Where are you from,what do you do?

[FemaleCyclist]

Admin & VO2:

So you're the "law" around here.... interesting

I'm not sure if you've covered this anywhere else, but when did you start your website? And does the ".com" indicate you are overseas, where?

Just to appease the curiousity... ;D

 

[Vo2]

Ouzo,

This morning I hardly got any work done...

Join the club!... ;D

 

[Guest]

Join the club!... ;D

yeah me too. I dont think I've ever posted this much on this BB in one day, couple that with the motoring BB that I'm always on I get NO work done EVER.

 

[FemaleCyclist]

;D

he he... looks like we're all addicted to BB. Lots in common = we all love cycling, and computers...!

Only difference is, some of you are IT specialists, and some of us are not. You can pretend to be doing your work, while parking on here ALL day... actually, now that I think about it, I could do the same. Instead of typing a document for someone in my department, I could take ALL day to do it?

Now here comes a challenge. We have ascertained that you guys have fast speeds while cycling, but what is your typing like? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

he he... I see some grins!!! How many of you type with one finger, or two? How many of you type the way you should - full house, i.e. all fingers??? now there, gentleman, I believe I have the advantage?

Secretary 1
IT Guys 0

;D

the rest of you guys not in IT, what challenge do you want to put forward? All in the spirit of fun, and clean please, or else the Admin & VO2 guys will have to :-X you...

 

[Vo2]

Admin & VO2:

So you're the "law" around here.... interesting  

I'm not sure if you've covered this anywhere else, but when did you start your website?  And does the ".com" indicate you are overseas, where?  

Just to appease the curiousity...  ;D

Brief history:
admin is from Balarat (sp?) Australia. He created the site early 2001. The site is hosted in Australia (about 9 hours GMT ahead of SA). I think when I joined, I was the only active non-Aussie member.

admin is the head honcho and chief moderator!
I moderate 'coz admin forces me too! ;D (moderators make sure the community stays, well, moderate, i.e no obsene language or discussions that some might find offensive or sensitive, like religion or politics).
Because most of our American buddies are MTB'ers, MtnBikerChk moderates the MTB forum. I believe I_Are_Baboon can be quite a handful, so when he steps out of line, she cracks the whip over there! ;D
We also have Team Leaders. These are members that we feel contribute the the site alot in terms of help or advice and/or have extensive cycling knowledge. Team Leaders are:

• Andrea - 'coz only she knows whats cooking in admins head and 'coz behind every great man theres a great woman ;D
• Willie - 'coz of his technical and mechanical knowledge
• Sean_L - 'coz he is an A-class racer with heaps of Elite training and racing knowlege to share

hmmm, thats about it!

 

[FemaleCyclist]

8) Thanks for that, VO2.

An Australian website with the history between Australia & South Africa, what with Rugby, Cricket... need I say more? There seemed so many SA people on here, I thought it was a local website with an overseas address. ;D

Well anyway, this is CYCLING, and therefore, we will respect each other

So all you Australians, aside for Stuart O'Grady, who else have you got, that I haven't heard of? You of course know all about our local talent, right? ;D I'm sure my fellow South African's have been telling you ALL about them.... 8)

 

[Guest]

Well I'm back. This is going to be the end of me, getting stuck on chat sites, at least this one is worth it. Seems to be some really interesting people here, makes you think and almost generalise that cyclists must be some of the nicest sports people around. ;D ;D ;D

To Vo2, why did I move from Stellies? To tell you the truth, I just had enough of it after being there for 6years. It actually becomes too small after a while, and Pta seemed like the next best option. Couldn't move home (Port Shepstone, on the South Coast), etc. Can do my studies long distance.

Just miss the quieter roads of Stellies, the traffic here is enough to drive you mad. Will cycle there again hopefully within the next 2wks (have to go down again), and then for the Argus.

 

[Guest]

Is anybody doing the BMW racing challenge this weekend in Pta, or the Boskop race? It's the day before the Hyper to Hyper (some of us tried to enter too late ).

Anyway, pls let me know, especially what the terrain is like, so the I can at least know what I'm in for.

 

[Vo2]

chilli-B, I still can't believe you left this place

for this place

 

[Guest]

It makes you think Vo2. Thanks for the pics. Have some really amazing memories (some of them are a bit blurred, if you know what I mean).

We all have our reasons (and no, mine does NOT include any male species, amazingly enough). 8)

 

[Guest]

Are there good roads in those mountains?

 

[Vo2]

"too much wine and too much song
wonder how we got along..."

Pretoria aint all that bad. It's a pretty place. Hot, but pretty.

 

[Guest]

Yip, some pretty good roads there. Always avoided them with the bike (only had a mountain bike),but my car had a good time up and down them. Very scenic, and the drivers over all are much more aware of cyclists. Makes a big difference.
The road to the beach is nice, about25km, lekker hill on the way home. And you get to pass about10wine farms, if you need some kind of rehydration. ;D

On the other hand, I've cursed a few drivers before, actually got chased around town by one, me on the bike, him in the car (with the embarrased girlfriend next to him). Quite exhilarating.

 

[Guest]

Hope you guys enjoy the rest of the day/night. I'm on my way, bed is starting to call. Gotta get up early for my ride, if it doesn't rain. Chat again tomorrow night.
Cheers

 

[Guest]

I believe I_Are_Baboon can be quite a handful, so when he steps out of line, she cracks the whip over there! ;D

You learn quick! ;D

 

[Vo2]

I am a young grasshopper! Young grasshoppers learn quick! ;D

 

[Guest]

Speaking of wiseasses and trolls, I'd like to commend the moderators of this forum for keeping it free of any flamewars, flamebait, and trolls. This forum would be excellent if only it had more activity. I'm like, logged on to the Internet all day long, and I check this website every hour. Most of the time, there are no new posts! However, whenever there are any posts, they are worth reading and responding to. Keep up the great work. I must warn you though, if you want traffic to increase, then trolls and wiseasses are unavoidable. They are a fact of online communities.

Just hope VR_40, the infamous Bicycling troll does not find out about this forum.

Cheers guys, and good morning!

 

[Vo2]

Altwegg buddy, you unfortunately catch the board when most of the regular posters are sleeping. I think Admin, Nicholas, Willie etc. are in the same scenario as you are. Activity has increased alot in the last few weeks, and so has site traffic.
Are there many cyclists in your part of the world, tho?

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately just over 70% of the daily visitors come to this site between 12am and 4am  (Aus EST) :
I've personnally never looked at it between those times  

Also most people are happy to 'lurk' which is why I have to give away books and bike computers hehe gotta get 'em out of the closet somehow hehe

At a guess I would say about 90% of people lurk and never post.....so if your reading this and lurking, bloody well join and post........please  8)

cheers!

 

[Guest]

There are quite a lot of cyclists here, but hardly any clubs I know of. Most of us here ride alone, in pairs, or in groups of three. As for me, I ride alone most of the time because none of my friends ride. Just wondering how I can miss site traffic when Australia is just 2 hours ahead of the time here? Maybe most of you log on and post late at night before sleeping. ???

You guys are so lucky you can ride on race tracks. I went for a ride with an Australian expat a few months ago, and he said our roads were 'bad.' But we were already riding on the good roads here!

BTW, he told me that a lot of the pros train there (Australia) during winter. Any of you guys get to ride with Zabel, Armstrong etc.?