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This week The Cycling Dude welcomed its 10,000th visitor!

This place currently averages 50 visitors a day, and that number will surely grow.

When I began this blog in January 2003 I had big plans, and no idea if anyone would even read the blog.

By the Fall I had put it on hiatus.

After months of thought, and re-evaluation, I re-opened for business in the Spring of 2004, and never looked back.

The response has been gatifying as people have read, and commented, and e-mailed me looking for Ca. cycling info, or to suggest websites to check out.

Other bloggers, whose blogs have a frequent focus on Cycling, or are totally devotd to their cycling, have linked to this site, and while the general Bloggerverse has yet to take note in their Blogrolls, or many posts, hope springs eternal, as I know that many bloggers are cyclists, though they don't showcase this fact to any degree on their blogs.

This weekend I am attending the LA TIMES TRAVEL SHOW in Long Beach,California, today, and Sunday.

My intent is 2 fold:

1. To cover it from the perspective of a Recreational Road Cyclist.

2. To spread the word about The Cycling Dude by passing out newly designed "Business" Cards advertising this site.

Without further ado I'd like to welcome all those folks who decided to stop by for a look see, and to say Please explore the monthly, and Category archives, and feel free to comment to your hearts content.

I hope you like what you find, and decide to return on a regular basis.

Although I've been riding since childhood, I am not the most expert person on bicycles, bicycling, or bicycling issues, but I am slowly learning, and wish to use this site as a way to share what I discover with a wider audience.

While educating myself, I can help to educate others.

Being an informed Cyclist is important.

I ride for fun, and am a commuter as well, and have even shared a few pictures on this site ( some of the pictures need to be returned to their places after my recent blog move, and I will take care of that, I promise! ).

Anyway welcome to my world!

Let me know what you think of it!