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Best Electric Bike Forum
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by Jérôme Daoust. Revised 2008/10/15 |
Comparison (Top of Page)
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General opinion |
Not an ebike dedicated forum. |
Good for information searches, user base. Based on a hybrid email list / bulletin board. Using this forum is a throwback to early discussion group formats. Attachments are possible but method is poor. No polls. |
Too bad the forum is self-limited to the UK. But they may soon go global. |
Good base for the future. Forum recently started but offers good format base. The only thing missing is a critical mass of user to encourage even more to join. |
Not a dedicated forum, low user count. |
Not a dedicated forum, low user count. |
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First post |
2006/11/25 |
2006/4/1 |
2006/8/21 |
2007/10/14 |
2003/7/31 |
2007/12/24 |
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ebike topics count (2008/8/5) |
3353, but how many for ebikes? |
3655 |
2539 |
87 |
760, but how many for ebikes? |
34, but how many for ebikes? |
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Theme |
Electric vehicles |
Electric bicycles |
Electric bicycles |
Electric bicycles |
Bicycles |
Motorized bicycles |
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Region |
World |
World |
UK. Russell Scott, 2008/8/8: We will shortly redo the whole site with a fresh look and feel giving a more professional image. This would be a great time to make the site global. |
World |
World |
World |
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Format |
phpBB |
Hybrid: email group, bulletin board. |
vBulletin |
phpBB |
Some type of BB |
vBulletin |
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New message immediately posted? |
Immediate (knowing it is a phpBB) |
Yes, once you have posted a few messages and moderators trust you. |
Probably immediate, to be verified. |
Immediate |
Probably immediate, to be verified. |
Probably immediate, to be verified. |
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Can add attachments to messages? |
Yes |
Yes. Example. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can edit messages? |
Yes (knowing it is a phpBB) |
No editing, only deletion. |
To be determined. |
Yes |
To be determined. |
To be determined. |
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Can create polls? |
Yes. Example: What's your top speed. |
No. More info. |
Question asked. They will try to add polls. |
Yes. Example. |
Yes. Example. |
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Ability to search? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, if registered |
Yes. Info. |
Color code:
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Bad |
So-so |
Good |
Recommendation (Top of Page)
The best ones:
· Endless-sphere has a better format and unites the most diversified ebike enthusiasts.
· TidalForce is more centered on Optibike and uses a less convenient format.