[ChrisMember]

EAGLE`02 wrote:

Many good and fair points have already been raised as well as a few opinions.
I for one have been avoiding commenting for quite some time and a number of reasons, most of all not wanting to be labelled as a whiner :laugh:

Loss of employment, 6 months loss of income (which I`m still trying to recover from), long running family illness , the deaths of a couple of mates and just plain old lack of time & interest did it for me,,,

Yeah, I still lurk around, log in occasionally and do have a look here & there from a moderator point of view, but there`s been stuff all to moderate the past 12 months anyway when I log on, maybe the other guys beat me to it.
My main interest is still and will continue to ADV riding and there`s stuff all interest for that on the site as well, so along with the other reasons I found myself frequenting a few FB pages/ groups and have even been linked to a Hunter ADV group page with a few mates that I get to ride with occasionally.

My local solo rides still continue also whenever I feel like getting away for a few hrs or the day and let`s face it, we have some great riding areas within our Hunter region that I can ride to from my door (as do a lot of other blokes further afar).

For sure I`ve enjoyed pretty much every ride, event, gathering I`ve encountered on OBT and have made some great friends that I hope will still be around for a long time yet and whilst I really hope the site can continue, I can fully understand the reasons why if it has to come to an end or fade away :dry:

Cheers from me

Sorry to hear that Beags, hope all is o.k now.

Cheers
Chris.

[ChrisMember]

Nickj wrote:

It’s not what it was that’s for sure fossil , I think most are still riding a lot and maybe staying a bit more local ?? I rode more in the first six months this year than I ever have. Injury slowed me down but I’m back in the bike as of last weekend.

I think the pressure of financing this site has led to its dimmise , I for one feel that a lot of the comments this year regarding who spends what to keep Old Bulls going has basically put people off as trail riding is basically a free sport once your geared up. Comments about targets that constantly need to be hit and that some feel that when money is donated that they can then feel motivated to comment on threads isn’t what It’s all about. I realise that it costs money to run a site and that it’s an issue raising it sometimes but for me the money side has overtaken the fun side so the balance now is all wrong.

Nick

I can only presume nick that comment is directed at me, thanks for your input noted! but from my side it is frustrating that I can’t get any help to pay for it, I have personally funded the site since it’s inception with the exception of when we have raised some money at rides etc, which didn’t bother me as I had the money, then when I got ill and had barely an income there was no help and the only thing that I could think of was to push the donations. I think it may be time to can it and move on

[ChrisMember]

Thanks Snowy, no need to say it twice though I hate the fact that we have to ask for donations so any one else got any ideas?

Cheers
Chris.

[ChrisMember]

It has also been discussed to integrate google ads into the forums whats people thoughts on that, I can’t think of any site I visit that doesn’t have ads these days maybe that is a better way to fund rather than ask for donations.

Chris.

[ChrisMember]

Wow nice to logon and see some action, TB has said everything that needs to be said, I would love to get involved again and get the site back to where it was, I actually have a little more time but less finances and every month is a struggle for me to pay the $185.00 it costs to run + the additional expenses of software upgrades/domain renewals etc, thanks to some generous members the costs have been covered for the past 2 months THANK YOU!, however I still have a huge investment both financially and time wise to see that all go to shit would be very dissapointing, I have plenty of ideas and there has been plenty of updates and new technology that I could intergrate into the site, unfortunately some of these cost money. With changes to peoples personal/work lives it is also a challenge to find new people that may be interested to moderate the forums which from a legal perspective has to be done. I am also developing some new sites that may help pay some of the expenses. what would really be good if members could make a small donation occassionaly out of 4k odd members $5.00 here or there would be a huge help, if we could cover the costs that would then give me an opportunity to do all the upgrades/new tech without having to worry that the site is going to close down and my effort would be wasted. Maybe now my health is better I might be able to organise a ride or two
My .2c Cheers Chris.

[ChrisMember]

LoL Fossil, nice, I’m sure we have all suffered from that from time to time, a bit of baby powder is helpful or Ballards sell a product called monkey butt, haven’t tried it though.

Cheers
Chris.

[ChrisMember]

what’s so good about it haven’t seen any info yet

[ChrisMember]

Murph the surf wrote:

Merry Xmas ya’ll
Just getting in early

Bloody hell murph you on the turps again!!

[ChrisMember]

Can u camp I cant afford plush accommodation cause I pay for this fucking website and no-one helps out, if so happy to set my swag up on the side of the highway and hitch hike a ride.

[ChrisMember]

good stuff bolls did you use their bikes or take ya own?

[ChrisMember]

good stuff murph living the dream i’ve seen, one day I cometh!!

[ChrisMember]

Nice report TB, book one in for next year :laugh:

[ChrisMember]

Dickie wrote:

Murph the surf wrote:

axel wrote:

Good opportunity for a call for donations! Donate button is the big yellow one on the left of screen.
I had to log into D.B.W for some time wasting, that’s how desperate things got here.

I’m hearing ya’s
I had to post my last ride report up on DBW. I had it all typed up and realised OB’s was down.
Glad its back :cheer:

Reset password and logged into DBW. last login was Dec 14. Did a search for OBT and couldn’t find any news so logged out.

YOu could have just waited dickie!!!! that’s shit!!!

[ChrisMember]

Hey all, yes the site went to shit! and I have been too busy with my new job, the site needs some serious updates which I have set time aside for next week, we need to buy some software so if you like the site and get something out of it please consider donating, I no longer have unlimited funds like I use to so all donations are much appreciated..

Cheers Chris.

P.S. ADV riding is for old farts.

[ChrisMember]

can’t resist a nundle ride boondoog put me on the list.
Cheers
Chris.

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