What do you want to see on the site?

Looking for ideas that might help bring stuff together and make finding stuff related to fixed gear cycling in London easier to find, more accessible, and the scene stronger.

Ideas I've had include:

• Blogs for you guys on this domain, so that all cycling articles are searchable in one space and get shown on the front page or something
  
• A wiki (in fact I've been testing one), for articles, an archive of press and media stuff, perhaps a market place that could list who supplies bags, bikes, hats and stuff and shows examples of their work in one place along with reviews and comments from happy customers and details of those who do the supplying... fglondon, smeear, scott's, jos, roberto, etc.
  
• A gallery, perhaps just something that brings all photos from Flickr tagged a certain way to here.
  
  

What do you think would be a good addition to the site and offer something valuable to the community as a whole.

Even with the ideas above, it would be good to know what level of interest exists in getting some of that stuff.

Basically, what can I do to help fill holes or bring stuff together? And what ideas do you have about how to use this server and domain to help the community as a whole get stronger and the hardcore scene grow?

not bad as is big fella. maybe you could turn up to westie drinks ;)

I am going to do so, this Thursday. Unless we're going to Brick Lane, in which case I shall be at East Drinks.

a few people have talked about cleaning up threads like the names to faces, so have no comments. making easier to put a face to name :)

yeah, and the stolen bike thread, so all the bikes and a bit of the original info is there, instead of spending hours reading all the usual gumph!

I think almost like a FAQ would be good for newcomers.
Also a sticky DIY thread for fixing/mechanics might be good.
I have a few how-to's that could go up.

JOL I think almost like a FAQ would be good for newcomers.
Also a sticky DIY thread for fixing/mechanics might be good.
I have a few how-to's that could go up.
that is what SEARCH is for ;)

But do they....DO THEY!?!

I was thinking about this the other day, I thought it would be a good idea to have a link just after the post time next to the username (like a kinda velospace page) where a user can put there bike(s) and mugshot. Maybe im just nosey ;) but trawling the faces to names board when some one talks about their bike takes away from my post reading time.

just my 2p worth- apart from that its great!

i think we need more pics of big handsome scottish fella's :p ;)

i got to say i like it as it is. quick, light, informal.
might be nice to see all the photos of bikes on the site in one place, but no point replicating flickr.
this is the place i come to talk about FG, check out bikes and the people that ride them, and hopefully get in on some decent rides via, and bike-related events to boot. so for me it delivers. and there are other sites for other stuff.

but vb, perhaps the site is like a bike to you and therefore demanding constant tweaking and upgrade :)

dogsballs i think we need more pics of big handsome scottish fella's :p ;)

more tits and arse ;o)

An idiots guide of how to post photos and links for me....

A Gallery would be the shizz as well (then using the idiots guide I could post my pictures....)

How about a neater lets trade thread so you can keep an eye on whats sold and still available etc...

hael I was thinking about this the other day, I thought it would be a good idea to have a link just after the post time next to the username (like a kinda velospace page) where a user can put there bike(s) and mugshot. Maybe im just nosey ;) but trawling the faces to names board when some one talks about their bike takes away from my post reading time.

just my 2p worth- apart from that its great!

this is kind of silly if people want to link to velospace, flickr, etc they can do so on their profile page which is just a click away

tommid **An idiots guide of how to post photos and links for me....
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A Gallery would be the shizz as well (then using the idiots guide I could post my pictures....)

How about a neater lets trade thread so you can keep an eye on whats sold and still available etc...

already exists

best idea yet

I think the site is lovely as-is. :-)
I do have one suggestion, both for revenue (I know thats not what you asked for!) and a damn nifty tool itself is this auction watch gizmo at retrobike - I've found it an easy way to search across multiple global sites, and the keywords are all there for obvious stuff.. $£EURO?
The fixie FAQs are already there, and I doubt there are many london-specific things to add. The marketplace would be good for local suppliers (dealers?).

@prav, that feature on retro bike auction watch is a great idea. i used to use it quite often, but would be better on here for the searches we are more likely to do.

"well.. D'uh!" I use the little box and type what I need e.g. "fixie fakenger gay retro emo spandex love"

flickwg this is kind of silly if people want to link to velospace, flickr, etc they can do so on their profile page which is just a click away

Not that silly. You'd still upload your photos elsewhere... but what if using trickery of web stuff I could pull it all together so that when you see someone on a red Gazelle, you can go to the gallery and say, yeah that one... and know who you've seen.

At the moment the stuff is out there, or you ask and other people go and answer if they know. But if the stuff is out there, why not bring some of it together to make it all easier to find.

Same kinda thing with the stuff people make and do. We know that smeear sells hats, but we're regulars of the site so of course we'd know. If someone new came and was interested in buying stuff for a gift for their partner, how would they know smeear sells hats? They could delve around the classifieds part, but what if there was a list of people who made stuff, sold stuff... the actual outlets/shops. It would still link off to their sites for the order fulfilment and payment processing, but we'd have helped give them that business which helps them stay in business.

It's not about replacing stuff that is elsewhere, it's about pulling it together somehow for the advantage of all.

I know there are lots of threads, and we are always helpful, if not exactly welcoming 24/7, but maybe when newbies sign up, there should be a FAQ page which comes up, which points them to threads, explains how to do searches, explains chainlines etc and so forth so we don't get the constant new here, looking for bike, must be cheap, what do you recommend discussions.
Maybe we need some sort of questionnaire, a bit like the info given at velospace but with some sort of 5 star rating so people can see what bits overall the forum use/like/avoid.
Like the idea of cleaning up some of the threads, like face to bike, and so forth, not sure who'd do it, or how long it'd take and also how often it would be updated. Also like the idea of linking things, that we as indivduals put elsewhere on different sites, back to the forum. The idea of having forum approved and used suppliers, scott not scot, smeear, freshstripe, roberto appeals as well.
Even though I think the forum/site is really easy to navigate and find stuff, lots of people seem unable to do so, so there might be a case for making shit really obvious, different font, bold, etc,
Hope that helps, will have another think and post later on

marketplace

cornelius blackfoot ... so there might be a case for making shit really obvious, different font, bold, etc,
Hope that helps, will have another think and post later on

It's todays youth, short attention spans.

i dont think anyone has said but

links that open in a new window!

simple and stops having to right click

is that just fussy and lazy of me though?