How did you find out about the chainlink?

Just curious, how did you first hear (or read) about the chainlink? I met Leah at a bike film festival scavenger hunt and although I forgot the name of the website saw her again at the perimeter ride (biking around the borders of the city led by John Greenfield).

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Permalink Reply by Bob on September 29, 2008 at 2:35am

I led rides for the Wednesday night Chicago Cycling Club and she would email me that our ride was listed on chainlink. The rest is history.

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Permalink Reply by Dubi Kaufmann on September 29, 2008 at 2:47am

i saw an item about it in Gapers Block - the mentioned item.

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Permalink Reply by Bart on September 29, 2008 at 2:56am

I found about it the old fashioned way...google. which is weird because the site had only been around for about a week at that point and it still came up in google. Must have been fate <3 <3 <3

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Permalink Reply by Kelly on September 29, 2008 at 3:02am

My co-worker, EvanK, insisted I check it out. We bike for work so it seemed like the right thing to do. :)

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Permalink Reply by yellow jello on September 29, 2008 at 3:08am

i think i searched 'bike' in the chicago craigslist activities section and found what i was looking for - information on bike-related events in chicago!

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Permalink Reply by Tommie on September 29, 2008 at 3:45am

I moved to Chicago and knew no one. So I went to Craigs List. I searched the missed connections, the matches, the "OTHER" matches, the bikes for sale, the job posting, the artist community thing, the volunteer thing (I keep hoping for a steroid clinical study...anything to morph my Wu--Tang calves into Butt Calves) and then I looked at activities. I thought to myself, "Tommie, maybe some really cute girl will be posting about needing a riding partner. You'll email her. You'll ride. She'll fall in love with your smooth legs and butter-knife sharp wit. You'll kiss. You'll make babies. You'll spawn riding babies, teach them to love Jawbreaker and 2nd wave Emo, teach them to build wheels and braze frames. Your children will ride 24-hour races at 6 and turn pro at 14. They'll meet Lance's kids during a Jr. Level crit. and proceed to stick a frame pump in their spokes around turn 3. You will be proud! Your wife will cheer louder than you and then depant Lance. You will sit back and bask in UNHOLY GLORY (a glory that tastes too similar to Chimay Blue). It will be because of Craigs List. . . . Screw online dating, Craigs List is the shit."

That day no cute girl posted about riding BUT Leah did post about Chain Link. Now I have a crush on her.

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Permalink Reply by root on September 29, 2008 at 3:53am

picked up the flyer in rapid transit one day. joined about a month later

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Permalink Reply by Abby on September 29, 2008 at 4:32am

and I got jealous of root joining, so I followed.

:)

root said:

picked up the flyer in rapid transit one day. joined about a month later

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Permalink Reply by vxla on September 29, 2008 at 6:09am

I dunno even know how I found out about it. Maybe while promoting the Pierogi Fest ride or something?

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on September 29, 2008 at 6:15am

well h3, we are happy you have joined us!

h3 said:

Jessica, one of the folks working on redesigning the bikewinter.org site, came across it in the course of researching what's out there-- first I heard of it. Then a few weeks later Evan looked me deep in the eye and told me I should check it out.
I had no choice.