Happy New Year and welcome to Bamarides 2016.
Wow, 2015 was a wild year on the forum.
The year started with a great dual sport ride on New Years Day. Dan led a group of riders around his playground. It was a great day of riding.
We had a good mix of dirt, street and long trips. We watched Shane and Nicole go from track days to winning races. agoodwin made us proud on the trials and enduro rides.
We had Flash Mobs, Gymkhana and a big meet up at Barbers during Vintage Fest. Big thanks to the folks that work to make these happen.
We said Safe Travels to our fearless leader, dredman, and watched as he rode off to his grand adventure.
We experienced a devastating crash of the forum, then watched as it rose from the ashes. In 4 months we are back to 222 members and 5200 posts.
I appreciate and enjoy every post, pic and video that is posted on Bamarides. Here are some of the things that really standout to me.
gharshman (Glenn) is leading the most post and topics. Great job adding content back to the new forum. klaviator(Win) along with several others have done a nice job of bringing back info from the old forum.
All the ride reports and pics have been great.
One of my favorite Ride Report - My Colorful Trip to Colorado - http://bamarides.com/ride/index.php?topic=77.0
One of my favorite pic/video - Old Bamarides posted by Postmaster(Scott). His video to Mill - http://bamarides.com/ride/index.php?topic=415.0
I want to thank the Mods that helped rebuild and keep the floors clean on the forum.
A huge thanks to every member that adds to the content on the forum. Without you, Bamarides wouldn't be what it is today.
What is your favorite posts from 2015?
What else can you say? I read this thread like a book. A thriller. Heck, I read all this guys threads that way. The planning, the thought processes, insights, contemplation. I save his threads to read when I have quiet, undivided time. I save to savor. Inspire. Kick me in the ass. Yep. My favorites. I'm glad he trusts us with this kind of look inside his soul.
http://bamarides.com/ride/index.php?topic=271.0
My favorites from 2015 were all the great rides I had with other people on this forum and there were several that really stick out in my memory. Riding to NC and back with Al, Melony and James. N. GA with ChuckA, KDTrull, and Tobyone. Both of the Nowheretobe rides and of course the Sammax Memorial ride.
My favorite posts? Hard to say. I think the best ride report was Brian A's trip to Idaho to ride with Mill: http://bamarides.com/ride/index.php?topic=271.0 (http://bamarides.com/ride/index.php?topic=271.0)
I also really enjoyed some of the discussion that happens between members here.
The most memorable pic for me was one that I was lucky enough to get:
(http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu171/wknudsen/2015%20pics/DSC01193_zpsqa73fgjy.jpg)
I'm looking forward to 2016!
Quote from: klaviator on January 01, 2016, 10:02:54 AM
The most memorable pic for me was one that I was lucky enough to get:
That's a powerful photograph. I'm really glad you got it.
May thanks to all for their hard work!! 2016 is gonna be GREAT!