Re: [RBW] Been Thinkin'....

[James Warren]

Jim,

First off, thanks for everything you do to maintain a really great forum. And thanks for all the many smart contributions from members. As a follow up to what Jim wrote about the helmet conversation, I'd like to offer the following suggestion.

 

Going back to when the forum began after Rivendell stopped running it, the forum has been of extremely high quality for I believe three reasons:

 

1) The moderation efforts of Jim E.

2) The intelligence of the members and applying that intelligence to the discussions.

3) The very focused original definition of the forum.

 

To keep things very focused, I remember the forum being defined as a place to discuss Rivendell products. I remember this definition being in contrast to the BOB list where list volume is much greater, because there, they discuss things that are "BOBish" which opens the door to many other arenas. One of our strengths has been our focus on the products that Rivendell sells.

 

With this in mind, I'd like to suggest that we consider that the mere event of Grant mentioning a topic does not qualify that topic as being in line with the definition of the forum. For example, his current blog shows the unique sculpture in Chicago called The Bean. His mentioning of that doesn't make it on-topic for this forum. On the other hand, if that same blog speculates on some feature of a possible upcoming Rivendell product, then that part is on-topic. Grant's mention of a helmet article would be in the category of something the he finds interesting, and many of us might as well, but is not within the scope of this forum.

 

Thanks for reading,

Jim W.

 

p.s. This suggestion will do nothing to affect any future high trail/low trail debates, because Riv sells forks! : )

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Herbitter
Sent: Oct 3, 2012 8:39 AM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Been Thinkin'....

so, changing topics, how's about a cyclofiend web page update? Seems like the last current classic update was in Feb. Then we can all civilly debate paint schemes, (Should HELMETS be painted to match your frame?) lugs vs welded, etc... :)

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Lyle Bogart <lylebog...@gmail.com> wrote:

Indeed, very nicely done! It is a curious thing that this topic can be so volatile. . . and it is a wonderful thing that the discussion did remain as civil as it did.

 

Thanks for all you do keeping the list going, Jim!

 

Cheers!

 

lyle

On 3 October 2012 01:26, Cyclofiend Jim <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote:

.... that if we feel the urge to have a helmet discussion, it needs to be a new one.
  

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