LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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I would love nothing more than for this place to carry on unchanged (well, more or less) forever. If it does have to shutter, it will be a genuine blow. I think the way the community has come together to remember and honour someone from among our ranks in the last few days says it all.
I stumbled across this place when I was looking to buy my first "fixie" to get me to and from university, knowing nothing about bikes and not really having an interest in cycling beyond a means of cheap transport. I wouldn't have half of the friends I have now, both forumers and other non-forum losers who are also into bikes if it wasn't for the community here that opened my eyes to the joys of cycling. I've spent the last 7 or 8 years working with bikes in one capacity or another and that wouldn't be the case either without this place. My current job is incredibly rewarding and allows me to help pass that passion on to other people.
I'm just immensely grateful for everything Velocio and the wider community of goons on here have given me.
Whilst I would be gutted to lose this place, I would completely understand the decision. Velocio has already given so much to make this the place it is, it's not at all reasonable to expect even more.