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Velotopia. Welcome to PubliCola's Blog-Rola.

News   May 11, 2009 at 10:07 am Josh Feit

Last week, we were stressing out over what sites to add to the PubliCola Blog-Rola—our exclusive list of 10 blogs and/or websites we think are awesome. (Now that the legislative session is over, we don’t need some of the Oly-centric ones anymore.)

We’re not sure if this site is awesome yet, but we’re going to give it a test ride. Velotopia is written by 9 local bikers—whoops, “cyclists”—who post about: fixie kids vs. mountain bikers; daily commutes; lame pit stops (Tollbooth Espresso on Juanita Drive, they say); bike policy; and wipe outs.

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Meanwhile, there’s still one more coveted Blog-Rola slot to fill. We’ll keep you posted.


  • http://www.lookatlao.com Geoffrey

    Awesome. In light of this development I’m pretty sure the gang here at Velotopia will step up the blogging. Thanks for the nod!

    Cheers!
    Geoff

    PS – You can call us bikers if you want.

  • http://www.twitter.com/jjtweets Johnathon Fitzpatrick

    Wow, I’m a freelance political journalist by trade and one of the Nortious-Nine @ Velotopia as a side outlet for my bicycle writing. To be honored by THE Publicola, well thank you!

  • http://www.twitter.com/jjtweets Johnathon Fitzpatrick

    Wow, I’m a freelance political journalist by trade and one of the Nortious-Nine @ Velotopia as a side outlet for my bicycle writing. To be honored by THE Publicola, well thank you!

  • http://www.twitter.com/jjtweets Johnathon Fitzpatrick

    Wow, I’m a freelance political journalist by trade and one of the Nortious-Nine @ Velotopia as a side outlet for my bicycle writing. To be honored by THE Publicola, well thank you!

  • http://pbdh.com/ Karl Bischoff

    SO cool. Thanks for checking us out and for appreciating the importance of the two-wheeled amoungst us.

  • http://pbdh.com/ Karl Bischoff

    SO cool. Thanks for checking us out and for appreciating the importance of the two-wheeled amoungst us.

  • http://pbdh.com Karl Bischoff

    SO cool. Thanks for checking us out and for appreciating the importance of the two-wheeled amoungst us.

  • http://www.lookatlao.com/ Geoffrey

    Also: More girls on the way! Robbie just signed on last week and she’ll be blogging about commuting to and from happy hour, cupcake quests, and racing—among other topics.

  • http://www.lookatlao.com/ Geoffrey

    Also: More girls on the way! Robbie just signed on last week and she’ll be blogging about commuting to and from happy hour, cupcake quests, and racing—among other topics.

  • http://www.lookatlao.com Geoffrey

    Also: More girls on the way! Robbie just signed on last week and she’ll be blogging about commuting to and from happy hour, cupcake quests, and racing—among other topics.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    That’s great to hear.

    The line up seemed to be 8 men and 1 woman. That imbalance almost kept you off the sacred Blog-Rola.

    Women ride bikes, obv.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    That’s great to hear.

    The line up seemed to be 8 men and 1 woman. That imbalance almost kept you off the sacred Blog-Rola.

    Women ride bikes, obv.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    That’s great to hear.

    The line up seemed to be 8 men and 1 woman. That imbalance almost kept you off the sacred Blog-Rola.

    Women ride bikes, obv.

  • http://www.lookatlao.com/ Geoffrey

    Awesome. In light of this development I'm pretty sure the gang here at Velotopia will step up the blogging. Thanks for the nod!

    Cheers!
    Geoff

    PS – You can call us bikers if you want.