As mentioned in the title, BikeForums.net is a treasure, and you should bookmark it

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    7 days ago

    Bookmarked. Thanks.

    Though I’ll have to try later some other time, I guess Tor users are blocked :

    The owner of this website (www.bikeforums.net) has banned the country or region your IP address is in (TOR) from accessing this website.

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    9 days ago

    They apparently blocked Mullvad using Cloudflare? I can’t access it at all. I’ve literally never seen a complete block like this before on any website – at worst I’d get a captcha.

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        8 days ago

        I stopped trying after NY, Chicago and LA which were all blocked. At this point their defenses are more aggressive than my bank.

        They aren’t protecting state secrets.

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          7 days ago

          I stopped trying after NY, Chicago and LA which were all blocked. At this point their defenses are more aggressive than my bank.

          Tried Mullvad for this :

          • Germany - fine
          • Greece - blocked
          • Finland - blocked
          • Hungary - fine

          I guess it’s YMMV.

          They aren’t protecting state secrets.

          They’re probably worried and with forums abuse this is quite fair.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    Thank you for sharing that. I’ve been aware of Bikeforums, and they come up a lot during searches, but I’ll be signing up shortly. They really do have EVERYTHING you could possibly ask for in bike-related topics.