Join the Bike Coalition

Hello BBC Member and fellow bike rider!

My name is Mike and I’m the admin over at Bike Coalition.  I’ve been putting together an internet community site for bike riders and their clubs.  With much anticipation, the BBC has become part of this wonderful new and growing community.  www.bikecoalition.com

Bike Coalition is a place where like-minded people can meet, exchange tips, share experiences, and further their knowledge and spirit of our sport with each visit.  Now you may be wondering why the BBC has decided to become part of the Bike Coalition Community?  Well here’s your answer: Nowhere have we seen a successful venue where bike clubs or organizations can meet and communicate with general bike riders and other clubs.   We’re offering YOU a chance to become part of this new community.  A community where the members have control and can a say how it is run.  A community put together in order to meet your needs.

Here is what the site offers, if you decide to join in with other BBC members on the site.  First of all, it is free.  No dues or subscription fees of any kind will be charged.  In addition, the BBC will be given their own section and discussion area within the forum, in order to chat among yourselves and to put up any information you’d like others to see, including the general public.  I believe a worldwide alliance of bicyclists and clubs will not only be beneficial to your club, but also to all those who choose to visit the forum.  To top it off, all members of the BBC on the forum will have a BBC tag under their user name while posting in the forums.   This will be helpful to distinguish BBC members from the rest of the Bike Coalition members on the forum.

BBC Webmaster Craig and I sincerely hope you take this opportunity to not only join in the fun, but to also help spread the spirit of our sport with others around the world.

I look forward to seeing you there,

Mike
Bike Coalition Admin
www.bikecoalition.com

Joining the Bike Coalition instructions:

First thing you need to do is go to www.bikecoalition.com.  To register, click the Register link in the upper right hand corner of the page.  Once you fill out the information and make a user name, you will then be able to log in and makes topics, post, and chat within the forum.

On the main page you will see a list of different forums.  The first thing you may want to do is click on the Announcements forum.  There you will see a welcome thread and a Forum Rule thread.  If you would like, you can go back to the main page and click on the Introduction forum.  There you can make your own thread introducing yourself to the rest of the community.  The one thing you really need to do is to post in the BBC club thread.  You will find this by first clicking on Bike Clubs-> Baltimore Bicycling Club, Baltimore, Maryland-> Then click the Reply button to post in the thread.  This will allow me to see that you are apart of BBC.  You will then be given a BBC title.  From there you can do what you please.  The forums are categorized and have a description underneath the title.  As BBC members, you are the only ones allowed to post under the BBC Discussion forum.

Bike Coalition also has its own Instant messaging as well.  If you would like to use this, make sure your popup blocker for Bike Coalition is turned off.  You can IM anybody by clicking the IM button under their Username and Post count, or by clicking on their username and under user statistics, click Send Instant Message.  At anytime, you can check the history of your messages by going to your profile, (upper right) and clicking on Instant Message History.  From there you can see everybody that you have conversed with over the past couple of weeks.   Everytime a new page is loaded or you refresh, if your popup blocker is turned off, any new instant messages will appear.  Just for reference, so you know what I’m referring when I’m talking about things on the site:

Categories-> Forums-> Threads-> Posts

For example, the first category is General-> forums under it are Announcements , Introduction , Forum Suggestions & User Assistance ->   Click on any of them and you will then see the threads/topics members create-> and within those threads/topics are posts members make.

If you have any other questions or suggestions for the site, please don’t hesitate to post under the Forum Suggestions & User Assistance forum.  You can also email me at mdbobbey@yahoo.com, and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible.