BTR Turns 5 years old

Well, on August 2nd, 2002, BTR became a tiny little spec on the world wide web. That orange ad up there (Whoa, anybody else remember when BTR was orange? ha! What the heck was I thinking, and when am I going to re-design this unorganzied site???) is one of the first ads I ran as a result of working with Candice and Larry over at bike.com . It's these two that really sparked the re-kindling of my passion for bikes and technology in 2001 - without their generosity and encouragement, BTR wouldn't be on the path it is today.

Since that day five years ago, and with the help of lots of people, it has become a wee-bit bigger spec on the world wide web (but still just a little spec out there!!!).

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=biketechreview.com

My unbelievably patient and supportive wife is the heart and soul of BTR - what other kind of woman would help their husband do this:

http://www.biketechreview.com/misc/hangin_hub.htm

and think it was funny - yep, my wife rocks! ;-)

The Willett crew in Bendville has provided an immense amount of support, direction, and inspiration. I reckon, though, that Tina sure wishes I'd stop calling so much - but alas, there are just too many things to do and not enough time to get done what needs to be done! ;-)

Special thanks also goes out to the crew at LSWT.com (Dave, Dave, Frank, Donna, and Dave!)who have "learned me" a thing or two (or twenty) along the way.

Also, a big thanks to the many contributors on the BTR forum who provide many different perspectives for folks to consider.

I'm deeply grateful to everyone out there who takes a few minutes out of their day to poke around and explore the little nuggets here on biketechreview.com.

Lets make BTR bigger and better over the next five years!