Beginners forum renamed to General Cycling

[Shaun]

Beginners and Riding has been renamed to General Cycling.

People aren't usually absolute beginners for long, so rather than set up a separate new forum for general cycling I've decided to rename beginners.

It won't stop beginners from posting and will open up this section for lots of other general cycling topics too.

I've moved Commuting and Road Rides up a level or two as well, but plan a more comprehensive re-shuffle in the coming months, so will post with more details nearer the time.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[661-Pete]

Good Idea, Shaun. I've sometimes wondered whether "Beginners and Riding" was a bit inaptly named. Perhaps people who currently dwell mostly around Commuting should be encouraged to visit General Cycling too, I'll try to. And 'incidents' during leisure rides, as distict from commutes, probably go best in General, too.

 

[mcshroom]

Good Idea, Shaun.

I agree, as it tended to keep more experienced riders out of that forum

And 'incidents' during leisure rides, as distict from commutes, probably go best in General, too.

I'm not sure. I'd like to keep all the horror and misery contained in Commuting

 

[dellzeqq]

I thought that the Beginners board was b****y brilliant. Fortysomething dude rocks up 'my name's XYZ and I've got three stone to lose, what's with modern bikes?' followed by a real steady flow of advice from a wide range of CCpeeps. General Cycling may carry on before, which would be great, but, to my mind, Mr. A, you're trying to improve on near-perfection.

 

[Dan B]

Perhaps(and this is just a suggestion) the subtitle could include "no question too stupid" or similar text, just to reinforce that this is a good forum to start with.

 

[ianrauk]

Perhaps(and this is just a suggestion) the subtitle could include "no question too stupid" or similar text, just to reinforce that this is a good forum to start with.

Very good call Dan.
1: It can be daunting for new members to post on a new forum.
2: Hopefully it would discourage know it all's with smart arse answers.

 

[Shaun]

Perhaps(and this is just a suggestion) the subtitle could include "no question too stupid" or similar text, just to reinforce that this is a good forum to start with.

Good idea.

Done.

Cheers,
Shaun