As the Wheels Turn

Corba has a resource page here. They currently have links for the following there:

• South Bay Mountain Bike Club
• Over the Bars Mountain Bike Club
• Pasadena Mountain Bike Club
• North Ranch Mountain Bike Club
• Dirt Chix

I’ve sent two emails in the past trying to ask for some link love from Corba to no avail. Never got a response either.

Here are one of the previous emails sent to info@corbamtb.com on May 27th, 2007:

Hi,

I’m writing to ask if you could include a link to http://www.socaltrailriders.org on the Corba links page. It’s still fairly new compared to other such sites but has exploded in popularity. Lots of friendly riders on that website and I bet some of your site visitors would benefit greatly from finding a link to it on your links page.

Thanks,
George

Today I sent another email to not one but many addresses:

• webmaster@corbamtb.com
• info@corbamtb.com
• membership@corbamtb.com
• volunteer@corbamtb.com
• markmtb@adelphia.net
• mtbike4@earthlink.net

And the email:

Hi Corba people,

I’d like to request a link addition to your resources page, please. It’s to SocalTrailRiders. The URL is http://www.socaltrailriders.org/

It’s the most active community/forum/website of riders in socal and has been for at least a year now. It would surely be a great resource for people who visit your website.

Some example pages:
http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-talk/7082-rr-demo-days-yeti-chumba-rocky-mountain.html
http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trailhead/6742-black-star-beeks-place-newbie-ride-beeks-clean-up.html
http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-talk/1878-vq-cc-recap-pics.html
http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-talk/5985-rr-bikes-beers-2007-a.html

thanks for the consideration,
George Gonzalez

p.s. Tiny heads up on the website redesign: on the homepage there are extra <a> </a> tags for the “::” after calendar in the footer. And as a tip: I noticed all the CSS is inline. Moving the css to an external file will not only help search engine optimization but also decrease download speed for users because those files get cached after the first visit.

Hopefully at least one person who gets that will be a little open minded to the idea of having an STR link on their resources page. Will update this post later if I get a response (or no response).

Update:

Huge thanks to Hans over at Corba. Here’s his response

Hi George,

Hey no problem I will add STR to the links! You have a great site there!
I was riding with a guy (forgot his name?) in Tahoe on the MTBR Gathering. He said he helped start it with you. He goes to school in AZ now.

I was wondering how would I change my user name on STR? I looked around on there and did not see a way to do it?

Thanks for the tips on the CORBA site! I see what you mean about the footer.

Thanks, Hans