BIKE: Whether BicycleAustin is updated, and cross-country route

[Michael Bluejay]

On Jan 5, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Stuart Werbner wrote:

> This unfortunate response, which I fully expected, is also part of the 
> problem, I believe...


Okay, let me just see if I have this straight:

1. Someone complains that BicycleAustin isn't current, complaining that 
"1999 is way too 20th century".

2. I post a ten-page listing of all the updates I've actually made 
since 1999 through present.

3. That response is deemed "unfortunate".

What the hell?

Maybe the complaint wasn't that the site isn't updated, maybe it's that 
I keep older items on the site along with the new?  In that case, I'll 
have to say it disappoints me that some people don't see the value in 
maintaining earlier articles.  Like they say, those who don't know 
history are doomed to repeat it.  The New York Times maintains articles 
going back to 1851.

And of course, some stuff just doesn't get dated.  I daresay the 
article on how to fix a flat tire is as useful today as it was when I 
wrote it years ago.

Here's one outfit that "takes BicycleAustin seriously":  Adventure 
Cycling.  Today they sent me a new cross-country route map for the 
section that goes from Del Rio, TX to Navasota, TX, using the map I 
suggested from BicycleAustin that goes directly through Austin rather 
than requiring a cumbersome spur to get to and from it.  One change 
they made was to have the route take Congress from Slaughter to 12th 
Street, while BicycleAustin suggested S. 1st.  Is Congress the better 
route?  I think I've ridden both but neither frequently or recently 
enough to compare.

-MBJ-


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>> On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Stuart Werbner wrote:
>>
>>> Yo MBJ,
>>>
>>> At the risk of hurting your feelings, after visiting your website, I 
>>>  can understand why more people dont visit it.
>>>
>>> I notice that you've got dated items still on there all the way back 
>>>  from 1999. Dude, like that's way too 20th century!
>>
>>> I have visited your site a number of times and have found some 
>>> useful  info on it. But, I would venture a guess that if you kept 
>>> your site  more up to date, more people would take it more 
>>> seriously.
>>
>>
>> This does indeed piss me off since it's not true.  Here's a list of  
>> updates made since 1999.  This is available as the very second link 
>> on  every single page on BicycleAustin, under "Site Updates".
>>
>> While I still do a fair amount of updating to the site, it's true 
>> that  I no longer do as much as I used to.  There's a reason for 
>> that.   (Stuart's bitching is part of that reason.)
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