the dreaded where are they now post

I miss the old ecmtb as well. The community was divided and conquered, and plus facebook dominates most leisure net time for a lot of people. I've heard "well all my friends are on facebook, and I just plan my rides that way" from a few people who don't have a PT or CE name now.

ecmtb was fun. I too miss the good old days.

I agree things were a bit rocky in the early beginnings here and i think allot of people got frustrated and left.

people seem to be posting rides on facebook more than say the groups here or even the general Forum

seems there is more hype around the events and races than cycling in general lately

I;m thinking this Fall we bring out Friday night lights?? ideally get 3 groups out of people out so we can cover all skill levels

I'll start a group or a Forum thread if there is enough interest ?

The BMX / Urban crew was more or less completely lost, but they were on their way out with ECMTB anyway having made a few of their own sites.

I've said it a few times all ready, but the people who think this site is dead aren't looking hard enough. Maybe half of the sites traffic (don't have access to stats anymore to say for sure) is in the groups section. Some groups are more active than others, but the ones I follow are thriving. That is where the rides are being planned etc.

There has been a down turn in silly threads, but a huge spike in informative threads. Many of our new users seriously know their stuff and there isn't a question that involves a bike that won't be thoroughly answered if it's posted.

Things are different sure. But I kind of like the new mature and concise atmosphere.

I will add that there seem to be many people who wanted Cogeyed to fail regardless of how useful or amazing the new site was. They wanted to keep the tattered old ECMTB regardless of the fact that it was falling apart and was way beyond repair. It didn't matter how often you tell them, it just wouldn't sink in that the site was going to die.

And to boot, the people you're asking about weren't even on ECMTB much anymore. Priorities change.

NB, we do love your contributions. They've always been amazing. One of the things about cogeyed that people don't realize is exactly what Andrew mentioned. It's all user generated content. We're not as active in doing bike reviews, hosting events or the like. Conversely, this platform allows us to easily post ads for events and collect real stats about them. It allows people to post new trails and rides (albeit the screens lack a lot presently).
Some users (and you should be promoted to one) have the ability to write their own blog posts which show on the home page.
Videos as well. This is a tip for all:

If you want to embed videos, use the embed code from youtube, and choose the embeddable input format from the input format list below. It doesn't read super well for now, but I sometimes fix posts just cause I prefer that the content be embedded. There are some fixes around for some of the bits we're using but I haven't had time to incorporate things.

Another thing is this is all built on a framework. One account, many things to do. It's all tied together - so if there's something you can think of that we can add or do with this data, we'd be happy to look at it for you.

I hired a designer for 10 hours to come in and do some work. He has some cleaning up to do still, but visually, the site is looking pretty nice I think.

For site hosted videos, we can also allow uploads of videos under 200mb presently. You can upload a few file formats and share video right on the site. Ideal for shorter clips. Soon, if it gets used - I can upgrade the service to allow bigger clips, too.

So - there it is . I'd love to hear ideas. I know we're not facebook and never will be. They've kind of got a niche and 100s of developers. I've built this essentially as a one man show with a little help and direction here and there from people. It's awesome to have some conversation around community and content.

That being said, I'd LOVE to have a column or two submitted by people. Race coverage which could be posted outside the forums (linked to from there, but part of the core site), people news, product information and the like. I am starting to try and get more involved with the business side of things as the summer winds down and build up some more interesting things for the coming season...

werd up.

And here's the kicker: I've ridden my mtb as many times as there have been races this year (yes, I know about the roadie room) so I can count my mtb rides on one hand. road though has taken ahold and won't let go...

I haven't been on Cogeyed since leaving Halifax at the end of Spring. I'm in Ottawa, and there scene is fragmented here as well. Though the riding is great: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48778958?sms_ss=email (5 flats and a walk out though), BMX flatland contest this past weekend (how rare is that?) and two BMX tracks, and chairlift hill allin 15 minutes.

Over & Out.

i pop on now and then, but like everyone else said, with lack of posts there's not much to post to.

i know, lets stir things up

slOpEsYLE rULz, trailz aNd roAD suuuuuuXXXXXXXorZZZZZZ

ahhh the good ol days

is it still cool to huck to flat?

lol remember the kona guys talking about dropping in rear wheel first in kranked 1, hilarious

sweet, got time to hone my skills.

I agree....since "cogs" inception I myself have not looked in more than a couple of times due to the new layout ect, no Facebook for me either Skull, I guess we are a couple of anti social-ites.....I like it that way.

Ran in to Muddy on trail a couple of months ago. He was the King of Inuendo, as I recall.