daj":3892k601 said:
'the man' has came along and changed things
Also what ever era people feel retro is .... The term "Retro" certainly seems to filter out the Arseholes you normally come across in forums ... I think its great here...
Long live Retrobike!!
I concur with that daj.
What actually is retro is a very subjective thing based on when you first got into bikes and how old you are (in my opinion) and is only an opinion held by the beholder.
I don't see a problem with splitting the readers bikes by age, if it keeps most of the people happy most of the time then good. Those that feel offended by more modern content can ignore the post 97 bikes, those that don't mind can look at either forum.
As to whether the entire forum is going down the pan due to some slightly more modern things being discussed seems like a gross over-reaction. People will always disagree on what is retro and what is not, but I think the retrobike forum is a lot more than just a discussion on pre-1997 (or pre 1990 or whatever you count as retro) riding. I think to be draconian and impose cut offs and year limits is to then start acting like an elitist club with members so far up their own arses that they can see out their own mouths. The Mods are right in saying that the retro is what what keeps the site retrobikes and differentiates it from other more general forums, but it is surely the majority of content that needs to be "retro", the general feel of the site rather than every single piece of content. I mean if you are a true retrobiker then why are you using the WWW, surely a BBS (Bulletin Board) would be more in keeping with your ideals of nothing modern.
As Daj says the general feel of the forum and people is very friendly and there is a lack of the c*cks which seem to invade every other forum. This can also be credited to the Mods who do a lot of work to keep the forum clean of the nobbers.
I personally am a newish member and haven't comment on many threads as a lot of them are of a technical nature and I don't have the knowledge, I generally won't give opinon, I prefer to help people with facts. Thats not to say I don't appreciate reading the forum, it gives me something to do in the evening and at lunchtimes at work. I have also sold some bits and bought a lot more from people on here and have had no problems. Again credit to the Mods for keeping the scum out and also credit to the members of the site. I'm not even sure I would be considered a retrobiker by some of the more puritan members, my bikes consisting of two Rocky Mountain Vertex's (years unknown maybe 2000/1), a Trek stp400 (2001) and an AMP B5 (2000), my only truely retrobike is a Kona Sex One I have just bought (from here) thats going to be a long term rebuild project (which I will be asking for opinons as to what to do with).
I have even bought the F4's that Dyna-Ti was selling and he told me to put them on my AMP and then enter it for BOTM, but now with the controversy surrounding what is retro and what is not I am not not so sure that it would be allowed. Maybe thats just being over cautious but I am not a long standing or great contributing member so don't want to upset anyone.
Blimey, thats an essay and a half and I'm sure I have missed things out from what I wrote in my head on the ride to work.
Anyways, as with "what is retro" all the above is just an opinion and not the truth.
