Mountain Bike Forum?

BeanoNYC · Apr 6, 2005

Greg,

Do you think that there is enough interest in Mountain Biking to justify a forum?

Perhaps a poll is in order. Just a suggestion.

Rich

Greg · Apr 7, 2005

BeanoNYC said:
Perhaps a poll is in order. Just a suggestion.

Thanks for the suggestion. I added a poll.

thetrailboss · Apr 7, 2005

Give it a go, what the heck :wink:

Now we need someone to monitor it...

mergs · Apr 7, 2005

my 2c...

its not a bad idea, but from my newbies perspective i sense the "soul" of this board as more of a snow or hiking site. i mtb 2-3 times a week and i am on other boards for mtb specifically. not that you would not get some traffic on mtb here, you would, but there is a lot of traffic on sites like mtbr and ridemonkey. i just would think that this site should stay focused on what its already great at...

not looking to debate it, just thought i'd throw it out there.

Stephen · Apr 7, 2005

Better to do a few things "the best" rather than a lot of things "just ok".

-Stephen

thetrailboss · Apr 7, 2005

Stephen said:
Better to do a few things "the best" rather than a lot of things "just ok".

-Stephen

Good point. Begs the question of what the goal is for AZ? Quality in a few small areas of expertise, or a wider audience with broader appeal?

JimG. · Apr 7, 2005

First rule of good business...stick with what you're good at. Try to offer to much to too many and you're lost.

Greg · Apr 7, 2005

Some great feedback here. I agree with the comments about keeping the site's focus on what we currently cover, namely skiing and hiking in the Northeast. I think filling both a topical and geographical niche is what makes sites like this so useful. This is precisely why I set up COskiing.com as a separate site versus expanding AZ's coverage outside of the Northeast. Anyway, let's shelve this idea for now, but feel free to discuss other outdoor topics like mountain biking, fishing, etc. in the Miscellaneous forum.

thetrailboss · Apr 7, 2005

Greg said:
Anyway, let's shelve this idea for now, but feel free to discuss other outdoor topics like mountain biking, fishing, etc. in the Miscellaneous forum.

This sounds like a good compromise...if we get more demand, we can always expand...but it's harder to shrink :wink:

Joshua B · Apr 7, 2005

I say sure, why not?

riverc0il · Apr 7, 2005

Stephen makes a great point. that aside, not much mountain biking happens in the alpine zone

Joshua B · Apr 7, 2005

Sure it does. Mountain biking means off-season business to places like Killington, Loon, and other ski areas that provide lift-serviced mountain biking on their mountain trails. And less specifically, to me, the site name "AlpineZone" triggers "mountain zone." And I don't have to define "mountain biking."

BeanoNYC · Apr 7, 2005

thetrailboss said:
This sounds like a good compromise...if we get more demand, we can always expand...but it's harder to shrink :wink:

Quite Wise ...... I was just putting it out there. :-? I will post some biking pics in the hiking gallery though!

Charlie Schuessler · Apr 7, 2005

I used to ride bicycles to stay in shape for skiing & hiking…however the last 4 years or so, I'm not sure which I enjoy more at times...the low impact exercise of biking is easier on my knees thus more enjoyable than the thumping of running or even long vertical hikes with a heavy pack....

I frequent a couple of biking and motorcycling forums...they offer a pleasant difference…

Brettski · Apr 13, 2005

It's not like the topic isn't a kin...

I mean, it's not Tennis or Golf...

However I did have a great time playing golf at the sugarbush country club...and that was in the "zone"

ga2ski · May 14, 2005

I am torn on this issue. Not sure if there should be a separate forum after reading all the good posts. I guess I could go to one of the other sites, like mtbr, etc. but there should be less traffic on the ski forum now and it would give people some stuff to talk about during week. I know I can only get out on hike when I have a whole day to dedicate to it, but I can bike anyday and post a trail report.

It can stay in Misc as long as i know where to look.

Vortex · Jul 12, 2005

Just bumping this so folks see the tread is still around to find other bikers.

Marc · Sep 22, 2005

If you ever decide there is enough interest for this, I will volunteer time to be a Moderator...

power power POWER....

Err... I mean, I have had a lot of experience mountain biking, know the sport well and am a fairly level headed person.

Mostly.

Marc · Sep 22, 2005

Of course I voted yes.

I think a trip report/pictures section for mtb'ing could have a lot of potential too.

And I suppose the same goes for the freaky roadies as well.... *sigh* now that I am kinda one of those too...

Vortex · Sep 23, 2005

Thankx for the post. I'm in favor of a section on this. The only way to get it though is more post and interest. Keep posting.

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