Crooked Cog has been the best bike network on the net and will continue to fill that roll this coming year.  Here’s the top five reasons we’re still the best:

1.  Lots of Writers - We’ve added four new writers to the fold as of January 1 which rounds us out at a total of nine.  These are avid cyclists from all parts of North America and into all types of cycling.  The different perspectives offer our readers a range of insight you can’t find anywhere else.
2. More Sites - The Bike Lab has done a soft launch for the past couple months and is gaining a new focus.  Also, the podcast is being resurrected in the near future thanks to a multitude of requests from forlorn listeners.  The new episode has been recorded and will be edited and launched asap.
3. More Guitar Ted - Guitar Ted has been a veteran of Twenty Nine Inches and has added a huge amount of knowledge (and character) to the site.  His roll is expanding with the Network in 2008 as it becomes his parttime gig which means more product reviews, more knowledge and more rants than ever before.
4. Lots of Experience - At least half of our staff has spent a lot of time working as shop wrenches in their local bike shops.  All of us use our bikes as our main source of transportation.  That adds up to a lot of hours in the saddle and a lot of time spent hacking, fixing and upgrading our bikes.  That knowledge will get poured into the sites on a daily basis.
5. We are the People - All of us have jobs outside of the bike industry that pays at least half our bills.  This keeps us down-to-earth and able to write from the perspective of our readers.  We love you folks that are out there creating the bikes for us, but it’s often hard for you to see the ride through our eyes.  We are the people that ride the stuff as a passion, not as a job.  That keeps us grounded and in tune with the average visitor to our sites.

Thanks to the readers that made 2007 our biggest year ever with an average 120% growth across the sites.  I can’t wait to see what 2008 holds…

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