Bikeside LA

Once upon a time I headed up this project to create a wiki of all things bike.  Do y’all remember that?  It was insanely ambitious, and when it became a tough project, I eventually folded up and stopped working. So what’s been going on with the ibikeu Wiki?  Well, not too much.  Not too many [...]

The second Freeway Traffic Jam Ride took place last Friday, and the Crimanimalz used the wiki as the reference for people interested in the history of the ride. The ride hit the front page of Digg, LAist, Boink Boink, Wired, local TV stations etc etc . . . and consequently the Freeway Traffic Jam article [...]

This week was sort of a mixed bag for the ibikeu Wiki. Unique hits doubled, but editing decreased. On the other hand we added some editors from outside SoCal, and they added some interesting content about New Haven, and began the monumental task of documenting NYC’s bike culture. I’ll bet you a donut you don’t [...]

We’ve opened the wiki to public editing. Traffic slowed last week, and the wiki has matured faster than expected, so now is the right time. Anyone who creates a user name (and anyone can) may edit. If you never click another link on this blog, at least visit the new article on Big Wheels.

The second week of ibikeu Wiki‘s launch was great. Views continued to rise, and editing continued to increase. ibikeu is getting indexed higher by Google on a daily basis so, even though we have yet to seriously promote the wiki, ibikeu received significant international traffic from desirable vacation locales such as Argentina, Ireland, and Taiwan.

Last week we unveiled the ibikeu Wiki, a wiki for all things bike, and then I spent the next three days refreshing the stats counter. The first week was a great success. During the two months when the wiki was private there were only 2176 pageviews, 616 edits, and 46 pages of content. This week [...]

Friday I wrote about what I think is a gap in the cycling communities knowledge sharing. Here’s a partial solution – the ibikeu Wiki! The ibikeu Wiki is intended to document everything bike, from social rides like Santa Monica Critical Mass, to broad topics like the history of bicycles or bicycle infrastructure terminology. For the [...]