The past 24 hours have been completely consumed by putting together this list! I wanted to stick to it and finish it because everyone found it really useful last time for discovering new cycling blogs and all the bloggers that made it onto the list were very grateful for the traffic boost to their sites.
There have been some fantastic new entries onto the list. Bike 198 which I can’t believe I missed last time, Prolly is Not Probably again a stupid miss on my part and Cycling Tips which has grown into one of my favourite blogs.
I’ve labelled in green the blogs that have moved up the list and orange for any new entries.
Have I missed you out?
Unfortunately a couple of blogs that I absolutely love didn’t make it into the top 50 this time. This is mainly due to the number of new entries. If you get some time checkout Bike Noob, Treadly and An Adventure Called Bicycling. There are plenty more blogs that I love and I follow but I have to draw the line somewhere.
If your blog was not included then please let me know about it and I’ll add it to the list of blogs I’m considering for the next update.
How did I pick top 50?
I visit every single cycling blog I’ve ever heard of and I note down certain things such as the number of comments in the last 5 posts (excluding most recent post), Alexa rank and Google inlinks.
Then each of the attributes gets a score, it is normalised and an average is calculated. It basically involves a lot of Excel formulas and plenty of data checking!
I also have a few criteria’s such as: the blogs have to be active and not aimed solely at selling stuff.
Any more interesting stats?
- Highest Alexa rank: Bike 198
- Highest number of comments: Bike Snob NYC
Wow, very honored to be included on the list. Thanks so much.
For anyone wanting to follow me on twitter, I’m @bdewberry.
Hey Bryan, thanks for including your Twitter account will update the post. Couldn’t find it on your website?
Think its #36
Oh darn! Fell off the list this year. Andreas, thanks for the mention though. I’ll just try harder in the coming year. And congratulations to Biking to Live for making the list.
Sorry pal! Despite you doubling the traffic, due to all the new contenders a few old favs dropped down
Thanks for including me on the list this year! Great resource for biking sites across the net.
No problem Robb, I wouldn’t be surprised if your site climbs the list next time round!
Du-ur.
Just re-read my comment – what a tool I am 🙂
Sorry Andreas.
One day I shall bask in your top 50!
Always looking for new entries in the top 50 🙂
Glad to be on the list again. Great resource! Thanks for putting it together, Andreas!
Thanks for the love. I’m honored!
Ride/Relax
Very welcome! Got plenty of bike love to spread!
Great list! We’d love to be considered for your next edition 🙂 Keep up the good work.
Reading through your cycling blog now, some really good posts in there. Like the advice on the tires
Dope! 13 must be a lucky number =)
thanks for the list, happy to be on it!!
Looks like I’ve got some new blogs to start reading! Good list and glad to see Fritz and Cyclelicious up there on top!
Top 50 lists are so last millenium
Check out Bike Skirt sometime if you haven’t already. Anna and Elisa put up some good stuff.
Thanks for including my blog Andreas and for the special mention. There’s some fantastic blogs on here that I’ve never seen before. I’m honored to be mentioned next to them!
No problem Wade, keep good content coming!
Where’s a view from the cycle path? http://hembrow.blogspot.com/
Added to next years list
It’s an honour! Thanks Andreas!
I offer a mention of Cyclocosm. His “How the Race Was Won” series is excellent.
http://cyclocosm.com/
I’ve made a note of Cyclocosm for the list next time (if there is a next time!)
I realize I can be hard to find, way up there at the top of the Google search results for “cycling blog”.
(Thanks for the shout-out, Al)
Great list! I’m glad to be on it. My two favorites, Lovely Bicycle and Girls & Bicycles, aren’t up there, but anyone interested in lovely bicycles and girls/women who ride bikes should check them out 🙂
Congrats Dottie, will consider the blogs you mentioned for next years
It’s new and not hugely followed, but I really enjoy reading mikespokes.blogspot.com
Forget the quantitive data and calculations, and let your eyes decide.
http://www.fyxomatosis.com
Silly of me to miss that one out. Thanks for reminder, have added to the list of blogs to consider next time
Oh also, Bikes and the City. I can’t even name a couple of my favorites without thinking of more and more that I love. So I commend you on all the work this list must have taken.
I quit posting updates on my blog in August 2008, six months later I started up again. I lost much of my following, and have yet to regain the numbers back.
