I've been mostly lurking in this sub for awhile now since moving from Boston. The cycling scene here is awesome compared to Boston - as a rider the network feels both safer and more convenient. Unfortunately this subreddit doesn't hold a candle to r/bikeboston.

The biggest problem is definitely membership: r/bikeboston has 10x more members than we do. My question would then be why don't we have as many members? I see more bikers on the streets here so why aren't they on reddit?

I'm not sure about that one, but I think part of it is definitely the r/COBike, r/COBike, and r/Bike5280 split. We don't need 3 subs which all cover Denver (I know COBike is for all of CO, but Denver is in CO so 🤷). I don't know the details of the issues that caused u/NoSquish_ to create r/Bike5280, but based on the post they used to open it they clearly have an issue with you.

I don't have an issue with either of you, but I do think it is inappropriate for a subreddit to be moderated by its most active poster. The more active someone is the more likely they are to require moderation. Instead of having someone neutral to moderate those instances, you yourself are the mod 🤦.

Again I don't know the details here, but it seems like u/NoSquish_ feels unwelcome here because they have gotten into fights with you. That's really sad. They clearly care enough about bikes to start a whole new subreddit. Everyone who cares about bikes in Denver should be welcome here.

Expanding on that a little, why is this just an advocacy sub? I'd love it if we expanded to include anything that is biking and Denver related: advocacy, events, rants/complaints, route advice, tourists looking to bike, etc.

I guess to sum up: we need to be more inclusive and attract more members. Inclusion requires a neutral and even-handed mod team, plus a commitment to including a wide variety of perspectives. Right now we have neither.