You guys notice this new poll, right?

the one on the right hand side of the forum table? we’re going to change this thing every week or so, and archive the results. we have a pretty large community here, it would be informative for as many of you as possible to take part, because we can go back and do this again in a year or two and see how the market has moved.

in the particular case of this poll, it’s the tri bike we’re interested in, that is, what is the next tri bike you’re likely to buy, based on how you currently feel, whether or not you’re expecting this to be an imminent purchase, or whether it’s a ways off into the future.

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i only saw it because of rappstar’s thread. it would be nice to able to check several boxes though as most of us are considering more than one brand, other than cervelo.

Not in a very noticeable position. Maybe move it up right under the search box?

I didn’t notice the poll until I saw Rappstar’s thread.

Maybe we should have a poll to see if we notice the poll…

Other is winning by a thread. When I buy another, it will still be from Ves, the man.

Dave

i don’t see it; but maybe i’m too tired and just can’t see straight!

Your advertisers may not want to know this, but I never look at any of the stuff on the right side. As with others, I only saw this because of Rappstar. If you could do a poll in the forum and make it a sticky like they do on TNO, you would likely get far more votes. I didn’t like the choices on the poll either. Where was Litespeed?

“I never look at any of the stuff on the right side.”

hence the poll’s placement :wink:

“If you could do a poll in the forum and make it a sticky like they do on TNO, you would likely get far more votes.”

it’s that right-hand side thing.

now, as to litespeed, yes, it’s in the “other” category. there are over 200 bike brands in triathlon. you see the problem.

there are over 200 bike brands in triathlon. you see the problem.

Perhaps a text box to type in the “other” being considered?

maybe we could have a poll about the best seat angle for tribikes? maybe in groups of 3 degress - 70-72, 73-75, 76-78, 79-82.

whichever wins the poll becomes the official, st-approved seat angle!

“maybe we could have a poll about the best seat angle for tribikes? maybe in groups of 3 degress - 70-72, 73-75, 76-78, 79-82.”

that’s almost precisely one of the future polls jordan and i have set up. except we did so with just a 2-degree range, starting at 73/74, ending at 81/82.

For me, the poll only came up when I logged in.

" For me, the poll only came up when I logged in."

you’ll notice it only on the main forum table, it hasn’t yet been added to our templates on the rest of the forum (such as when you look inside a thread).

it’ll get added to the other templates, and we’re not doing adding little utilities like this to the right-hand side column. we’ve got one more to go.

Just as an FYI.
I clicked vote and was taken to the “you vote was counted page”. I clicked the main index tab up top and got a 404 error message.

Dave

Slowman…one thing. You may want to consider doing the polls based on the username instead of the IP. I voted at work and then noticed I could vote here at home as well. just a thought.

Not in a good place.

Your poll is probably not going to be as relevent for comparison because the brands showing the most momentum are the smaller ones not included. I realize there are hundred+, but you should at least have included the 15 you have listed in your survey.

Another ‘other’ vote here since Guru isn’t listed.

“maybe we could have a poll about the best seat angle for tribikes? maybe in groups of 3 degress - 70-72, 73-75, 76-78, 79-82.”

that’s almost precisely one of the future polls jordan and i have set up. except we did so with just a 2-degree range, starting at 73/74, ending at 81/82.

will the results be binding?

“You may want to consider doing the polls based on the username instead of the IP.”

we did not want to prevent lurkers from voting.

30% for other…

fascinating

“30% for other…”

we’ll follow with another poll, in which those who voted “other” get a chance to pick the “other” they have in mind.