Inclusion on your list helps and is much appreciated.
Dave
Number 39! Wow, thanks Andreas. But 20 for London Cyclist?
You’re too modest!
Tredz
I totally should have boosted my stats shouldn’t I? Corrected your blog to Tredz rather than Trendz – makes much more sense that way round!
Glad to be in such great company for a second year. I hope everybody is having the best kinds of cycling adventures.
Thanks much for including us again! I can’t wait to check out the new additions and find new cycling inspirations. This must have been quite an undertaking.
Hey Andreas, just wanted to thank you formally for adding me to the list, as the new boy on here I’m honoured to be in such great company, and looking forward to ranking higher next year 😉
Well done on a great list of diverse blogs, it must have taken you ages so a big thumbs up from me.
Mark
No worries Mark, happy to send visitors your way! See you already got some nice feedback on Twitter 🙂
We made the top 50! I’m honoured to share the same page with other venerable blogs. One commenter of ours just mentioned this list. I’m too wrapped up in T.O. cycling politics right now to look much further.
Keep an eye on our site for updates on Bixi Toronto (going to be approved by City Council here next month, I hope), bike lanes on University and Jarvis, Bike Month events, and other such info.
One more thing: tweets come from @biketo (though it’s basically re-tweeting the site).
many of my fellow bloggy friends are listed. ride on!! 😀
I would like to see more of these blogs be more focused on living the carfree or carlite lifesyle–some tend to just focus on pretty pictures of bicycles- -Ithink we all have a responsibilty to promote cycling itself,ie get a bike and ride itfor transportation, but not -just sit and look at it. A President of a bike club asked me what I do to promote cycling? “I ride my bike!” I told her. Great list and thank you for putting it together!
Glad to see Kent’s Bike Blog and the Cozy on there. Love those two (and many of the others~)
Surprised RKP or BKW are not on there 😮
Hello! 🙂 One more suggestion… Bikefag. His writing is fabulous. http://bikefag.wordpress.com/
Do you have a category for worst 50?
😀
Nop but if you wish to put that together be my guest!!
I’d like to know how my blog would rate on your list… How far down would it be?
Is it okay to do an update via the comments field here? ok. Here goes…
RidingPretty is on twitter and has been for awhile. I finally figured out today that I’d put some lock /protection thingy on it.
So it’s all good to go now twitter wise 🙂
http://twitter.com/ridingpretty
BTW, The Washingmachine Post is on twitter – he’s @twmp
This blog really missed the boat in many ways. With our films, Streetfilms have influenced the decision-making in many major cities the last four years. Our films have been watched nearly 3 million times and have played in hundreds of festivals and showings, and our bicycling films on Bogota’s Ciclovia in 2007 (watched over 200,000 times on various media interfaces) and Physically Separated Bike Paths (almost 200,000) have clearly had a huge influence in persuading and allowing cities all across the U.S. to invest in those kind of biking amenities.
Although we could technically be called a vlog, so…
Nice list!
Well I am sad that i dropped out of top 50 😉
My wife promises to comment more.
http://twitter.com/cyclingalps
Good list.
When you get to the top 1000, you can consider Cycle Fun Montreal
Thanks, honored to be here, and thanks for the traffic!
I got a used Brompton for my birthday, itchair to follow, and am obsessively devouring old A to B’s, so you can expect more UK-inspired family adventures in the coming year.
Awesome list, thank you
This is a nice blog message, I will keep this idea in my mind. If you add more video and pictures because it helps understanding 🙂 ml Xinwang.
I have a blog i just started recently, not to take away from any london cyclist visitors, but I hope they xan enjoy visiting it alongside london cyclist, click my name to visit
Swing by and check out Bike World News sometime. Click on my name for the link.
Perhaps I can get an honorable mention since my magazine (which I call an “aggrezine™”) is an aggregation blog posts, repurposed and redesigned in a digital-magazine format. Now on its 13th issue, I’m read by thousands in over 90 countries. Good blogs make good aggrezines. Thanks to all on this list!
Paul Kramer
Riders’ Collective
Publisher, Editor, Designer, Cyclist
I noticed all these blogs are in English. Is there a place or list for international or blogs in other languages?
Cheers!
Hi, could you consider http://www.bikingindallas.com when you next update your list? Cheers!
Chris