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totally agree dan, and i've been saying the same since this new concept of 'events' came out. we should just re-ignite the original thread and just put the rides there and carry it on like we used to with a list. this new sub forum is crap. end of.
i only usually have a few mins to find the thread and post and that was one of the few threads i kept open and just refreshed. now i have to go to forums, find mid week rides, then find the latest 'event' blah blah. its fucking awful if you ask me.
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I like the sub-forum layout, it makes sense to me, and it allows out events not to swamp the irregular rides. It took a while to get used to and perhaps the way I use the forum is not typical, I use the "Following" tab as a sort of personalised home page for the site.
But the point is not how I use the forum or what I think of it, it's how others do and whether it is limiting our exposure.
Talking of forum use patterns, should we take this discussion to the main WNKR waffle thread and leave this event thread to more relevant riding/gardening discussion?
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I'm going to have a quick moan: it's a beautiful day (and will be so tonight), it's a lovely route and there's a fair amount of light, it's close-ish to London...basically this would be completely ideal for new riders to get involved with WNKR and yet it's a shame as there probably won't be any new people, or old guard or just seasoned forumgers who've been considering but have just forgotten they take place. That is because I feel we're stuck in this sub-forum ghetto where no-one is reading the thread or seeing the new rides being posted. I know numbers have been a bit thin, but that's definitely not due to leadership, talent, drinking ability or our overall good looks. Which leads me to believe it's the subforum this is all posted in. I personally would like to see the Midweek Evening Ride forum deleted, and the TNRC and WNKR threads put back into the Rides thread, and new rides should pop up in the Rides thread. Because you know, they are rides. The Rides forum is not that busy anyway - surely it would just contribute to people getting out and getting involved with one of the longest running threads and rides on LFGSS? I don't want to name drop velocio yet (as this is quite a bitchy moan - I will be more reasoned at some point) but what do you think? Anyone else with me?