Hi,

I don't know if all of you received the below email, but this looks like a nationwide resource to post ads on bicycles and equipment.  Small ads are free.  You can both buy and sell, just like ebay and Craig's List.

Thought some of you would be interested in this.

- Mike



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Date: 14 Oct 2008 15:29:37 -0400
Subject: Backstage pass for your members

To ensure that future emails from Pedal Classifieds aren't eaten by your spam monster, be sure to add the PedalClassifieds.com domain to your list of allowed senders.Hi.

When it comes to bicycle, we believe that the clubs/teams are truly the heart and soul of the pursuit. Your members are the people who pour countless hours into their passion, and are often the ultimate authority on the subject. Since these are exactly the kind of people we built PedalClassifieds.com for, we wanted to do something to give a little back to the community.

Because we think clubs/teams like yours are so important, we'd like to give each and every one of your members a full one year, paid, Bronze level membership. It offers a great deal more power than our basic free membership, so we're sure they'll enjoy the benefits of the free upgrade. They deserve it.

We Need Your Help

In a few days, we'll be making a major announcement from coast to coast about the high tech, state of the art features that we've built into Pedal Classifieds. We've created a system for you has the kind of power normally reserved for major corporations, but dedicated exclusively to the bicycle community. However, to truly take it to the next level, we need your help.

When a new web site based on member activity launches, there's always that initial Catch 22. Much like an empty dance floor, many people want to wait until they see others post before they jump in themselves. Of course, that means everyone stands around looking at each other, and no one benefits. That's where your members come in.

Free Bronze Upgrades For Every One Of Your Members

During this initial grand opening period, we've hotwired the system to automatically upgrade your members to Bronze when they post their first free classified ad. They don't have to wave magic wands or remember any arcane phrases - they're just immediately given the Bronze.

All we need you to do is pass this along to your members and point them to http://PedalClassifieds.com. When they click the Post Ad link on the left menu, they'll be prompted to enter a user name and password to create their free membership, and then they'll be taken to the classified page to post their ads (they can post as many as they like for free). As soon as they've submitted the first free ad, they're immediately upgraded to Bronze, and the party begins for us all.

Thanks!

We hope that giving away free Bronze upgrades to your entire membership will help demonstrate the importance we place on clubs/teams like yours. We're also continually adding new features to help you have more bicycle fun.

By the way, we have many categories to list free ads under, so we're hoping to have some content under each of them before we make our major announcement to the rest of the country. If you could ask your members to make sure we have ads under all of these categories, it'll put us in a position to do even more for you in the future.

And thanks very much - we really appreciate having you as a part of Pedal Classifieds, and we hope to have you as friends for many years to come.

Have fun!The PedalClassifieds.com Staff