Best Blogs for...#5: Cyclists

• BicycleLaw.com: This blog is a must for anyone who rides a bike on public roads, trails or even singletrack. Attorney Bob Mionske is the nation's foremost expert on cycling and the law and is a real advocate for riders' rights. He's also an accomplished racer who has been at the top levels of the sport.
• BikeRadar.com: BikeRadar has a rolling cast of staff and guest bloggers, but Gary Boulanger is one of the best. He has been a racer and a bike builder and he's a humble observer of bike culture from a family perspective.
• Dirt Rag Mag: This is the online home of Dirt Rag Magazine, one of the first mountain bike magazines that has now become the coolest spot for real mountain bikers. The DR family is funky, creative and beholden to no corporate influences. Check out Karen Brooks' entries, one of the best on the blog.
• In the Slipstream: Sal Ruibal, a veteran journalist, posts his own USA TODAY personal cycling blog on the USATODAY.com cycling news page. Sal has covered the Tour de France six times and the Olympics seven times. An avid mountain bike racer, he's a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and uses his experience on the bike to give readers insight that goes beyond the pedestrian and puts the reader in the saddle.
• James Raia: This blog is written by longtime Tour de France correspondent James Raia, who also covers a lot of ground with endurance sports. Raia has a very personal touch with his blog with lots of shared memories of this adventures at the world's biggest cycling race and other cycling matters.
• Mad Dog Media: The current home of former VeloNews columnist Patrick O'Grady, whose R-rated rants and cartoon attacks are biting and, more often than not, spot on. MDM has the voluminous archives of O'Grady's VeloNews years, and also the new MDM section that takes his screeds to a whole new level. Not for the timid or profane-adverse.
• Nick Verstain: This blog is about cycling fiction, with short stories and poetry from the elusive and erudite Verstain. most of the work has been published previously by Dirt Rag Magazine, but here's a place to read it all at once.
• PezCyclingNews.com: This blog is the rider's source for racing news. It is written by multiple riders themselves who post headlines from across Europe, North America and the world. They offer a unique perspective that is never boring and have a comprehensive "Pro Teams" section, with active links to most professional Division and Women's teams.
• VeloNews: VeloNews is a great go-to-spot for news and rider diaries, but also home to "Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn," a wonderful place for gear freaks to ask the Great Zinn about the most esoteric technical aspects of the bicycle.
• Velocity Nation: Velocity hosts "As the Toto Turns," a weekly comic "blog" that takes great delight in skewering the high and mighty of pro cycling with wicked wit and ripping satires. Toto is a must for those who love the soap-opera of pro cycling.