Boards Cycling Forum is being shut down!

thebouldwhacker

According to the Boards Announcements Forum there are a number of forums being shut down due to the cost of running them, apparently senior moderators have received a large bonus for the success of such things as the new Adverts website, the General Election Questionnaire and the reduction in the amount of stickies and sub-forums. Due to this unexpected cost the management have decided to withdraw certain Forums and the Cycling forum is due to be closed by the middle of April. Below is a quote from the announcement

The cost of running forums such as After Hours, Religion and the Cycling Forum are becoming unsustainable. We attempted to encourage the Cycling Forum posters to form their own team to compete in national events however their standard was too low so this effort will now transfer to the Cricket Forum which has grown in popularity since the Irish Cricket Team beat England

Read the full decision HERE

Icyseanfitz

nicely done had me going there for a minute i was all like W.T.F.

Lemag

OK but which bike did you decide to go for?

kona

and they expect the boards cricket teams performance to be high?? Funny.

Ah didnt realise, I was wondering im still a day behind lol

Canis Lupus

I heard the devs are merging cycling with the motoring forum.

uberwolf

which also explains the breach of usage policy which greeted me when I first logged in.

macadam

NAMA might contribute....

Idleater

Might have worked better if announced at some random time during the day.

Beasty

You think you've got problems. I've arrived into work this morning to find the company has blocked my access to boards. I am only able to get on using the mobile!! Enjoy yourselves today and good luck to the other mods (they may need it). Also England will get their revenge at Clontarf in August. Everyone will be back talking about cycling then. Hopefully see you all when I get home tonight....

tomasrojo

It's a dark day all round.

http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/news/ashburton-news/3802-bike-seat-belts-made-compulsory.html

The installation of seatbelts on push bikes becomes compulsory from today.

The initiative has long been sought by the Cycling Safety Committee of the New Zealand Licensing Board, and spokeman Bruce Bikeman said that today was a watershed one for his organisation.

Cookie_Monster

Good riddance

Canis Lupus

Beasty wrote: »

You think you've got problems. I've arrived into work this morning to find the company has blocked my access to boards. I am only able to get on using the mobile!! Enjoy yourselves today and good luck to the other mods (they may need it). Also England will get their revenge at Clontarf in August. Everyone will be back talking about cycling then. Hopefully see you all when I get home tonight....

You sure? Logging on this morning gave me a blocked permission page. Trying again was fine. THought it was a dev joke/just ordinary prob.

kennyb3

Thats 2 panic attacks today - 1 the blockage where i thought ah f'uck the company know i ve been wasting time and then ah b'ollix where am i going to go to talk bikes

Beasty

Canis Lupus wrote: »

You sure? Logging on this morning gave me a blocked permission page. Trying again was fine. THought it was a dev joke/just ordinary prob.

fell for that one hook, line and sinker:o - I'd been looking forward to a day off after yesterday as well

The company did actually issue a statement a couple of days ago saying they were going to restrict access to certain sites ...

ednwireland

bout time, i think its run its course at this point (popularity waning etc etc) i blame the mods

shaungil

Yeah the mods have a lot to answer for. Did someone say power hungry dictators?:D

Lumen

I propose that for the remainder of today Kona should be given sole moderator rights to this forum.

Chips Lovell

We're Nazis Shaun. Sheesh, get your terminology right.

ednwireland

el tonto wrote: »

We're Nazis Shaun. Sheesh, get your terminology right.

godwins law !

funkyjebus

My heart, first the block the this.... ba$tards!

cormpat

el tonto wrote: »

We're Nazis Shaun. Sheesh, get your terminology right.

Would it not be more accurate to call yourself Italian Blackshirts or whatever Francos henchmen were called? Considering the popularity of cycling in Spain & Italy....

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

I propose that for the remainder of today Kona should be given sole moderator rights to this forum.

Screw that, give it to Slideshowbob!

Doctor Bob

el tonto wrote: »

We're Nazis Shaun. Sheesh, get your terminology right.

If you're splitting hairs, then split them properly, dammit!

You're not Nazis, you're Nazi's.

shaungil

Brown shirts would be very un-Euro.

Lumen

shaungil wrote: »

Brown shirts would be very un-Euro.

ednwireland

shaungil wrote: »

Brown shirts would be very un-Euro.

brown shorts though - very ag2r

tomasrojo

Doctor Bob wrote: »

If you're splitting hairs, then split them properly, dammit!

You're not Nazis, you're Nazi's.

shaungil

Lumen wrote: »

not many blondes there.

TinyExplosions

tomasrojo wrote: »

The poor Morans, what have they done to people

CramCycle

uberwolf wrote: »

which also explains the breach of usage policy which greeted me when I first logged in.

Canis Lupus wrote: »

You sure? Logging on this morning gave me a blocked permission page. Trying again was fine. THought it was a dev joke/just ordinary prob.

I got the same thing and only realised it might be a joke after, I remember reading it and it was claiming that the site was blocked due to breach of fair usage and the large amounts of references to drug usage, sexual acts and rock and roll possibly?