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we've lost... all the newbies.
Now that all the numpty newbies are gone, the forum is finally going uphill again.
Great stuff, shame dogsballs isn't around to enjoy it.
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We always have had the lowest numbers in Winter, highest around the Summer equinox.
But... these numbers have been stable for a while, so it's the seasonals that we've lost... all the newbies.
This isn't too surprising. Cycling as an industry doesn't have the growth rate it once did. A lot of people who were considering it now have a bike rusting in their shed. Only a small % of those trying cycling were going to find their way to a forum, and fewer people are new cyclists.
The forum is no longer growing, but it's not yet contracting at any measurable pace.