He resigned early february but probably still has a few days left at Cycling Tips: https://twitter.com/angryasian/status/1 ... 36355?s=20ultimobici wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:22 pmStill listed on CT website with Dave Everett. Is he moving too?
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They updated the website to say 30% toward membership target. That's pretty solid in being open for 1 day. Hopefully word spreads and people get on board.
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James - I was not going to sign up when it appeared you would not be part of it - however when you did confirm - I signed up.angryasian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:34 pmThanks to everyone for the interest and support! Definitely excited to see where this goes.
I have enjoyed your writing for years - keep it up.
I'm member number 3417 and signed up 30 minutes ago. If that number corresponds with how many have signed up - yes they are on their way - it would seem like the target is 10,000 members.rollinslow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:43 pmThey updated the website to say 30% toward membership target. That's pretty solid in being open for 1 day. Hopefully word spreads and people get on board.
So they're looking for about $1m a year roughly.
This is all very good news.
But what about the branding? Escape Collective. "Collective" OK, but I need help understanding the value of the "Escape" part. Maybe James or someone else from the organization can chime in. It will help us promote the site.
But what about the branding? Escape Collective. "Collective" OK, but I need help understanding the value of the "Escape" part. Maybe James or someone else from the organization can chime in. It will help us promote the site.
wheelsONfire wrote: When we ride disc brakes the whole deal of braking is just like a leaving a fart. It happens and then it's over. Nothing planned and nothing to get nervous for.
I couldn't help you with the ins and outs of knee position while cornering, but I can have a good stab at this one:
The sense of being trapped in a very unpleasant place after the initial redundancies. The immediate resignations of half the writing staff. The collective 'think of the mortgage and the kids', the sigh, and the subsequent resignations of the remaining staff. Escape seems apt.
I had the same thought but doubted it. Just seems kind of negative. Not the emotions you want tied to your brand.FishNo6 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:01 pmI couldn't help you with the ins and outs of knee position while cornering, but I can have a good stab at this one:
The sense of being trapped in a very unpleasant place after the initial redundancies. The immediate resignations of half the writing staff. The collective 'think of the mortgage and the kids', the sigh, and the subsequent resignations of the remaining staff. Escape seems apt.
Re knees, I'll be in the Pyrenees all August. Early in the month I'll be based in Girona, Pau later in the month, riding from one to the other mid month. Some huge loops planned 175 -200km, 4000m. Choose a date and we'll go for a ride I'll even buy you dinner. No BS, genuine offer.
Didn't see that at first. Yes it covers the whole lot including escaping from previous employment. Interesting choice not to go with something evocative of cycling at a glance. Can have an effect on drawing search traffic.
wheelsONfire wrote: When we ride disc brakes the whole deal of braking is just like a leaving a fart. It happens and then it's over. Nothing planned and nothing to get nervous for.
The photographers are amazing. So is Cosmo Catalano. The podcast was garbage and based off of that and the CyclingTips website also never really blowing my boots off, I find it hard to justify paying for a site in hopes of it being good eventually. I wish them the very best of luck, but as I've mentioned here or on Bikerader forum plenty of times, the cycling media (in terms of race coverage and analysis) is so lacklustre and caters so utterly (only) to newbies, that I find it incredibly hard to take the leap of faith with them.
The tech podcast was (or is, because now it's basically the same thing under the new name) quite good, and I do find it interesting and useful. The racing coverage is a bit more hit or miss, but it's still a long way from being garbage. I'm not too fond of cycling media either, but Cyclingtips was overall quite decent, and the new site seems to be headed in the right direction.MRM wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:32 amThe photographers are amazing. So is Cosmo Catalano. The podcast was garbage and based off of that and the CyclingTips website also never really blowing my boots off, I find it hard to justify paying for a site in hopes of it being good eventually. I wish them the very best of luck, but as I've mentioned here or on Bikerader forum plenty of times, the cycling media (in terms of race coverage and analysis) is so lacklustre and caters so utterly (only) to newbies, that I find it incredibly hard to take the leap of faith with them.
I mean, right now probably the most successful competitor in the cycling media is GCN, and that actually is garbage. There's so much promoted content that they basically don't have an editorial line at all. So people trying to do things differently will always be good news.
I respect the differing viewpoint, but what do they bring to the table that you can't get from here (for the tech stuff), Bikerader forum (for pro race talk), Lanterne Rouge for podcast & YouTube race coverage (previously How The Race Was Won by Cosmo Catalano) or The Move podcast for casual talk about pro cycling (from Bruyneel only mostly)? Chris Miller Cycling does the casual talk about all things cycling better as well (on YouTube).
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Over 50% toward their startup goal in about 24hrs according to the website.
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Glad to see that they're back, but I'm slightly worried they've brought on too many people for a startup. Thoughts?