My "TEN SPEEDS" has been sold...
04-21-20, 06:27 PM
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My "TEN SPEEDS" has been sold...
First, thanks to other members who have brought this to my attention. I appreciate it when we look after each other. Anyway...
I was approached last winter, while in Jamaica, to sell my website. A short negotiation and that was that. Sadly, the fellow who bought the site contacted me a couple of days ago to inform me that it had been hacked. He is hoping that I can help. I might be able to do so but not until I get back to Ontario. Not even sure that going to Ontario, these days, is a good idea. Anyway...
I miss the website also and feel for the buyer. I will do my best to help in a couple of weeks. Again, thanks to those who expressed email concern. My hope here is to help others understand and not feel the need to let me know personally.
I would also like to thank all of you who have been so gracious with your comments about the website, over the years.
I was approached last winter, while in Jamaica, to sell my website. A short negotiation and that was that. Sadly, the fellow who bought the site contacted me a couple of days ago to inform me that it had been hacked. He is hoping that I can help. I might be able to do so but not until I get back to Ontario. Not even sure that going to Ontario, these days, is a good idea. Anyway...
I miss the website also and feel for the buyer. I will do my best to help in a couple of weeks. Again, thanks to those who expressed email concern. My hope here is to help others understand and not feel the need to let me know personally.
I would also like to thank all of you who have been so gracious with your comments about the website, over the years.
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Randy, you may want to remove the link in your signature line to your old website. When I clicked on it my AVG spam alert went crazy.
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So messed up that this should be the main concern in these situations, Tx Randy and good luck. 
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Bummer, all around.
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Now you'll finally have the time to devote to your new, updated project, My 12- and 14-Speeds.
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First, thanks to other members who have brought this to my attention. I appreciate it when we look after each other. Anyway...
I was approached last winter, while in Jamaica, to sell my website. A short negotiation and that was that. Sadly, the fellow who bought the site contacted me a couple of days ago to inform me that it had been hacked. He is hoping that I can help. I might be able to do so but not until I get back to Ontario. Not even sure that going to Ontario, these days, is a good idea. Anyway...
I miss the website also and feel for the buyer. I will do my best to help in a couple of weeks. Again, thanks to those who expressed email concern. My hope here is to help others understand and not feel the need to let me know personally.
I would also like to thank all of you who have been so gracious with your comments about the website, over the years.
I was approached last winter, while in Jamaica, to sell my website. A short negotiation and that was that. Sadly, the fellow who bought the site contacted me a couple of days ago to inform me that it had been hacked. He is hoping that I can help. I might be able to do so but not until I get back to Ontario. Not even sure that going to Ontario, these days, is a good idea. Anyway...
I miss the website also and feel for the buyer. I will do my best to help in a couple of weeks. Again, thanks to those who expressed email concern. My hope here is to help others understand and not feel the need to let me know personally.
I would also like to thank all of you who have been so gracious with your comments about the website, over the years.
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04-21-20, 08:43 PM
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Congratulations Randy. You did good. Have fun. Be well.
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It was a great web site. I went there often and learned a lot, from Raleigh to Legnano, bikes you featured, and bikes I ride and love. Best wishes to you, sorry about the low life hacker. May both of his tires go flat. 🤬
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Has the content been lost? I hope not. It was a great site and taught me a lot!
04-21-20, 11:38 PM
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Your site introduced me to the world of vintage bikes, specifically the Apollo line-up in Canada. From there, I got introduced to the Miyata 1000. I have you to thank for that.
Best wishes all around.
Best wishes all around.
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04-22-20, 03:42 AM
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Randy, you may want to remove the link in your signature line to your old website. When I clicked on it my AVG spam alert went crazy.
edit: Nope, did not work. Will try again.
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04-22-20, 03:45 AM
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Randy, you may want to remove the link in your signature line to your old website.
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04-22-20, 07:37 AM
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That sucks! I hope he gets it back and I'm sorry that something you worked so hard on is being attacked. I don't know if it's related, but criminals are taking advantage of the pandemic. 2 break-ins at local bike shops here in Seattle and on the tech side of things there have been lots of reports of Coronavirus scams, phishing, etc.
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Thanks for the heads up, just deleted it.
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04-22-20, 06:02 PM
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Depending on how deeply the Wayback Machine burrowed into (pre-catastrophe) My Ten Speeds, one should be able to recreate much/most/all of that website on one's hard drive using wget. Then set HTML Tidy on everything in the file structure on your hard drive, compress the result into a single ZIP file -- or, since we're classic 'n' vintage, into a tarball -- and you have something you can distribute via Google Drive or whatever.
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Good Luck, Randy!
From an aspiring restorer, I just wanted to add my thanks for the wonderful resource MyTenSpeeds has always been. The passion and care in your work was always inspiring to read.
I sincerely hope you and the new owner of the site are able to bring it back to the community👍.
Be safe and well!
I sincerely hope you and the new owner of the site are able to bring it back to the community👍.
Be safe and well!
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I found my first 'nice' bike using a tip I found on that website
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Another C&V'er that got inspiration from Randy's site here. Hope things work out for the best, many of us are missing the place badly.
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Sad to see it go, I too learned a lot there. Take care!
And, when will your next site launch? Will that be 12, 14 or will you take it up to 20..?
And, when will your next site launch? Will that be 12, 14 or will you take it up to 20..?
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