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Bike Hub: 2017 Year in Review

By Bike Hub Features · 71 comments

It’s that time of the year again. We’re taking a look back at the numbers and trends we have seen on Bike Hub in 2017.

The headline numbers, classifieds action, most read articles, the top contributors, most viewed and discussed topics… it’s all here and much more.

Before you get stuck in, cheers to a successful year and lots of smile filled riding in 2018!

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Website Stats – Visitors

Unique visitors
1 709 545
+2.47%
Pageviews
49 122 267
-6.56%
Pages per visit
8.08
+0.25%
Average visit duration (minutes)
07:44
-5.08%

South African User Split

46.75% Gauteng
38.07% Western Cape
9.1% Kwazulu Natal
2.95% Eastern Cape
0.99% Free State
0.71% North West
0.64% Mpumalanga
0.52% Limpopo
0.27% Northern Cape

International User Split

54.25% South Africa
9.56% United States
5.48% France
4.99% United Kingdom
2.31% Australia
1.66% Canada
1.46% Germany
1.11% Italy
1.06% Spain
1.03% Netherlands

Website Activity – New Members


New Members
13 776

Total Members
100 574
+ 15.87%

Gender Split

75.43% Male
vs.
24.57% Female

Classifieds Activity

Total listings value
R 487 799 065
+17.14%


Adverts Posted
57 180
+6.17%

Comments
52 490
-22.06%

Advert Views
15 766 836
+2.31%

Avg. value – All Categories
R 9 149.43
+5.63%

Avg. value – Mountain Bikes
R 21 425.63
+3.31%

Avg. value – Road Bikes
R 18 959.82
-0.09%

Adverts by Location


1. Gauteng 41.77%
2. Western Cape 40.99%
3. Kwazulu Natal 8.11%
4. Eastern Cape 3.63%
5. Mpumulanga 1.87%

6. North West 1.29%
7. Free State 1.52%
8. Limpopo 0.36%
9. Northern Cape 0.26%
10. International 0.22%

Adverts by Category


1. MTB 46.01%
2. Road 27.67%
3. Accessories 10.82%
4. Clothing & Apparel 9.06%

5. Services, Entries & Jobs 4.01 %
6. Vintage Bikes 1.14%
7. Other Bikes 0.57%
8. Non-cycling 0.73%

Website Activity – Top 20 Articles

  1. Bikes of the Epic: Nino Schurter’s Scott Spark RC
  2. 2017 Mountain Bike Stage Race Calendar
  3. Statement regarding cancellation of the 40th Cape Town Cycle Tour from David Bellairs
  4. Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017 cancelled
  5. First Ride: 2017 Specialized S-Works Epic 29 World Cup
  6. The upgrade we can all afford
  7. First Look: The new 2018 Giant Anthem 29
  8. Review: Merida Reacto 4000
  9. Review: 2017 Specialized S-Works Tarmac eTap
  10. Greg Minnaar: The definition of legend
  11. Bikes of the Epic: Cadel Evans’s BMC Fourstroke
  12. Bikes of the Epic: Manuel Fumic’s Cannondale Scalpel-Si
  13. Review: Santa Cruz Hightower
  14. Win with the Epic Fantasy League 2017
  15. Sneak Peek: 2018 Giant Anthem 29er
  16. First Ride Review: Pyga Slakline
  17. Bike Check: James Cunnama’s Cervélo P5X
  18. Gear Check: SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing’s Epic essentials
  19. Building D-Spot
  20. The Bikes of Tour de Braai

Forum Activity


New topics
5 994

Replies
204 241

Topic views
7 917 042

Top 10 Most Viewed Topics created in 2017


1. Tumbles in spot of bother
2. The Munga MTB 2017
3. Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge – #CC2017
4. CWC Online: Our daily specials!
5. WTF CSA?
6. 2017 Vuelta a España
7. Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018
8. Tour de France Fantasy League
9. Do eBikes belong on the mountain?
10. CWC Online: BLACK FRIDAY

89 302
88 479
70 449
66 174
54 746
40 701
36 485
35 480
32 838
31 804

Top 10 Most Replied-to Topics


1. Cyclists with a “Running” Problem
2. 2017 Tour de France
3. The 100th Giro d’Italia
4. Where has your bike taken you today?
5. 2017: The Classics
6. Absa Cape Epic 2017
7. Boast about your latest purchases here…
8. 2017 Cape Town Cycle Tour – Argus
9. The Munga MTB 2017
10. Discovery Health – Vitality and Team Vitality plus
everything else you need to know

4554
4260
3292
2780
2678
1816
1717
1656
1592
1285

Topic starters

1. Mongooser – 71
2. mecheng89 – 38
3. FirstV8 – 28
4. Kalahari Vegmot – 27
5. Patchelicious – 24
6. hellocolour – 22
7. Allrounder – 21
8. rider#35 – 20
9. Pure Savage – 19
10. FatFossil – 19

Top Posters

1. Dale – 4448
2. Patchelicious – 3690
3. Gen – 3573
4. Cav’ – 2882
5. Pure Savage – 2772
6. Myles Mayhew – 2646
7. gummibear – 1685
8. BaGearA – 1596
9. shaper – 1524
10. rider#35 – 1495

All stats for the period 1 January – 12 December 2017 (and compared to the same period for 2016).

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Comments

Hairy
Hairy

Dec 15, 2017, 8:36 AM

2017

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2016

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2015

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Dale and Gen must have had busy years!

 

Gummi making a come back!

I am just glad I have dropped off that list!

