But recently, I went back for another try. This time, I think I’ve got it. I’m finding other Twitterers whose posts match my interests.
Which brings me to the point of this post: There’s a lot of cycling-related Twittering going on out there.
Who’s the most prominent? Guess.
It’s a lot of fun to follow Lance (@lancearmstrong) on Twitter. For example, I learned before the formal announcement was made that he would ride in the Tour de France this year after all. Earlier speculation was that he would ride in the Giro de Italia, and skip France. But before his press conference, he Twittered this:
He’ll also send at least a tweet or two each day about his training rides, the teammates he pals around with, and what they do when they’re not training. Lately, he’s begun adding links to pictures he takes during training rides.
And it turns out that Lance is not the only one Twittering away. Alberto Contador (@albertocontador), Chris Carcmichael (@trainright), Taylor Phinney (@taylorphinney), the Tour de France (@tourfrance), Tom Boonen (@tomboonen) — but his is in Flemish — Team Slipstream (@TeamSlipstream) and others can all be found on Twitter.
The problem with Twitter, as with so many new media social networking types of sites, is that it can be addictive. Once you find two dozen or so people to “follow,” their updates come fast and furious. You want to make sure you don’t spend too much time reading Tweets and clicking on links.
Or maybe you do.
Yes, the Bike Noob is a Twitterer. You can find me at @rainycamp. Be forewarned, my posts deal a lot more with my work interests than with recreational cycling, but you’ll find some cycling-related stuff, too.
Thanks for the info on Lance’s twitter name. I’m now following him. I’m also following you now.
I’ve been twittering (tweeting?) for awhile, but the ramp up has been slow. I just added you and Lance. If you care to my follow me, I’m @331miles.
Thanks, guys. I’m debating about whether to follow a lot of those other sites, because it’s so easy to get overloaded. But I see a lot of people who follow several hundred folks.
Like you I wasn’t struck with twitter when I first tried it and waited a few months before giving it a 2nd chance. I found it took following a couple dozen before things got interesting. Now I follow over 900.
Trust me I don’t read everything that’s said by those I follow. I just check a few times a day a quickly scan through and find a few interesting items. Sometimes I find things I wouldn’t found any other way.
Bike Noob, I know you follow me but if anyone else wants to I’m @UltraRob
FYI – the albertocontador on twitter is not the cyclist. Its an imposter.
There’s also @ghincapie, @ivanbasso, @floydlandis, @axelmerckx, @johanbruyneel, @dzabriskie, @kmoerenhout, @janibrajkovic, @bikecamp, @Liz_Hatch, @vanderkitten.
Another great cycling related twitterer to follow is @cyclingfans http://twitter.com/cyclingfans They tweet about live coverage of races, and a lot of cycling breakig news stories.
You may find TweetDeck a god send once you get into Twitter. I have mine set up with a number of different columns so Tweets from my friends appear in one column, News in another, Direct Meesages in another etc etc, really allows me to dip into the messages I want to without having to sift through lots and lots. Check it out at http://www.tweetdeck.com. Best of all its free! Try it out, if you like it, brilliant glad I could help, if not! delete it you’ve lost nothing!
Been using Tweetdeck for about two years now. Love it.