A lot of social media activity has migrated over this past year to portals like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Tumblr, but several new cycling blogs have caught my attention and yours in 2011.
I ignored the popular “Bikes Can Save Us” infographic that linked to a spammy link farm, but people still link to it. Since I can’t beat ’em, I’ve joined ’em with my own link bait, inspired by a discussion with Byron @ Bike Hugger on link bait, SEO, and spam websites.
The takeaway — say something flattering and create a cool infographic for a niche special interest, and watch the links pour in!
I’m writing this Thursday night, but when this posts Friday morning I’ll hopefully be riding with the Santa Cruz To Google (SC2G) crew through various Mid Peninsula Open Space trail on an epic road + dirt commute to work over the Santa Cruz Mountains. Wish me luck.
Skeptic Christopher Hitchens on a Dahon folding bike. He’s riding with his feet off of the pedals to protest New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law ยง1232, which says “feet must be on pedals” when riding a bike.

I’d normally write “R.I.P.,” but that would be kind of against everything he believed in.