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Jeff Hohner wrote:
> 
> I�m looking for help with the research I�m doing for a business plan. I�m
> checking out the viability of a Web publication that will list bicycle
> tour companies and their tours.
> 
> This service will be comprehensive: there will be no charge for tour
> companies to participate--this free advertising should attract both large
> international companies and smaller local operators. It will be
> responsive: the site will be driven by a database that will be constantly
> updated by myself and directly by tour companies. It will be fun: sections
> of the site will be interactive--they will support libraries of anecdotes
> and touring tips submitted by readers. And of course it will be FREE for
> all to browse on the Web. The enterprise will cover its costs through
> sponsorship and some cycling-related advertising.
> 
> I wish to know if this service would be of use to cyclists on the internet.
> 
> If you have a few minutes to answer the following 7 questions it would
> help me greatly...
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> I�ve set up the questions so you can simply quote them back to me and
> delete the responses that are not appropriate. Feel free to leave more
> than one response per question in place if it applies.
> 
> 
> 1. IN THE PAST, I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN:
>     a commercial bicycle tour
>     a club-organized bicycle tour (of greater than one day in length)
>     a self-organized bicycle tour ( �    �      �   �   �   �    �  )
>     
> 
> 2. IN THE FUTURE, I HAVE PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN:
>     a commercial bicycle tour
>     a club-organized bicycle tour (of greater than one day in length)
>     a self-organized bicycle tour ( �    �      �   �   �   �    �  )
>     
> 
> 3. IN THE FUTURE, I CAN IMAGINE MYSELF PARTICIPATING IN:
>     a commercial bicycle tour
>     a club-organized bicycle tour (of greater than one day in length)
>     a self-organized bicycle tour ( �    �      �   �   �   �    �  )
>     > 
> 4. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT:
>     the bicycle tours offered by commercial companies
>     the bicycle tours offered by bike clubs
>     bicycle tours others have organized for themselves
>     > 
> 5. IN THE PAST, I HAVE USED THE WEB TO RESEARCH:
>     a vacation or travel
>     
>     a cycling-related purchase
>     another type of purchase
>     another subject
>     
> 
> 6. IN THE PAST, I HAVE USED THE WEB TO MAKE:
>    
>     a cycling-related purchase
>     
>    
> 
> 7. I WOULD VISIT THE BICYCLE TOURING WEBSITE DESCRIBED ABOVE:
>     to check it out at least once
>     to browse the bicycle tour listings
>     to browse the posted anecdotes and tips
>     when planning my vacation
>     when considering booking a bicycle tour
>     to post anecdotes or touring tips
>     on a regular basis
>    
> 
> Please reply by e-mail to avoid burdening this newsgroup. I have taken the
> liberty of cross-posting this message to a number of other cycling-related
> groups. My apologies for the clutter if you subscribe to more than one of
> these, but what better way to contact cyclists on the 'net than through
> the 'net!
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to check out this posting and special thanks to
> those who assisted me by replying.
> 
> j.
> 
> P.S. Your responses will be treated as confidential; I will promptly
> delete them from my hard drive after they have been counted.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Jeff Hohner
> 5-511 Carbonate St., Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, V1L 4P4
> jshohner@netidea.com