I just had a look and saw we have over 900 members :boogie2: but then saw that around 500 or so have never posted ... not even a hello :whatever:
I wondered if we should consider deleting a members account after 6 months or so if there are still zero posts since joining? Understand some might just want to trawl through the great info we have amassed, and its not everybody's bag to use forums like this to chat or post some of the inane drivel we do :whistling: ....but I really don't get the point of joining a forum and not even saying hello.... at least that would be polite :facepalm:
Are there some sections that are only open to members? If so I get it but if not I don't see the point of joining and not posting.
Quote from: mjgt on Friday, 04 May 2018, 01:22 AM
Are there some sections that are only open to members? If so I get it but if not I don't see the point of joining and not posting.
Yeah...thought about that as well... s'pose you can lead a horse to water but cant make it drink...
The folk that join and don't ever post just come here to get information nearly as bad as the folk who's first post is to try and sell something or ask a question that has a very comprehensive answer if they'd bother to explore the forum they just joined.
:frustrated:
You ought to look in on the bking forum, it has 5;414 members but it's like a ghost town,most I've seen on it was 2 members,talk is that they all seem to use that face buk thingy,
Time to have cull day?? :salute:
Sorry guys I've being away for the last five mouths on a new job course. And it's being very intense so I've not being on here as much as I'd like to have but my trg is over now so I can get back to so normality of chatting and posting so sorry for that :cheers: drink on me for being absent
We've discussed this between the admin team as to whether to cull those with zero posts or not and decided not to. On any forum there is always a reasonably high percentage who come purely for the info and nothing else. We can't force them to join in, and strangely some do post after quite some time, but like to get the lie of the land. So we decided to let those "sleepers" sty as forum members. Maybe one day they may post, who knows? At some stage they will need assistance :onya:
Yep, what Barmy said. I'd rather have people join, even if they don't wish to post. At least it makes them more likely to see what pops up. As members they can subscribe to threads of interest, something they can't do as guests.
Also I think that the downloads section is only accessible to members. I think.
For any "zero post" members reading this thread - you are welcome to stay, please do.
Dave, you are correct.
Admin has spoken.. :notworthy:
No intention to be contentious.... I was just curious to hear the views of others... :cheers:
I joined the old org before I got my 14 as I wanted to research them and read the "for and against" but never posted until much later.
I too would like to see more members join in. I cannot believe that the two Col's are the only Kiwis. Surely there must be more Col's in NZ that ride 14's ? :onya:
Kakapo Col's.
I just tried to search the member list to bring up all the Kiwi's registered. The position search function doesn't work. Can't filter by country, tried Australia as well, came up no members.
I know there are a few in NZ as members, but they don't post often. Must be Facebook people or just aren't that keen on sharing & comradery.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 04 May 2018, 04:16 PM
I joined the old org before I got my 14 as I wanted to research them and read the "for and against" but never posted until much later.
I too would like to see more members join in. I cannot believe that the two Col's are the only Kiwis. Surely there must be more Col's in NZ that ride 14's ? :onya:
It's the 'quality' of Col's that counts and we clearly have the best 2 :cheers:
It'd be interesting to see what the most common Name for 14'ers is? and what's the most densely populated geographical area? (seems a lot of 'sweaties' on here) :stir:
Are there any under 50's etc
2x nz col's are enough :onya:
It would be interesting to do a place by place comparison.
I'm 50 so is that over or just getting there :stir:
Best place to have any bike is where the best roads are :boogie: :boogie2: :wheelie:
Im with the admins leave the 0 posters to do as they do - I would rather they joined a sensible knowledgeable forum to get answers (albeit searched or asked) than post on a Facebook page.
There are far too many utterly utterly lazy effers on facebook that ask the dumbest questions cause there too dim to actually look for an answer themselves - far to easy
thats me off my soapbox . . . . . . . . Del
Can't argue with you there Seth! :onya:
That's an interesting idea Red. I'm quietly confident that I'm the only Forum Member with my name, but I am well under 50. :grin:
Young buck :lol: :cheers:
Are children allowed on this site? don't we have parental controls ? :)
Taniwha......you whippa snappa !!
What you doin in Straya with a name like that ?
Had to. Her indoors was transferred. 🤑
Also cheap petrol, stonking, great huge V8s and looooooooooooooong open roads. 🤣🤣
Quote from: Taniwha on Saturday, 05 May 2018, 09:34 PM
Had to. Her indoors was transferred. 🤑
Also cheap petrol, stonking, great huge V8s and looooooooooooooong open roads. 🤣🤣
Haha.......91 is $1.97.9 in Tauranga and Auckland is getting an 11.5c per litre fuel tax soon so guess we will all get that soon enough.
Mate of mine used to live in Padstow, cycled to Hornsby every day for work.
Enjoy the cheap fuel. :cheers:
Padstow to Hornsby is about 30kms. Probably faster on a bike than a car during the morning peak.
Regional fuel tax! What a dense, short sighted, imbecilic, solution. It's ok for pollies, they get free fuel.
You might want this link then.
http://m.fueltaxback.co.nz
We're paying $2.17.9 a litre down here Col, have been for a while now! We never see it under $2.00 now. Thieving b**tards.
Lol yeah I reckon you will be on your own there Taniwha :hat:
Name and possibly being under 50'as well!
ulp 91 was $1.33 yesterday. 98 was $1.63. guess were lucky.
Ok ok......i know I to need to post more. I'm actually on here alot but just don't post that much.....i will work on it though :onya:
Gaz
Quote from: grog on Sunday, 06 May 2018, 06:02 PM
ulp 91 was $1.33 yesterday. 98 was $1.63. guess were lucky.
Just looked this morning, 91 is $2.20 in CHC. We're getting so ripped! :furious: :furious:
Quote from: grog on Sunday, 06 May 2018, 06:02 PM
ulp 91 was $1.33 yesterday. 98 was $1.63. guess were lucky.
Wow, you boys don't know you're born, $1.63 for super (even if it's not real money), I pay £1.25 around here. :whistling: :stir:
Quote from: KiwiCol on Friday, 04 May 2018, 04:37 PM
I just tried to search the member list to bring up all the Kiwi's registered. The position search function doesn't work. Can't filter by country, tried Australia as well, came up no members.
I know there are a few in NZ as members, but they don't post often. Must be Facebook people or just aren't that keen on sharing & comradery.
Best way is via the member map. It relies, of course, upon people popping their approximate location in there. But when they do it's very handy to see how many are where...
Good to see a few more members have introduced themselves.......good work lads. you're all welcome to chip in :cheers: