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Interbike Exhibitors that Blog

By Rich Kelly, Filed Under Blogging, Exhibitor News, Industry News, Interbike 


Here’s something that I’ve been meaning to do for a while now: highlight some of the Interbike exhibitors that have official company blogs. This will be an ongoing theme as I try to catch everyone, ultimately. Feel free to comment or email with your blog if you’re an exhibitor and I haven’t posted about you yet.

This should be interesting as a study of how different companies use their blogs. Are they marketing/PR billboards? Community builders? Social commentary outlets? Crazy stream of consciousness ramblings? Brand builders? We’ll see. When I have the time, I’d like to set up a permanent page that will serve as an industry blog directory.
In the meantime, here’s the first round from what I have come across out there. There’s some good work being done out there. Give these guys a visit and sign up for the rss feeds. (Disclaimer: no guarantees that these guys have updated their blogs since the last Interbike…):

KHS Bicycles - The KHS Times - “Live the Ride, Ride the Dream”

Swobo - How to Avoid the Bummer Life

Trek Bicycles - Up the Road, Lime Life and King of the Mountain

Diamondback Bicycles -Diamondback Bicycles Blog

Masi Bicycles - MasiGuy

Surly Bikes - Surlyblog

SockGuy - The Life and Times at SockGuy

Kryptonite Locks - Unbreakable Bonds

Dirt Rag - Dirt Rag Blog

I also want to show some live to the blogging retailers out there that attend the show. I’ve got a list of a bunch them to come.

Comments

5 Responses to “Interbike Exhibitors that Blog”

  1. Fritz on September 7th, 2007 2:43 pm

    Maybe for Interbike ‘08 you should include “list blogs here” in the registration?

    I wasn’t aware of all of those Trek blogs. Spesh needs to get on the bandwagon.

    I was going to list a pile of other bike company blogs but you probably have them already. Felt, Sock Guy, Litespeed… I don’t know how many of them are Interbike exhibitors, though.

  2. Dave LaRoo on September 7th, 2007 9:12 pm

    Check out Joe Lindsey’s Booulder Report and Bill Strickland’s Sitting In at Bicycling.com. Blog thing is coming around over there…

  3. kendall on September 10th, 2007 9:38 pm

    Kona has been using blogs for a while for various efforts they’ve done including the Bike Africa work which is pretty awesome stuff - http://www.konabiketown.com/

  4. Seth on September 11th, 2007 3:00 pm

    Mountain Cycle have a pretty interesting site too:
    http://blog.mountaincycle.com/en/news

  5. COSMIC YANG on September 13th, 2007 2:10 am

    Kuwahara Factory AAPro Riders Matt Pohlkamp & Warwick Stevenson will be signing posters throughout the Interbike show for exact times visit the Kuwahara booth at 5559