Welcome to our Blog!
1999 called, and we finally answered. Starting a blog has been on our to-do list for a long time, so the obvious question is why now? Afterall, Twitter and Podcasts have largely made blogs passé.
The answer is simple. We were looking for a way to post longer form communications (where 280 characters doesn’t cut it), and we weren’t interested in producing audio or video panel discussions. We wanted to offer interaction with our event participants, without requiring membership on any social media platform. We also know that what we intend to write is often going to be too long for our current newsletter format. A blog seemed to be the best way of doing all this.
What to expect? Our intent is to make occasional posts with articles directly related to our events and activities. This will be a forum to share information, offer tips, and possibly explain how and why we do (or don’t do) certain things.
And we want to hear back from you, our participants. Please feel free to post comments, we are open to friendly banter and constructive criticism. Please no unfounded arguments; be kind.
We intend to let people know that we’ve posted something via pushing out teasers over our existing social media channels, and in our newsletters. We also plan to implement an RSS feed.
So, stay tuned. Our first real post is already in the works.
Greetings,
I’m a first time rider for the Hell of Hunterdon. Do you have a tire recommendation? How wide? A lot of puncture issues in past years? It might be worth a blog post, tires and other gear considerations. Thanks!
Dave
Hi Dave, Welcome; we look forward to hosting you for your first HoH!
Tire selection is certainly a subject we plan to address (and is one of the subjects we had in mind we started this blog), but questions like these are hard to universally answer, since there are a lot of factors to consider, which we’ll explain in a future post.
The key thing will be to think about your equipment selection, but not over think it. Keep in mind, the Hell of Hunterdon features unpaved, but maintained roads, not deep gravel unmaintained jeep or horse trails. We’ve had people enjoy the ride on everything from Criterium bikes to Fat bikes, but we’ll try to describe what we believe is the sweet spot.