Does anyone here use the CGOAB site? If so what are your thoughts and how do you use it and what for?
I have found some great articles but I find it clunky (is that the right word?) and tricky to navigate. It covers a huge range of categories which at first glance overwhelm me.
What do you think?
Crazy Guy on a Bike Site. Anyone Use it?
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Re: Crazy Guy on a Bike Site. Anyone Use it?
It's a great read, but it's fair to say that graphic design wasn't high on the creator's CV! Very "retro" looking...
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
Re: Crazy Guy on a Bike Site. Anyone Use it?
Yes, I have documented every tour I've ever done on the CGOAB site. That is precisely one !
The first journals on the site are from 2001 and I think Neil created the site to blog about his own cycle tour(s). I think it is very much "hand-crafted", i.e. he doesn't use any off the shelf packages in the way that this site uses phpBB for example. He probably never felt the need to update it as it still does what it set out to do. I agree a bit of CSS to modernise the look wouldn't go amiss.
The first journals on the site are from 2001 and I think Neil created the site to blog about his own cycle tour(s). I think it is very much "hand-crafted", i.e. he doesn't use any off the shelf packages in the way that this site uses phpBB for example. He probably never felt the need to update it as it still does what it set out to do. I agree a bit of CSS to modernise the look wouldn't go amiss.
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Re: Crazy Guy on a Bike Site. Anyone Use it?
Use it a ,lot. Once you get used to it I find it OK. Forums not as good as here but loads of good reading.
For example
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?doc_id=3117
For example
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?doc_id=3117
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Re: Crazy Guy on a Bike Site. Anyone Use it?
CGOAB is my home page. I love it
This is my must read journal at the moment....An English guy travels the globe
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/reallylongway
This is my must read journal at the moment....An English guy travels the globe
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/reallylongway
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything,
I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.
- Winston Churchill
I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.
- Winston Churchill
Re: Crazy Guy on a Bike Site. Anyone Use it?
Penfold wrote:CGOAB is my home page. I love it
This is my must read journal at the moment....An English guy travels the globe
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/reallylongway
Me too so much so I pay a modest yearly subscription to Neil.
If you do use it regularly can I ask you to consider subscribing as it will ensure that Neil manages to run if for many more years.
If you search its threads you will see why Neil is opposed to commercialise it by taking advertising so he really needs all of our support.
I rationalise why I subscribe to what it would cost me in cycling magazines and books to obtain the same hours of enjoyment that I get from the site.