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Gnarlyscoots:
--- Quote from: griff on November 26, 2015, 06:31 PM ---due to a phenomenal lack of interest
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But why though? Why is it so dead on the BMX front? Are people just not interested anymore? Getting out and riding is a big part of it, and with the crap weather here now, makes it less inviting, but people have just disappeared from it all :-\
griff:
--- Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on November 26, 2015, 08:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: griff on November 26, 2015, 06:31 PM ---due to a phenomenal lack of interest
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But why though? Why is it so dead on the BMX front? Are people just not interested anymore? Getting out and riding is a big part of it, and with the crap weather here now, makes it less inviting, but people have just disappeared from it all :-\
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The night is still going ahead, but just for people to ride
sparky:
--- Quote from: griff on November 25, 2015, 09:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: Twenty inches of freedom on November 25, 2015, 08:42 PM ---But would you still need a site tag to trade and swap etc?
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I think that the wanted section should be for site tag holders, the same as for sales, that's just my opinion though. On the rare occasions I've had anything for sale I try and make sure that stuff goes to people who support the community ;)
I tend to look at any new posts that come up, regardless of whether relevant or not (I'm not building anything now, but still like to look and quite often entertaining posts pop up where you don't expect them)
--- Quote from: factory pilot on November 25, 2015, 06:46 PM ---Could we not have a parts amnesty drive to encourage everyone to sell one item from their hoard ?
Maybe a "sell your spare to keep it Rad" week or month ?
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I only have one spare part, a NOS TT Products double decka (blackberry) was going to put it on my Curtis until Clint kindly sorted me out with an alternative
If anyone wants that then get in touch, £20 in the RAD pot covers UK postage to a UK address & I'll bung in an MK15 patch
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Sometimes the simple reasons provide the simple answers. Closing a section to which so many would find useful, that massively outnumbers SST is starving the very essence of what this hobby is about, sourcing parts to build a BMX. If people in themselves cannot see or agree to a logic then you encourage them to seek alternative methods and we are seeing more and more groups created on facebook that caters for their need which will only drive people away.
Before you know it, you could have such a decline in SST contributions, this place might not be in a position where SST have a real impact on MK weekends at all.
This place used to be my BMX home, going back to 2005 and before that on the old site when I was not registered and only browsed.
Twenty inches of freedom:
I would like to contribute to the site to show support but can't justify it right now so I sell bits on the mid school page on fb. Maybe after Xmas…
I was part of a similar discussion on another site recently where you have to be a club member to access for sale and wanted sections but people are realising that eBay and Facebook are more likely to give results for what they need. In fact some people joined just because they think all the unobtainable parts will be there, which they are not. But I like this site where you can see items but can't message unless you have an sst.
griff:
--- Quote from: sparky on November 28, 2015, 07:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: griff on November 25, 2015, 09:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: Twenty inches of freedom on November 25, 2015, 08:42 PM ---But would you still need a site tag to trade and swap etc?
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I think that the wanted section should be for site tag holders, the same as for sales, that's just my opinion though. On the rare occasions I've had anything for sale I try and make sure that stuff goes to people who support the community ;)
I tend to look at any new posts that come up, regardless of whether relevant or not (I'm not building anything now, but still like to look and quite often entertaining posts pop up where you don't expect them)
--- Quote from: factory pilot on November 25, 2015, 06:46 PM ---Could we not have a parts amnesty drive to encourage everyone to sell one item from their hoard ?
Maybe a "sell your spare to keep it Rad" week or month ?
--- End quote ---
I only have one spare part, a NOS TT Products double decka (blackberry) was going to put it on my Curtis until Clint kindly sorted me out with an alternative
If anyone wants that then get in touch, £20 in the RAD pot covers UK postage to a UK address & I'll bung in an MK15 patch
--- End quote ---
Sometimes the simple reasons provide the simple answers. Closing a section to which so many would find useful, that massively outnumbers SST is starving the very essence of what this hobby is about, sourcing parts to build a BMX. If people in themselves cannot see or agree to a logic then you encourage them to seek alternative methods and we are seeing more and more groups created on facebook that caters for their need which will only drive people away.
Before you know it, you could have such a decline in SST contributions, this place might not be in a position where SST have a real impact on MK weekends at all.
This place used to be my BMX home, going back to 2005 and before that on the old site when I was not registered and only browsed.
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I think most people who have tags nowadays are doing it more to support the community/MK than anything else. Ask anyone who's been to MK whether they think it's good value and I reckon you'll get a similar response.
Only reason I commented about the wanted section is that it would be consistent with the sales section.
What I can say though is that if I did have something to sell, I'd be much more inclined to offer it to a tag holder - e.g. When I sold my Haro master I made it a condition of the sale that the guy got one first
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