When I open this board up, all I see are stickies. It's obscene.

Weed the crap out. I'm sure there's 2 or 3 things up there that you guys can live without.

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yeah. it's starting to look like C&V in here.

i unstuck the 'i like discuss' (stupid, inane talk) thread. what about sheldon brown's thread? too soon or has it been enough time for the community to digest.

I feel like the new Gearing one could be part of the Resources thread almost.

How about a "makeover" of the Resource Thread sticky?

Seriously.

Like the "gearing primer" that can really be merged with the "resource thread" that is ironically also completley worthless.

And to think...they want more stickies in C&V...

go back to the road forum

I'd definitely vote to merge the gearing sticky into the resource thread. I also feel if people want to moan about the resource thread, they should offer up suggestions rather than just vague complaints.

As for Sheldon's thread, I think it's probably ready to unsticky. It went almost a month there with no new posts. Besides, there's no danger of people forgetting him or his site even without that sticky.

Get rid of the alien group buy sticky. There is a group buy sub forum and we have done group buys before without the thread being sticky.

I will, you can count on it.......

That being said, I am listening to your 'sticky' concerns.

Yeah, merge gearing and resource, unsticky Sheldon, unsticky group buy

I'll let 65er deal with his sticky personally.

I unstuck the Sheldon thread as well. If someone wants to undertake the task of compiling information for the resource thread, let me know and I will be happy to work with you. Yapping and moaning never gets you anywhere in life and certainly not here. We all like proactive individuals.

Here's a suggestion: delete it entirely.

It's completely worthless anyways or better yet just link to sheldon browns page.

Yes because everybody thinks they can reinvent a better wheel right.

if this site bores you then maybe it's time to move on? don't the let the door slam your sourpuss bum on the way out.

i don't know about getting rid of the gearing sticky... for a while it seemed like half the threads here were someone asking what gearing they should have for their conditions. and all the answers each time were almost always identical - half insults, half the same info in that sticky. if the sticky gets rid of half of those threads than i'm all for it.

also, i vote to sticky this thread

Done. See note in the first post.

hahaha i was actually joking, but i guess it could work...

I'll merge the gearing sticky into the resource sticky in due course... it is getting a good number of views where it is and it might get buried in the resource thread.

that speaks volumes about the (lack of) utility of the resource thread.

I personally feel that the resource thread should be updated and unstickied in the interim. Any nays?

No... the gearing sticky is new and is getting a good number of view and I'll be tracking the resource sticky to see how many hits that gets.

I'm just worried about the constant stream of "should I get a Sparton or a Pake?" and "how can I make a fg w/ vertical dropouts" threads. Threads about frame selection and redundant build/conversion questions occupy much of the forum, and the links to the budget frames thread and Sheldon's site could head off a lot of rehashing. On the other hand, the remaining topics in the resource sticky are frankly far less frequently revisited. Alleycat mania and sewing patterns seem (at last) to have died down a bit. Maybe a pared-down resource sticky and/or one more specifically titled than "read this first." If "choosing a frame," "gearing," and "building a fg" were in the title, that might make it more useful.

Maybe we should call it "Everything You Need To Know About Riding a Fixed gear".. or we could just post a permanent link to Sheldon brown's website.

The resource thread and the gearing primer are both getting a good number of hits which makes me thin they are somewhat valuable and may be reducing the number of reptitive questions we see while providing good information.