The "public" birthday is the 27th, but four years ago today I downloaded the BBPress software and put it in some web space and started 'playing'.
I'd already been using WordPress for a while so it wasn't too traumatic.
Decided on some categories - these remain the same and (I think) adequately outline the areas 'we' are interested in.
There had been some initial discussions with Anth the creator of CityCycling.
I'd been doing a CyclingEdinburgh blog but wanted 'more voices/opinions'. Anth had already attracted some to his on-line magazine and had a mailing list of many more 'potentials'.
Neither of us knew what would happen - but it sounded like a good idea -
Somewhere where people who happened to ride bikes in Edinburgh could 'discuss' things.
Other Scottish forums seemed to have stalled (or been closed down) or were very specific - racing/MTBing.
Spokes knew it was being launched and that it wasn't intended as 'competition' - and still isn't. I think CCE and Spokes (on and off line) overlap and complement each other very well.
What happened next was that a few people wanted to join in.
Then more...
Now there is a reasonably mixed crowd of people with views who just want things to be better for 'cycling' - for themselves and everyone else.
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