Razors Edge ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 31, 2020 Many are obviously old LF folks who left before the ship sank, spanned both for a while, or finally came here once the doors were closed there (me). Where else did folks come from to find this place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted March 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 31, 2020 I'm from LF. I didn't stick it out to the end. I spanned the two for a bit but not for very long, maybe a month or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #3 Posted March 31, 2020 When the LF was going downhill, there were cloaked messages there about how much better it was at "the other site." A little searching and I found this great site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 31, 2020 From the LF, which I joined in 2004, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 31, 2020 Share #5 Posted March 31, 2020 I joined the LF back in late 2003, or early 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2020 Share #6 Posted March 31, 2020 From LF. Went there from the men’s health forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted March 31, 2020 Share #7 Posted March 31, 2020 How did I get here? It all happened on a crisp October night as a man and woman huddled closely together creating a mere zygote. Then the following July...here I am. Why do you think they called it the Love Forum? Oh, incidently, I joined LF before you and hit #1 before you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 31, 2020 Share #8 Posted March 31, 2020 I found the bicycling forums around 2008 when I was shopping for a new bike. I actually stayed out of the LF for several years before getting sucked in. I was late to transition here and did bounce between here & the LF for a while. When the LF died I was checking in maybe 2X a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #9 Posted March 31, 2020 I googled @AirwickWithCheese and it took me here. Those were the good old days when he was the constant humour and I owned this dump. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #10 Posted March 31, 2020 I’m the shunned admin from BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted March 31, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tizeye said: Oh, incidently, I joined LF before you and hit #1 before you You hit the accelerator and took off! I never had a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #12 Posted March 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, Allen said: I’m the shunned admin from BF. I still read there from time to time. Sometimes I even post in P&R. Just to drive the nut jobs crazy though.. It's like the frenzy of throwing feed in a trout pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted March 31, 2020 Share #13 Posted March 31, 2020 From the Love Forum I found them in about 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #14 Posted March 31, 2020 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 31, 2020 Share #15 Posted March 31, 2020 I did a google search for slums to renovate and flip and found this place. Not working out well so far. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #16 Posted March 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I did a google search for slums to renovate and flip and found this place. Not working out well so far. I was very happy to sell it back to you. Sucker! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #17 Posted March 31, 2020 LF in early 2000, and spanned for a while before moving after the LF shut down. I was happy at both, as the format never bothered me at the LF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted March 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, sheep_herder said: LF in early 2000, and spanned for a while before moving after the LF shut down. I was happy at both, as the format never bothered me at the LF. I was never too bothered by the LF software either, BUT a HUGE shout out to @Square Wheels and his steady efforts making this place better, more stable, adding functionality, and generally doing an OUTSTANDING job (for free at a loss). If LF had been 1/10th as agile, it might still be around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #19 Posted March 31, 2020 My memory is foggy and suspect, but I thought I got online around 1998 and found the LF shortly thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 31, 2020 Share #20 Posted March 31, 2020 I thought this was going to be about hookers and blow. This place came up on my google search, by the time I realized my mistake I had found it was kinda fun to annoy people so I stayed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #21 Posted March 31, 2020 The love forum ceased to be much of anything..lots of people left..so I jumped too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #22 Posted March 31, 2020 Now if we could rediscover how to get people here without scaring them away. (yes I meant it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 31, 2020 Share #23 Posted March 31, 2020 I tried to get a few from bike forums, then they banned me. Never created another account (that's why they banned me ) to get more people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 31, 2020 Share #24 Posted March 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I tried to get a few from bike forums, then they banned me. Never created another account (that's why they banned me ) to get more people. I call BF the Hate Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 31, 2020 Share #25 Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Wilbur said: I call BF the Hate Forum. The only forum I ever posted in was Road Cycling. I stayed away from the rest of it. I insulted their awful software, they banned me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 1, 2020 Share #26 Posted April 1, 2020 46 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: The only forum I ever posted in was Road Cycling. I stayed away from the rest of it. I insulted their awful software, they banned me. It was a unilateral deal by one mod. I explained who you were, that you weren't a sock and that you had some forum software expertise. I was told they would bump it up to management. I checked and they didn't. Having been marked as a trouble maker it came as no surprise that a while later I was given an invisible ban (no official points or ban, just prevented from posting for 3 months) for a first offense of calling an asshole an asshole. I have little admiration for a couple of the mods over there. I live on the edge of being banned on a day to day basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted April 1, 2020 Share #27 Posted April 1, 2020 I joined Bicycling in 2004, although mostly lurked in the pro cycling section for a long time. I don’t know exactly when I entered LF. I joined here when it opened, but left when Bosox was permitted to stay. Came back when LF closed and I learned he was banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 1, 2020 Share #28 Posted April 1, 2020 I have the page bookmarked and I just clicked on the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted April 1, 2020 Share #29 Posted April 1, 2020 Joined LF in late 90s. Came here when I got an invite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 1, 2020 Share #30 Posted April 1, 2020 22 hours ago, maddmaxx said: It was a unilateral deal by one mod. I explained who you were, that you weren't a sock and that you had some forum software expertise. I was told they would bump it up to management. I checked and they didn't. Having been marked as a trouble maker it came as no surprise that a while later I was given an invisible ban (no official points or ban, just prevented from posting for 3 months) for a first offense of calling an asshole an asshole. I have little admiration for a couple of the mods over there. I live on the edge of being banned on a day to day basis. Sheesh, yes I absolutely insulted their software, but that was it. Thin skinned. It comes from a long history of following their software, not their site. It was started by a few people, then they got bought out and the original authors of the software started their own, Xenforo. vBulletin is absolutely horrible software. It was once great. It was bought by Internet Brands, a company that runs many forums, the software is so bad, they run old versions of it on most of their sites. The cycling site somewhat updated and it is horrible now. I made a comment as such, maybe not using the words horrible, but I didn't call anyone an a-hole. That got me banned. Their loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted April 1, 2020 Share #31 Posted April 1, 2020 Joined LF 2008 or 2009 when I got back into serious cycling. Came here the first day it was open but didn't post much for the first couple years till I somehow got locked out of LF and couldn't get back in. I then came to join the derelict club with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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