NotSoBigBen
NotSoBigBen

Dec 15, 2017, 8:37 AM

These Hubbers need to ride more:

 

1. Dale - 4448

2. Patchelicious - 3690

3. Gen - 3573

4. Cav' - 2882

5. Pure Savage - 2772

6. Myles Mayhew - 2646

7. gummibear - 1685

8. BaGearA - 1596

9. shaper - 1524

10. rider#35 - 1495

*wipes brow with relief*

 

Sent from my LG-D958 using Tapatalk

Kalahari Vegmot
Kalahari Vegmot

Dec 15, 2017, 8:50 AM

I think I almost made that list...

 

Where can we see our posts for the year?

 

As an aside, what a year! A lot of spilled coffee, lekker times, and so much new useful information. Thanks hubbers for helping make my year great!

Cyclewizz
Cyclewizz

Dec 15, 2017, 9:04 AM

*wipes brow with relief*

 

Sent from my LG-D958 using Tapatalk

 

You had nothing to worry about.

You do a lot of riding and spend a lot of time "playing" with your bikes.

Jewbacca
Jewbacca

Dec 15, 2017, 9:36 AM

0.99% from the Freestate... 0.99% of that is Vetseun! 

Stretch
Stretch

Dec 15, 2017, 9:39 AM

I will do my best to add the ROI to that list of international countries in 2018!

I FLY
I FLY

Dec 15, 2017, 9:55 AM

These Hubbers need to ride more:

 

1. Dale - 4448

2. Patchelicious - 3690

3. Gen - 3573

4. Cav' - 2882

5. Pure Savage - 2772

6. Myles Mayhew - 2646

7. gummibear - 1685

8. BaGearA - 1596

9. shaper - 1524

10. rider#35 - 1495

All of them posted more times in 2017 than I have since 2005 

Stretch
Stretch

Dec 15, 2017, 10:00 AM

I would consider myself as an active user and prob between 1000 and 1300 odd posts a year... That's 5 per day for 5 to 6 days a week.... But 4000+ posts! Jeez... That's jedi level hub dedication

Bateleur1
Bateleur1

Dec 15, 2017, 10:02 AM

Good to see I did not hit the top 10.  Although I suppose all the traffic from Germany comes from my keyboard  :whistling:

T-Bob
T-Bob

Dec 15, 2017, 10:10 AM

What you need is a top ten of visits for the year sure that would tell who has the more 'relaxed' jobs out there. :)

Hairy
Hairy

Dec 15, 2017, 10:13 AM

What you need is a top ten of visits for the year sure that would tell who has the more 'relaxed' jobs out there. :)

difficult one ... I open the browser in the morning and leave it open all day

T-Bob
T-Bob

Dec 15, 2017, 10:25 AM

difficult one ... I open the browser in the morning and leave it open all day

 

You mean you close it? #parttimer

Hairy
Hairy

Dec 15, 2017, 10:28 AM

You mean you close it? #parttimer

#saving-energy #save-the-planet

Capricorn
Capricorn

Dec 15, 2017, 10:42 AM

I would consider myself as an active user and prob between 1000 and 1300 odd posts a year... That's 5 per day for 5 to 6 days a week.... But 4000+ posts! Jeez... That's jedi level hub dedication

would be interesting to see average number of words per post for those jedis ;)

Mongoose!
Mongoose!

Dec 15, 2017, 10:42 AM

is so low because they are still on dial-up internet connections :P

ouch. that hurts

Frosty
Frosty

Dec 15, 2017, 11:13 AM

2017

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2016

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2015

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Dale and Gen must have had busy years!

 

Gummi making a come back!

New job has kept me busy this year (since May)... ????

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

T-Bob
T-Bob

Dec 15, 2017, 11:15 AM

#saving-energy #save-the-planet

 

Cough.. cough... yeah.. me too, totally. #totallytheplanet #neverleavethelightson

Eugene Oppelt
Eugene Oppelt

Dec 15, 2017, 11:38 AM

I will not post

I will not post

I will not post

I will not post

I will no post

I will n post

I will post

 

 

Urrggghhhh

 

????????‍????

Patchelicious
Patchelicious

Dec 15, 2017, 11:42 AM

Go Dale!!

 

How many were banned and which hubber had the most warnings

I only got 2 warnings all year, one for calling a SARS a bunch of c-words and another for trolling MrX, ironic isn't it.

Patchelicious
Patchelicious

Dec 15, 2017, 11:44 AM

Can we please populate the list with occupation as well, I want to see which career allows this much free time?

I spend most of my day in meetings that could be e-mails... get bored and then Hub while pretending to listen.

Eddy Gordo
Eddy Gordo

Dec 15, 2017, 11:48 AM

What other kind of stats are available?

 

Hated thread, who is online the most, Most liked,  who advertises the most...........

shaper
shaper

Dec 15, 2017, 11:49 AM

Usual suspects year in year out  :whistling:

Vetplant
Vetplant

Dec 15, 2017, 12:02 PM

I spend most of my day in meetings that could be e-mails... get bored and then Hub while pretending to listen.

I feel your pain.

 

If people could just actually read their emails and respond in a timely manner we may one day see the extinction of meetings that waste everyone's time.

Kalahari Vegmot
Kalahari Vegmot

Dec 15, 2017, 12:12 PM

I will not post

I will not post

I will not post

I will not post

I will no post

I will n post

I will post

Urrggghhhh

‍

That must be the record for the most words you've fitted in a single post all year!
TheTashkentExpress
TheTashkentExpress

Dec 15, 2017, 12:12 PM

I spend most of my day in meetings that could be e-mails... get bored and then Hub while pretending to listen.

Is this the first instance of someone using "Hub" as a verb? If so, well done. 

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