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Dirt Rag Named Top 10 Cycling Blog by USA TODAY Sportswriter Sal Ruibal

Pittsburgh, PA (February 13th, 2009) USA TODAY sportswriter and member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Sal Ruibal named the Dirt Rag Blog in his Top Ten Cycling Blogs list, which appears on blogs.com, a site devoted to the best in blogs.

Ruibal wrote: “This is the online home of Dirt Rag Magazine, one of the first mountain bike ‘zines that has now become the coolest spot for real mountain bikers. The DR family is funky, creative and beholden to no corporate influence. I especially enjoy editor Karen Brooks’ entries.”

Blogs.com is a website that helps readers discover the best in blogs. Their Top 10 Lists from celebrity bloggers and influencers is one example of how blogs.com highlights the best blogs in dozens of different genres.

For their Top Ten Cycling Blogs list, blogs.com enlisted the expertise of Sal Ruibal, USA TODAY sportswriter and member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Ruibal covers cycling and action sports (snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing and just about anything off the mainstream). He’s been to the Tour de France six times and to seven Olympics. Ruibal is an amateur mountain bike and cyclocross racer. To check out Sal Ruibal’s personal page/blog on the USA TODAY website click here.

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Dirt Rag

KENT, WA - Diamondback, Bike, and Dirt Rag Magazines have teamed up to provide shoppers with lots of free stuff as well as an opportunity to test ride a Diamondback Mission or Sortie bicycle. The Mission / Sortie Test Ride Event will take place at authorized Test Ride Centers on Saturday, March 15^th. The first 10 individuals to test ride a Mission or Sortie at the event will be given a FREE Bike Magazine / Diamondback Mission or Dirt Rag Magazine / Diamondback Sortie T-shirt, a FREE Avenir Trail Tech-10 multi-tool, and a FREE 6-month subscription to Bike or Dirt Rag Magazine.

Those who are fortunate enough to purchase a Mission or Sortie at the event will be showered with another selection of FREE goodies. Those individuals will also take home a FREE Avenir Big Mouth seat bag, a FREE Avenir frame pump, a FREE pair of Avenir Tokul gloves, a FREE Avenir Flashpoint tail light, a FREE set of Avenir tire levers, and a FREE Avenir Trail Tech 10 folding tool. There are no strings attached, but this is a one time only event.

The Bike Magazine / Diamondback Mission T-shirt can be seen at www.bikemag.com, the Dirt Rag Magazine / Diamondback Sortie T-shirt can be seen at www.dirtrag.com. The list of authorized Mission Test Ride Centers can be found on Diamondback’s site at www.diamondback.com/home.asp .

Good luck, have fun, and remember; this is a one-time / one–day event only.

Diamondback is one of the world’s leading suppliers of authentic BMX, mountain, comfort, cross, cruiser, road and juvenile bicycles and has been since it was established in 1978. For more information or to find a local Diamondback dealer, visit www.diamondback.com

source: Trevor Knesal