My New Blog

[Momonbikemob]

I just started a blog for women, especially mom riders who want some motivation to workout and ride their bike. I use it mostly to motivate myself to get on the bike regularly... Do any of you do that too? Do you have many followers or comments? Does it matter if anyone else reads or comments?
Just Curious...:)

[SouthernBelle]

I started blogging the first of this year. It's mostly for my own pleasure and as a diary of riding. I average about 8-10 hits a day with some big days for reasons I don't quite understand.

I get the occasional comment and usually if I post a question, I'll get an answer.

[Flur]

I've had a blog for about a year but I only recently started posting in it regularly. The lack of posts was mainly because I couldn't come up with stuff to write. My blog isn't about a particular subject (and I don't want it to be), and that makes it harder. I read a lot of other people's blogs to see what they're doing and to get ideas for things from my own life to write about. I don't get a lot of hits or comments, but the more often I post, the more interest I get.

For me, I'm trying to build content for readers. I really want people to read my blog and to comment and to keep coming back to read and comment on the new content. But for a long time it was just for me and I didn't care if anyone came to it or commented on it. So whether hits and comments matter is up to you.

I think blogging is a great tool. I used to think that the internet kept people from interacting, but I've found that blogs, like social networking and forums, really help people connect. Sometimes this connection is with others, but with blogging, sometimes it's just a great way to connect with yourself.

[Susan126]

I've had my blog for over 3 years. It's mainly a ride diary for me. I sometimes forget to post but the big events always make it into my blog. My daily rides occassionally do. It's a great way for me to remember a ride or event.

[Momonbikemob]

Thanks for sharing with me ladies! I had fun checking out your blogs and sites! I'll try to comment when I get the chance...
Susan how did you get the Music on your blog. PodBean? or something? Is it hard to get it to work? That's a great feature.
Thanks for sharing with me.
If you want to, you can check out my blog to at:
momonbike.blogspot.com

[Susan126]

Hi momonbike . . . hey your link does not work. I tried to visit but it says it's not there.

[Veronica]

We have a website. I don't think of it as a blog, although I suppose it is. We don't allow comments. It's mostly a place for us to post photos and write ups about things we care about; so our families, who are mainly on the East coast, can see what we're doing.

Veronica

[Momonbikemob]

Okay, so it should be
http://momonbikemob.blogspot.com/
Sorry. Hope that works! :o

[Iris616]

I started my blog in the beginning of August. Mostly it was a way to keep myself focused while training for my first tri. But also, I have alarge family that is spread across the country, many of them send daily "family emails", but I like the blogs because we can add pictures and it's accessable to every one. I love getting comments!

[Di bear]

I know I'm two months late replying to this, ;) but here I am!

* I started a bike blog last March and I do post in it regularly.
* I usually get about 20-30 unique hits per day.
* It is a cycling blog - some real info, most personal.
* I love getting comments.

The thing about comments is that I know people come to my blog regularly. It's nice to see what they think and I really like provoking people to discuss things. Very few people actually comment, though. Even with the Fat Cyclist getting 1800 hits per day, or whatever, he probably averages 40-50 comments per day, with the very occasional 300 comment day.

I got a really nice comment the other day. It wasn't left in my blog. It was a private message at another cycling forum I frequent (I check the TE forum only once in a while).

It's funny. I've had so many people say that I should myspace or facebook, but I don't need to. I've got my own web site and I added the blog this last year. With the blog, it is now easy to get a hold of me.

Another thing about my blog (or anyone's blog) is that it is my artistic outlet. I like to post a lot of my photography on it. I think I'm also becoming a better writer because I do it so much. I look at the world differently because it is more than just life going by, but possible topics to write about. :D

[Pedal Wench]

I'm still blogging for a living - but not cycling-related at all. Although, I'll throw in a bicycle comment whenever appropriate. I would love to get my numbers up, so click away!

http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.com/

[CyclChyk]

I blog too but its not about biking. Its mostly other hobby related. I will check out your blogs tho. I love to read blogs about biking.

[PamNY]

Your blog looks great. I especially like the "bike parts demystified" section. I am still learning about such things.

Pam

[hirakukibou]

I have a blog that I write in a few times a month. It is about being a middle age cyclist. I try to have the pieces be more than reporting. I wrote a recent piece on body image and the most recent one on the meanings of kits. It fun when I get in the groove of writing.

[shootingstar]

I've had a blog for about a year but I only recently started posting in it regularly. The lack of posts was mainly because I couldn't come up with stuff to write. My blog isn't about a particular subject (and I don't want it to be), and that makes it harder. I read a lot of other people's blogs to see what they're doing and to get ideas for things from my own life to write about. ................Sometimes this connection is with others, but with blogging, sometimes it's just a great way to connect with yourself.

I kept a cycling journal during the first few years of returning cycling.....I still have the black book to remember my journeys of self-growth, discovery and adventure. It was a great motivator...but found I was getting repetitive. And this is what I would be afraid of..not enough unique content for a blog. No point subjecting my boring repetitive writing style to connect better with myself by using a blog vs. a journal for myself that no one sees except myself.

Momonbike..methinks there is a great need to have a blog by a cycling mother with growing children. It would help alot of moms return to cycling/physical activity. Based on the reaction of other women to my cycling, alot of women with children...find it tough to conceive of prolonged exercise against the demands of young children. You could inspire them and provide useful tips.

Or startup a momcycling circle where several cycling moms cumulate cycling distance collectively online..and maybe their children could help add abit of mileage too.