I'm not sure I would press for a separate cycle training forum now though, for the same reason. At the time everything was on one page and a new forum was noticeable. It achieved it's aim of getting people to know what cycle training is but is now more of an archive and a place for a few people with an active interest than it is a place for the general reader. There's no passing trade. To extent the metaphor, on the new-style LFGSS, these specialist forums are like moving local shops to out of town retail parks. No one just happens to be passing them. Leastways that's what I think. There is some evidence of that too, with the LPC and LHBPA forums being overlooked by polo players.
So I would rather see a thread about, say, 20 mph limits in General where new posts will keep it in view and attract people who didn't realise they had an interest in 'Improving Public Spaces'.
I'm not sure I would press for a separate cycle training forum now though, for the same reason. At the time everything was on one page and a new forum was noticeable. It achieved it's aim of getting people to know what cycle training is but is now more of an archive and a place for a few people with an active interest than it is a place for the general reader. There's no passing trade. To extent the metaphor, on the new-style LFGSS, these specialist forums are like moving local shops to out of town retail parks. No one just happens to be passing them. Leastways that's what I think. There is some evidence of that too, with the LPC and LHBPA forums being overlooked by polo players.
So I would rather see a thread about, say, 20 mph limits in General where new posts will keep it in view and attract people who didn't realise they had an interest in 'Improving Public Spaces'.