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09-03-14, 01:57 PM
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Siteprice estimates its value at $321,726
www.bikeforums.net website worth is $ 321,719
www.bikeforums.net website worth is $ 321,719
09-03-14, 02:15 PM
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Well, it might make you feel better to know that mine is worth $166.
Maybe I should cash out now, before the bubble bursts.
Maybe I should cash out now, before the bubble bursts.
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09-03-14, 02:29 PM
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Websiteoutlook.com says bikeforums.net makes $230.13 per day from advertising and is worth $167,994.
bikeforums.net Estimated Worth $167994.9 USD by websiteoutlook
bikeforums.net Estimated Worth $167994.9 USD by websiteoutlook
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09-03-14, 02:48 PM
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09-03-14, 08:18 PM
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No one cares
pretty sure i've never paid anything, or if I did it was once and more than 5 years ago. I never see ads.
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09-03-14, 08:35 PM
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09-04-14, 01:25 PM
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Amen to this, as NPR will ALWAYS be funded.
They've got some pretty big people behind them (this is a colossal understatement) who are buying "consent" for the largest sort of legislation, deals and power-grabs that one can imagine.
They've got some pretty big people behind them (this is a colossal understatement) who are buying "consent" for the largest sort of legislation, deals and power-grabs that one can imagine.
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09-04-14, 02:34 PM
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If you are a paid member, you can log out, and then the ads will appear. But the choice of ads is selective. Since I posted a thread about the use of a Bissell steam cleaner yesterday, now my ads are from Bissell instead of an attractive girl in a tight t-shirt. Very disappointing. Maybe I should start a thread about a particularly salacious Y-foil and see how it affect the ads I see...
09-04-14, 03:04 PM
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09-04-14, 03:20 PM
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If you are a paid member, you can log out, and then the ads will appear. But the choice of ads is selective. Since I posted a thread about the use of a Bissell steam cleaner yesterday, now my ads are from Bissell instead of an attractive girl in a tight t-shirt. Very disappointing. Maybe I should start a thread about a particularly salacious Y-foil and see how it affect the ads I see...
09-04-14, 09:01 PM
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Totally in agreement here. The MSM's (NPR included) news views are essentially all the same, though most peddling commerce in addition to consent. While I donated to NPR in the now-distant past, the others haven't asked for my money, they use advertising to get money.
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08-24-15, 05:11 PM
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I wanted to know who the entity was that owns bikeforums, but when I do a search, I can find no company that owns it.
Is there some sort of page or link where the bikeforums management introduces themselves? A shareholders report possibly?
I like bikeforums and would like to know who provides this forum, and who it is that we are contributing out intellectual and creative input to.
Are many of the vast array of "forums" related in some way, perhaps as compared to those that end with only "forum"?
Also wondering how big of a company it is that is running this and perhaps other forums??
What city is headquarters for the bikeforums entity?
Is bikeforums offered in different languages?
It surprises me somewhat that I don't know any of the answers to these questions.
So, who is bikeforums?
Is there some sort of page or link where the bikeforums management introduces themselves? A shareholders report possibly?
I like bikeforums and would like to know who provides this forum, and who it is that we are contributing out intellectual and creative input to.
Are many of the vast array of "forums" related in some way, perhaps as compared to those that end with only "forum"?
Also wondering how big of a company it is that is running this and perhaps other forums??
What city is headquarters for the bikeforums entity?
Is bikeforums offered in different languages?
It surprises me somewhat that I don't know any of the answers to these questions.
So, who is bikeforums?
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08-25-15, 01:03 AM
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08-25-15, 07:09 AM
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Joe Gardner founded the site and then passed it on several years ago.
He married Shadiyah and rode off into the sunset.
He married Shadiyah and rode off into the sunset.
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08-25-15, 07:09 AM
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These people own bikeforums: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts
Products
Management buyouts
Leveraged finance
Venture capital
Growth capital
Revenue
$8.896 billion (2013)
Net income
$691.2 million (2013)
AUM
$98.0 billion (2012)
Total assets
Products
Management buyouts
Leveraged finance
Venture capital
Growth capital
Revenue
$8.896 billion (2013)
Net income
$691.2 million (2013)
AUM
$98.0 billion (2012)
Total assets
08-25-15, 07:22 AM
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I personally feel the membership fees on Bike Forums are well worth it. For $10/year, you aren't bombarded by ads, you can post items for sale, and you help support the website. I get a lot of value from this website in terms of information, education, entertainment and "companionship" with like-minded individuals. I get more value from the $10 spent to support this website than I do eating out at a fast food restaurant, getting a drink at a coffee shop or buying a subscription to Bicycling magazine.
08-25-15, 07:29 AM
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I'm not going to pretend to know what IB's motivations are in owning this site, but I like this forum a lot and I don't mind paying $20 every two years to use it without advertising. I'm assuming that they forego advertising revenue for my use and I don't mind them compensating with a pretty low membership.
I understand where MJ is coming from, but I just don't really mind companies making a profit (assuming they are) providing a service I use daily.
I understand where MJ is coming from, but I just don't really mind companies making a profit (assuming they are) providing a service I use daily.
08-25-15, 08:16 AM
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No one cares
it does, however I didn't. Unless at one point a one year membership cost the same as a 30 year membership.
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