Cycling

Highly Obsessed: Here Come the Bikes

(Photo courtesy of Salim Virji)

If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you’ve probably noticed changes are afoot. There’s a new look and feel (thanks, WordPress!), and soon you’re going to notice the arrival of some new content.

The new content will be largely on the subject of cycling, and mostly composed by my buddy Steve. I expect he will materialize here shortly to introduce himself. He’s a snowboarder too, so I’m also hoping he’ll contribute to the snowboarding side of the blog every once in a while.

I know there’s not much that connects snowboarding to cycling, aside from the fact they’re both outdoor sports and have both put me on my ass at some point in my life. But cycling will be a good fit for the site for several reasons:

• It keeps content fresh. I can’t post every day, but I expect the addition of Steve will increase our daily content significantly.
• Steve has been following the blog from day one, so he knows a lot about its content and its readers.
• Steve is even more passionate about cycling than I am about snowboarding - which is saying something!

We also have larger hopes of expanding beyond snowboarding and cycling to maybe skiiing, mountain biking and beyond… but we’ll take things one step at a time. I definitely think there’s room for more topics, though: If there’s one thing the past two years have proven to me, it’s that there’s certainly an audience for intelligent, relaxed conversations about active, outdoor sports. I really like the fact Highly Obsessed has been more or less devoid of content/comments like ZOMG shaun white 4 EVAR!!!11, and expect Steve will carry on the ‘intelligent conversation’ tradition over in the cycling area.

Anyway, aside from the look and feel, and aside from the bikes, it’s business as usual around here. I’m still nuts about snowboarding. Now we’ve just got someone Highly Obsessed with cycling, too. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll add a few more obsessed topics down the road.

Also, a few housekeeping notes: You’ll see the addition of some cycling categories soon. Also, we’re going to post all articles to the front page, as well as categorize and tag them. But if you want only snowboarding content, you can navigate here. And if you want to ignore me and just read about cycling, head over here. And finally, I apologize for the fact that the look and feel will likely continue to morph over the next few weeks.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Adam

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