Groundpilots.com - Permanently Grounded?

[revelations]

Yea I remember that ..... was still new to the forum at that time

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by viff3r
Oh yeh that viffer guy was a real dipshit.

I just noticed the other day that the forums are dead. The "pic of the week" is from 2013. lol.

I met tons of great folks through CGP (including my insurance guy!), went on some great rides, and had some good laughs posting in the forums. In its heyday CGP sadly consumed a large portion of my time.. good thing most of my posting was done on company time. Its downfall, in my opinion, was over-zealous moderation and too much effort to keep discussions on-topic. Once the humour and good natured ribbing was gone, the regulars left and never returned, turning it into the ghost town that it has been for the last 3 years. As beyond.ca has proven, you need more than 100% enthusiast discussion to keep people coming back - you gotta have the off topic entertainment.

Here are some other OG names for ya - Roach, X, bleed4speed, fastlayne, Krispy (RIP), Crewzn, Rcktgrl, snowcatxx (lol), zorac, eclipse, Carson Blocks (but I will always remember him as 93vfr750), Gutter, ...........

Well done brother, I love the list! You had some awful thick skin back in the day. I remember on more then one occasion thinking to myself "fuck guys, enough already with the Viffer is "...well you know the rest.

Originally posted by carson blocks
I was huge in to that site for a looong time and you're right viff, it was a huge time sink but it was a big part of my daily routine. You're also right that overmoderation took the fun away. The CRKs moved on, and a few others dropped due to work and family and it died without an influx of new members to make up for it. I offered to buy it a couple times while it was still salvageable, and back when I would have had the time to really grow it with advertising, a booth at the bike show, etc. It's sad that it's gone and the bike chat has moved on to facebook, as I just don't use facebook, but I certainly have more productive workdays now than I did back then.

Ya, cuz Beyond doesn't eat up a bunch of time eh!

[Cos]

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[Supa Dexta]

Haven't looked it up in ages, but still keep in touch with some guys I met on there.

Here's a pic from one ride.. There was 4 or 5 cops showed up.. I think they had read the thread stating when and where we were leaving from - cause we didn't make it far. I believe one guy got taken away for outstanding warrants. ha That'd be 10 yrs ago.



Not sure if this was the same day or not, but the 2 pics are together in a folder

[Masked Bandit]

Shaard was another OG on there. I don't know if he lurks on Beyond though.

[schurchill39]

Originally posted by Dave P


Im with you. I was unpacking boxes the other day and found my copy of Restricted Airspace......... which is over a decade old now haha

I found mine about 6 months ago! I should almost hook up the DVD player and give it a watch.

[viff3r]

Forums are online.

Make CGP great again?

[coteesh]

Not anymore

[TurboMedic]

Rip cgp

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[shakalaka]

Are there any other good local bike oriented forums? I am alone in Edmonton as far as riding is concerned, so maybe that's why I feel like selling it. Wouldn't mind it if there was a 'crew' of sorts to ride around with I guess. In Calgary was great since my brother, cousins and some friends rode.

[Rocket1k78]

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Are there any other good local bike oriented forums? I am alone in Edmonton as far as riding is concerned, so maybe that's why I feel like selling it. Wouldn't mind it if there was a 'crew' of sorts to ride around with I guess. In Calgary was great since my brother, cousins and some friends rode.

Theres not much for forums in Calgary either, theres the 403 guys but thats about it i think. I love riding like nothing else but i cant ride alone either, its not the same without buddies.

[tcon]

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It's funny how much things have changed in terms of forums. I've noticed a pretty big decline in Beyond's traffic too. Maybe it's just the threads I pay attention to, but they seem to have really slowed down as well.

It's just the state of the internet these days, human laziness taking over. Who wants to read paragraphs and shit when they can just scroll through pictures with 5-word taglines or witty quotes.