19 Years!
- Thread starter BikeGeek
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That's a lot of monkey poo flinging.
Scary how much time is behind us, especially with as well as 2020 is going.
Scary how much time is behind us, especially with as well as 2020 is going.
I'm sorry.
Wow. It's crazy when you think about how long some of us have "known" each other without ever actually meeting each other. But at the same time, how many good real-life friendships have come from people we've met on RM.
Funny how there are still a few of us still around from year 1. Proof that we have no real lives I guess.
I was a late bloomer by comparison. First account was 2004 I think?
Met a decent amount of you guys in real life. Crazy how I was still in high school when I joined; its been almost half of my life at this point.
That's seems right. It was shortly after that the then head-monkey started spamming the other existing MTB forums about RM
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ridemonkey.bikemag.com
That suggests June 28, 2001.
Well, there was the great exodus of 2002(?) followed by a healthy dose of ban-hammer
And it took me a while to drink the Kool-Aid.That's seems right. It was shortly after that the then head-monkey started spamming the other existing MTB forums about RM
I found this place in 2002 after Tara Llanes mentioned the monkey in an interview in Dirt Rag IIRC.
What was the name of one Colorado Monkey, living in Boulder that was once at Monkeyfest? He was riding his bike behind the shuttle truck on a night ride. I crashed his place once on my way back from out west. We rode Bergen Peak if I recall correctly.
Last man standing from the Roacheaster crew...
Yep, fortunately all of the forum software upgrades over the years have maintained account creation dates.admin
That suggests June 28, 2001.
Also, I give you, the very first posts on Ridemonkey (that still remain, anyway, posts 1-3 are gone forever):
Best frame material?
What is the best frame material? I love steel, but I've been eyeing some titanium rides. Aluminum is best for full suspension........
ridemonkey.bikemag.com
Sep 27, 2001
@johnbryanpeters ? rings a bell?
No, I can't remember.
Originally of the Rochester crew, oui?
Nov 10, 2001. Day after my 21st bday. I remember @Abe getting me and @SirChomps-a-Lot started on it. I spent a lot of time in the library computer lab on RM when I should have been working on other things.
I'm kinda glad (and sometimes sad) iab deleted the posts from the original logins. Last thing I need in life is a log of my drunken (and day after drunken) college adventures. I wonder whatever happened to Pressley...
I'm kinda glad (and sometimes sad) iab deleted the posts from the original logins. Last thing I need in life is a log of my drunken (and day after drunken) college adventures. I wonder whatever happened to Pressley...
I was a late joiner.
Miss some of the old members.
Miss some of the old members.
I'm trying to remember the forum I came from - it was pretty much New Hampshire and Massachusetts riders as I recall.
Edit: forum.bikemag.com
Edit: forum.bikemag.com
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I'm a n00b. I read the forums for a long while before ever registering and posting.
I do remember my good friends laptop having a huuuge Ridemonkey sticker on it. Don't know how he got it, he has an account here but I don't think he's ever posted and doesn't even read the site.
I do remember my good friends laptop having a huuuge Ridemonkey sticker on it. Don't know how he got it, he has an account here but I don't think he's ever posted and doesn't even read the site.
I think you are referring to Mike, aka Tweek.
You come across some of the "others" ? I know you guys weren't in good terms in the past.
Yeah what the hell happened in Rochester? I got to hang out and ride with most of those folks at one point or another. They all seemed to disappear at the same time. One of the women who I thought was married to Instigator mysteriously appears in California married to another monkey and Echo turned into a Triathlete. WTF?
But if only one sticks around I am glad it is Jim.
But if only one sticks around I am glad it is Jim.
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Echo had a bad crash that caused a facial injury that sort of set him back from mountain biking.
I heard about the Southern forum from a DHr when I was living in Asheville who suggested it as good resource. Manimal said something along the lies of "...yeah but it's better than what's going on in the Lounge." So of course I had to check it out.
