Comments on: #bikeschool: To G+ or not to G+

By: Martha A. Boyd

Martha A. Boyd — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:25:00 +0000

I’m open to trying new things to enhance BikeSchool. G+ hasn’t caught my attention yet. I can barely keep up with Twitter/Facebook. Good to know BikeSchool Hour will remain on Twitter. I like the simplicity. FB is too busy, don’t know if G+ will get that way, actually thought G+ was dead. Sounds good for extra curricular activities for our crazy cycling students/classmates. If Stevie is jumping off the bridge, do we all need to follow? Just kidding, I just read @lovingthebike’s mom said that on a previous post. Fun to see where this adventure takes us. In the meantime, I love my Thursday night BikeSchool on Twitter, anything extra wherever that maybe is a plus, or G+.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:22:00 +0000

Thanks for your comments on this, Marty. You’ve got that right…#bikeschool will always be a permanent fixture on Twitter and really will always be the real #bikeschool. Having something to help promote #bikeschool on G+ should be a good thing and it will also further expand the great brand that we have with it.

It’s actually great to see so much discussion on this because that shows me how much people really care about what we have going on. #bikeschool has grown to be something very special and we would never do anything that would change or affect that.

By: Martha A. Boyd

Martha A. Boyd — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:12:00 +0000

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:34:00 +0000

Thanks Chandler. You are one of the biggest #bikeschool promoters out there so I appreciate you adding in your thoughts to this discussion.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:33:00 +0000

We’ll provide more details in the future, but we hope you’ll join us on Twitter again as well as for a hangout on G+.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:32:00 +0000

Thanks for your input, Steve. Yes, there is definitely an open market for bicycle discussion on G+ and I guess that is why we’ve had a lot of people asking if #bikeschool would set up over there. Before moving to fast forward we wanted to hear from our loyal #bikeschool crew and that was the reason for today’s post.

We’ll likely use the #bikeschool G+ to help promote what goes on over on Twitter and hold cycling based hangouts on G+ that are separate from the traditional #bikeschool.

Thanks again for your comments.

By: Steve Montalto

Steve Montalto — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:22:00 +0000

Two thoughts on this and both are in favor of #bikeschool on G+. First – would really love to see cycling and biking advocacy flourish on G+. Maybe this is only my personal desire but the platform just seems right for both fun and substantive discussions (#bikeschool being a great example of both). FB is from my POV, too cluttered (among a variety of issues). Twitter is great for a lot of things but having a large active discussion thread going… is a challenge. Throw in some media and, well, messy to say the least. Second (and this speaks to the “challenge” with Twitter), G+ is structured (currently) around conversations – so much easier to keep track of the thread One note – I haven’t participated in any Hangouts as of yet but I believe that you don’t have the advantage of textual thread so folks who are tardy for #bikeschool (raises hand) or have to multi-task during class may find it harder to participate. In summary – I’m all for it and say “let’s try it!”

By: Susan P

Susan P — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Bikeschool anywhere is a great idea. I’ll be attending wherever you have it.

By: Chandler Snyder

Chandler Snyder — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:01:00 +0000

Ok, heres my 2 cents. Im all about bringing #bikeschool to as many people as possible. I love twitter, for those of you who know me. However, I dont necc have time to sit around and refresh every couple of mins on my phone. Ive missed the past couple of weeks because of “life” and personally I feel that if there was a Hangout on G+, or some similar service site, Id be more apt to schedule that time during the week. Now I understand I could do the same thing, but i liken it to “online” classes versus in person classes. If you KNOW youre going to miss something in person that you will not be able to ask the prof about later, youre more apt to go. If its “online” you can go there whenever to attend.

If there’s a site out there that can integrate both, WONDERFUL! I dont think it exists yet though. So, Id love to see #bikeschool on G+ and I think it would also make it that much more personal to all of us who LOVE this bike culture that we do, and can offer so many more sides to the story from our different experiences and backgrounds.

Boots out!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:36:00 +0000

I have only been on #bikeschool a couple times but have enjoyed it. I hope I get back there again. I am not on Google yet but am interested to hear about developments on there. I learned a few things in this post today.