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And in case someone is interested in what's transpired on PR so far you can follow it here: https://www.pedalroom.com/forums/general-discussion/sorry-for-the-absence-15340
You don't need an account to read the forums, and obviously the link above may not work if PR goes down again.
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The way I see it the goal is wide open for active people to harvest some niche fame by setting up sites to replace aforementioned sites. In fact on PR there are many people willing to chip in and help out from what I've read. The thing is no one can get a hold of Coomer, by instagram email or even phone. This is why handing the reins over is problematic.
Shame to hear about fixie-king.dk, I remember browsing their for sale threads iirc back in the day, even though Danish is only (closely) related to languages I know. Hadn't been there in ages though.
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In fact PR is back up now since the 17th. But since Coomer himself hasn't shown his face I'm guessing it's temporary once again and will go away sooner or later. Weird stuff.
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Coomer – the guy who "runs" it – posted on the PR forums maybe 6 months ago (I forget exactly) that he's been very busy, but now promises to come back to it after a short vacation. That was his last post, maybe he never got back from the vacation. That thread was bumped up nearly 500 times (not kidding), and meanwhile it started to dawn on everyone that he just deserted the whole thing. There was also an infestation of bots during Coomer's hiatus, creating random threads and "talking" with other bots, quite amusing/terrifying actually.
Anyway, the site was down quite a few times this past half a year, and the updated/added bikes thing never seemed to operate properly. Sometimes weeks would go by without any bike updates, then in one big burst you got all of what had been added during that time.
There was a little bit of discussion about creating something similar because obviously PR was abandoned completely. That discussion may be taking place somewhere I'm not aware of, now that PR is dead. It's a shame too, the community had put so much time and effort in to displaying those thousands of bikes and imo the interface was a good one.
I can pretty much guarantee there's a market if someone cares to set up something that works as well as PR did. The most important things imo, would be to spend a lot of energy on spreading the word that there's a replacement, and have an insane amount of patience to build the community back up. It's a massive catalogue of pictures, parts lists and bike appreciation that's been lost.
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I have a Gara and was frustrated that the geometry chart wasn't available online anywhere after they closed shop. So I emailed them and Jaco was kind enough to provide it:
(english translations by my power of deduction)
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The SL-5 is a beauty. Had a the SL-10 (which was essentially the same just with extra buttons) until a few years ago and I can definitely recommend a working example for as low as £70. GLWS! :)
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I didn't check the timestamps of when you posted what and where, this is why I said "kind of sounds like..". So I didn't want to "feel important" but thanks for being a dick.
There is no need to preach and victimize yourself on that basis yet again. The discussions revolving around what you do or have done are mostly fueled by yourself and the way you knowingly provoke people. You like to stir the pot up and throw a smileyface after it. I get it, it's your way of constantly reminding everyone that you're above all of this. But it gets so tiresome to tell you the truth.
Don't you think at some point you need to look in the mirror and start asking yourself if the continuous trouble you stir up isn't related to the rest of the world?
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"No cross-posting adverts you've put on other sites."
What you just said - in the post above - kind of sounds like you're taking the piss once more, as I'm sure you're fully aware of the rule I quoted.
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not really looking like you're trying desperately to sell either.
If you're willing to post in the near future, dibs. Else GLWS