPrime.com, M5board.com, MY.IS, and more.

I enjoy maybe 2% of the posts on this forum, and try to contribute when I can. The filter ratio on this board is high, and when I view I only click on a few posts each visit. It is a pain to wade through some of the muck, but I have found that there are not that many places to talk about FG/SS but here.

Okay, somebody needs to say it.
Bike Forums **** yeah!
If nothin' else, at the very least, BF brought me Shiz and therefore, well there.

whenever i see your sig this is all i see:

http://www.syntheticpawn.com/junk/sorearse.jpg

I have used other forums of various kinds as well. One thing I've noticed is that they are much more useful when you are new to the topic. After you kind of learn what there is to be easily learned, then you notice the "bad" posts, you didn't pay attention to before. I think the solution is just to check in a bit less often, don't let the fluff deter you from asking or answering serious questions. If you're not doing so, check the other forums on here, not just the fixed gear one.

Yeah, but it's the same in most forums about most subjects. I'm sure we're all guilty of it at one time or another--I know I have been. People can say stupid/mean/inflammatory things without any face-to-face consequences. You just can't let it get to you.

Hi, you've never heard of me but I'm leaving. Goodbye.

Well, it's about time you did find your dad's basement.


sry, it was too easy...

there is a lot of attitude in bfssfg, and a dash of ******baggery as well--
I'm sure I'm guilty of some of it--but bikes remain there to be ridden so
the world seems in order as far as I'm concerned.

When I first joined this forum it quickly became my favorite forum because of the quality of writing here.

However, something happened along the way and a lot of people disappeared.

I don't mind the repititious newbie questions.

If I don't want to revisit a subject and talk about it, I ignore it.

I don't like admonitions to use the search function: it comes across as an arrogant put down.

When I started riding fixed gear bikes, I didn't know about messengers and fads.

Fixed gear just made sense to me, and it still does.

I hope the fad quickly passes so people won't mistake me for a wannabe messenger, or for another old guy going through his second childhood.

I like this sentiment Ken--
and I did notice people were more patient
when I first asked about a conversion than
they have been as of late--I don't mind
seeing the conversion questions either. Fortunately
I thinked fixed gear is back with a vengeance and the hipster
association will rub off.

I guess I was somewhat sympathetic until I read you only like "normal" people...What the hell does that mean?

Magnifique!!!

That was a gutsy post, imho. I agree this is a pattern communities go through, that it can change, that you should stick around, that the search and resource threads can be ungainly (not that I know how to improve that), and that I wish we were gentler welcoming folk asking the conversion question or that it were a little more intuitive for them to find the info themselves (I also think those kind of new-to-this-thing-and-excited queries are and should be a part of any forum). That said, I don't know anything about being a moderator. I have run a theatre company and I imagine there are similarities--mainly that they are volunteers. It's nice when folk step up, which, in a way, you've done. It's frustrating when a newcomer thinks they're diagnosis is original or doesn't offer a solution. This was a cool place for you for awhile. Does it owe something to you, or vice versa?

Also, is it just me or are some of the more seasoned members returning as the summer passing? I appreciate hearing from those folk.

now isn't all this business making a big deal out of something very small, if you don't like it- leave, stay and don't whine or help change it.

lol :eek:

the ignore button helps cut down on the stupid ****.

I get your sentiment, Chrysiptera. I've enjoyed a number of your threads. I've been lurking in BFSSFG with varying degrees of frequency since my join date.

I honestly don't think there's much else to be done about the quality of posts, IMO. Unfortunately it's just the nature of the medium and the fickleness of human nature & fads.

Bikes have always been an interest of mine. Since I gradually got more and more cheesed off with the wavering quality of help from many LBS and I started exploring tech resources on the net to learn to do things for myself; initially from the likes of Sheldon Brown, Park Tool articles and a dozen or more other smaller sites - I still find this a dynamic supplement and gap filler of knowledge.

Though having been a 'net veteran since the early 90s (sorta just pre the WWW) I've seen a lot crap come and go online. Unfortunately some of this crap stays and you sort of develop a resilience to it after a while. Learn to ignore the flames and when you spot a troll don't bait them.

If there's information I want, which is more often my reason for visiting I just prepare myself for the crap I'm about to wade through and keep fine tuning my Google searches (yes, I find the BF search engine rather naff) and just soldier on through things

Oh and by way of examples - here's a search string that it seems a lot of new memebers to BFSSFG could perhaps start with and vary:


I became a born again Googler after discovering Advanced Searching

oh well.. back under my rock.

umm..whoah, thats how its done

I think we have a love connection

sora arse!

sore anus!