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Forums
The forum boards are
a place for the mountain bike community to communicate
and share information. Please do not indulge in
profanity, mean spirited posts or attacks. Keep it fun.
TriangleMTB.com and it's supporters do not accept
liability or legal responsibility for any injuries,
damage, or losses allegedly caused by using our forum web
pages. Respect the public forums. The boards are
monitored and administrated regularly.
Rules and Guidelines
TriangleMTB rules for the forum use. By using the forum
you agree to abide by these rules. The guidelines are for
your convenience, and you may follow them if you find
them helpful.
General unquantifiable rules (use
common sense when making judgment):
Don't take the posts too seriously,
and try to have a somewhat thick skin. Not everybody is
going to agree with you, or even like you. Before
reporting to the forum admin or the webmaster, ask
yourself if it's really worth getting upset over. If you
have personal issues with other riders, work it out with
them. If somebody is harassing you or attacking you
personally, please notify the forum admin.
Don't be openly or passively
aggressive towards other users.
Joking around is fine, but remember that the subtle
inflections that discern a joke from a slam are often
missed in forum communication. All the smilies and
winkies in the world don't offset a slam. Treat people
the way you want to be treated.
Use the Private Message (PM) feature
or email to communicate with specific people.
Don't fill up the boards with posts not meant for public
discussion or information. Your opinion counts, but just
posting 'thanks' or 'that's cool' fills up the forum with
basically an empty post. The message boards should not be
used as a chat room. Tip: your PM's can be connected to
your email address by clicking on the
"preferences" box while in your PM area, and
then selection the option to mail PM's. Don't forget to
save your preferences before exiting your PM area. There
is also an "ignore" feature that works
similarly.
Specific Rules:
One forum username per person.
Please do not sign up for multiple forum accounts. There
is a way of changing the display name in the forum user
preferences configuration if you wish to change the name
shown.
No personal attacks. This is very
different than disagreeing or arguing, which are OK, but
be an adult about it and stay on topic and not get
personal.
Post a message only once, and in the
appropriate board. Please don’t cross post or
double post. We realize that not every topic will clearly
fit into one particular board, so just do your best and
it will be fine.
No spam.
The boards are for discussion and information exchange,
not unsolicited adds. Recommendations for or against bike
equipment is not considered spam.
Local bike store owners, employees, and
representatives are more than welcome to post, but please
no ads (see no spam rule above).
For sale board
(in addition to above):
No commercial posts.
The for sale board is meant of local riders, not retail
stores.
No bumping your post.
This includes you or your friends replying to keep your
post on top. If you change your price or want to add
what's included, then by all means either edit or reply
to the original post. Bumping has ruined other site's for
sale boards.
No jumping in on other posts saying
things like "Don’t buy this one, mine is
cheaper".
On to the forum!
"Ever dance with the devil by the
pale moon light?" - the Joker from Batman the movie.
Was he talking about night riding?
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