What bicycle blogs do you read?
01-12-10, 04:05 PM
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What bicycle blogs do you read?
My routine at work is prtty strict - every day after lunch I take a few minutes to read my bike blogs. I know that some of you read blogs as well, so I'm curious what blogs you are reading?
My favorites are:
https://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/
https://www.fatcyclist.com/
https://arcticglass.blogspot.com/
https://www.6yearsinaraincape.com/
https://www.bikingindallas.com/
https://www.allhailtheblackmarket.com/
And obviously I am a big fan of my blog, too.
My favorites are:
https://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/
https://www.fatcyclist.com/
https://arcticglass.blogspot.com/
https://www.6yearsinaraincape.com/
https://www.bikingindallas.com/
https://www.allhailtheblackmarket.com/
And obviously I am a big fan of my blog, too.
01-12-10, 04:07 PM
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I suppose I could click on some of your links, my question before doing so is...
Are any of them 1/15th as funny as BSNYC?
EDIT: Wow, that was dooshy. My apologies. I enjoyed reading about your Falcon resto project.
Are any of them 1/15th as funny as BSNYC?
EDIT: Wow, that was dooshy. My apologies. I enjoyed reading about your Falcon resto project.
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01-12-10, 04:16 PM
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01-12-10, 04:26 PM
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Most are not as funny as BSNYC - but who is?
01-12-10, 04:32 PM
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I used to read belgium knee warmers daily then sometime last year it stopped being updated, I see its back on its feet now though, busted carbon is a good read now and then too.
01-12-10, 05:40 PM
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I follow around 100 cycling oriented blogs. Most are transportation cyclist based and/or vintage bikes, typically IGH.
Probably my favorite is Lets Go Ride a Bike with Lovely Bicycle running a very close second.
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I follow around 100 cycling oriented blogs. Most are transportation cyclist based and/or vintage bikes, typically IGH.
Probably my favorite is Lets Go Ride a Bike with Lovely Bicycle running a very close second.
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
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01-12-10, 06:02 PM
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I spend too much time here, as is. Add to that, anything Rocker oriented for the motorcycles, plus a number of automobile blogs - and the last thing I need is more bike blogs. Yes, I do check in to BSNYC every so often and catch up.
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01-12-10, 10:55 PM
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You gonna eat that?
R A N T W I C K is perhaps the best-written blog on my list
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Let's Go Ride a Bike is pretty great
...but I especially like Rat Trap Press, if only because Myles lives within a few miles of me and we've gotten together once or twice. And he writes well, too.
There are too many others to mention but if you want to try, check out my Beginning Bicycle Commuting blog.
Suburban Assault
DFW Point-To-Point
Let's Go Ride a Bike is pretty great
...but I especially like Rat Trap Press, if only because Myles lives within a few miles of me and we've gotten together once or twice. And he writes well, too.
There are too many others to mention but if you want to try, check out my Beginning Bicycle Commuting blog.
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01-12-10, 11:11 PM
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I tried to read through many of the afformentioned blogs but I only ever cheack BSNYC and AHTBM now adays
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Only BSNYC and only if my buddy reads it first, thinks it's funny, and sends me a link.
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01-13-10, 04:52 AM
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When you have kids involved in traveling sports such as basketball and soccer, and we are up to our necks in this stuff, it involves lots of sitting around in gyms, indoor domes, and fieldhouses waiting for them to do their thing. Being the ever attentive father, I watch for a while, but then lose a bit of focus. I make sure to bring along my Macbook Pro or my iPhone and check in my favorite blogs. They are perfect for my incredible short attention span. I tend to look for Italian oriented blogs that feature current racing, vintage, or bike lifestyle themes. Not all of these are Italian themed, but they have a strong bike link in their dna. I am trying to not repeat some of those listed above, but one for me that's always interesting is the Italian Cycling Journal. Good stuff. If anyone has a good handmade bike blog to add, please cough it up. Here are some links:
https://bikeadelic.blogspot.com/ For DeRosa fans. Good links as well.
https://www.fyxomatosis.com/ Track stuff too.
https://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/ Fuso alert!
https://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/
https://www.colnago.cc/
https://www.thewashingmachinepost.net/ Following the Cielo road test and build. Neat bike, intelligent writing. Cool pics.
https://lagazzettadellabici.blogspot.com/ Vinatge racing pics!
https://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/
https://oakwoodlife.blogspot.com/ Minnesota living, cool bikes like Kvale's and McLean's, and great music.
Good stuff!
https://bikeadelic.blogspot.com/ For DeRosa fans. Good links as well.
https://www.fyxomatosis.com/ Track stuff too.
https://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/ Fuso alert!
https://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/
https://www.colnago.cc/
https://www.thewashingmachinepost.net/ Following the Cielo road test and build. Neat bike, intelligent writing. Cool pics.
https://lagazzettadellabici.blogspot.com/ Vinatge racing pics!
https://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/
https://oakwoodlife.blogspot.com/ Minnesota living, cool bikes like Kvale's and McLean's, and great music.
Good stuff!
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01-13-10, 05:25 AM
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You gonna eat that?
You know.... I've never found BSNYC funny. Even the ones that people link to and say it's a hoot. There's just something distinctly unfunny about it, like he's trying too hard to be funny. Kind of like Dave Barry.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
01-13-10, 05:48 AM
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A friend of mine writes one called The Minus Car Project: https://minuscar.blogspot.com I usually read that one.
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https://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/ Dave Moulton writes about famous and not so famous riders of the past, his Fusos and custom bikes, and his own riding experiences
https://www.le-grimpeur.net Lots of great writing about past climbers, the famous climbs of the TdF, Giro, Vuelta, etc. A very good series on doping
https://www.le-grimpeur.net Lots of great writing about past climbers, the famous climbs of the TdF, Giro, Vuelta, etc. A very good series on doping
01-13-10, 09:03 AM
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Isn't bike forums a blog?
Blogs, tweets, forums, sometimes there is just too much. But thanks to bookmarks I can add some or all of the above into a folder. Thanks for the links.
Blogs, tweets, forums, sometimes there is just too much. But thanks to bookmarks I can add some or all of the above into a folder. Thanks for the links.
01-13-10, 09:58 AM
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Life is too short to read blogs.
If totally board I might look at the VO blog, but that's it.
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If totally board I might look at the VO blog, but that's it.
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I am generally a BF girl. like others said I spent too much time here and ebay to read other forums.
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Yeah, and life's not too short to spend all day here..... 
01-13-10, 10:30 AM
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01-13-10, 08:39 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Don't take this the wrong way (ummm... maybe there isn't a right way to take it), but when you say that, it sounds kinda dirty. 
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."