I have some friends. Some of them like the intertubes as much as you and I do. To keep things simple, I’ve arranged them alphabetically--starting with the third-to-last letter of their names.

Singletrack - singletrackworld.com

Singletrack is a mountain bike magazine from the UK. But it’s so much more than just that. Beautifully written, fun, and interesting.. and chock-full of amazing photography. A US subscription is painfully expensive, but it’s sooo worth it!

Rodale - rodale.com

Publishers of my book, The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair for Road and Mountain Bikes. The 6th edition will be available in summer or fall of 2010.

Cycle-Smart - cycle-smart.com

Coaching for all aspects of bicycle performance. No one in the US understands the intricacies of cyclocross racing the way Cycle-Smart’s Adam Myerson does. And he’s got the results to back it up.

Urban Velo - urbanvelo.org

Celebrating the culture of urban cycling.

Dinosaur Comics - qwantz.com

My heart has a boner for Dinosaur Comics! You’ll never understand if you don’t read it.

USAC Race Mechanics - usacracemechanics.blogspot.com

The blog of the USA Cycling Head Mechanic.

Mountain Bike - mountainbike.com

Bicycling magazine’s sister publication, focusing on the dirtier side of cycling.

CarsRCoffins - carsrcoffins.com

The Hurl Everstone’s seminal punk bike blog thing.

Copenhagen Cycle Chic - copenhagencyclechic.com

Style over speed

Bicycling - bicycling.com

The world’s leading cycling magazine.

Chris King - chrisking.com

It’s been said about headsets: You buy a King, anything else is just a rental.

MM Racing - mmracing.org

Mo Bruno-Roy: Three-times US National Champion

Matt Roy: Ultra-endurance record holder and one of the finest mechanics you’d ever hope to have turning wrenches for you. Imagine what might be possible if either one of them did this for a living.

USA Cycling - usacycling.org

The governing body for all forms of competitive

cycling in the US. USA Cycling is responsible for

identifying and developing young riders for Olympic

and World Championship competition.

Cyclic Evolution - cyclicevolution.com

Custom wheels built by Merlyn Townley, one of the

world’s most elite cycling mechanics.

Independent Fabrication - ifbikes.com

Steel, titanium, carbon - crafted by a small group of

extremely talented, wildly eccentric mad scientists

in Hobo Heaven, Somerville, Massachusetts.

Rushin Revolution - rushinrevolution.com

Viva la Velorution!

Bitter Gravity - bittergravity.com

Information Design from deep in the Pennsylvania

woods.. or Antwerp, which is nothing at all like the

Pennsylvania woods.

Copenhagenize - copenhagenize.com

Changing the world, one casual cyclist at a time.

Big Bikes - wellonabigbikeya.blogspot.com

1. A.Faster than he’ll ever admit
   

2. B.Loving husband
   

3. C.Target of practical jokes from his loving wife
   

4. D.“What you are talking about are the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind.”
   

5. E.All of the above
   

Single Speed Outlaw - singlespeedoutlaw.com

Journal of Rider-X, Soldier of the One. (I wonder if he’ll get the reference)

Vicious Cycles - viciouscycles.com

Steel and Ti by Carl the Snarl, decked in the most amazing finishes you’ll likely ever see.

Crossresults - crossresults.com

Rooter likes numbers so you don’t have to.

SRAM NRS - semeventsllc.com

SRAM Neutral Race Support provides mechanical assistance to thousands of road and cyclocross racers all across the US.

Stoodio 53 - stoodio53.com

The mixtape will never die.

Spooky - spookybikes.com

A little less creepy crawly, a little more hardcore fabrication.

Campagnolo - campagnolo.com

Performance. Passion. Elegance.

Dirt Rag - dirtragmag.com

This upstart rag is one of the most globally respected magazines of mountain bike culture.

SRAM - sram.com

Tweak. Refine. Tweak. Refine. Leap ahead.

Geekhouse - geekhousebikes.com

Some geeks making bikes that the rest of us geeks might like.

Mavic - mavic.com

Wheels, shoes, clothing, and components from the heart of cycling.