Well, it doesn’t seem to rain here anymore in California, but anyway. Here are some cycling related goodies in my bookmarks and/or feed reader:

• the forums on MTBR, always a good source of information and entertainment; use with the appropriate noise filters and you’ll be able to find out about some amazing stuff, such as this mountainbike-rafting adventure in Alaska.
• 2 epic: when I grow up I wanna be like Dave H and Lynda W… or something; riding incredible epics, trailblazing through Utah desertscapes. More endurance/adventure/long ride tales can a.o. be found at Matt’s (I wish I could hop over to Durango once and a while), at the Soiled Chamois and at Scott (Mr. Topofusion)’s site; ideal stuff to read and get all envious about when you’re not able to ride (like, when doing non-cycling work, or when in bed with the flu).
• Mountain bike video footage… often time only watchable if you star in it yourself (and then some), but there are exceptions: Pete Fagerlin’s videos/helmet cam footage and photos are consistently superb, and the material on Steve Wolf’s and MTB Bill’s sites is more than worth checking out as well. Also, good maps and trail info can be found on the latter two. The Ogre has a lot of that too, and is required reading if you want to find remote or obscure but excellent riding spots in California.
• Phil Ingle from Alpine Break and the guys from AlpSun, all Brits in the French Alps, have been posting some gorgeous-looking bike trips in the Alps on MTBGuru; I was lucky enough to do a few last year, and now I just want to go back.
• Now some pavement bike related links (as I like all kinds of bikes): Ken from Spare Cycles shoots great photos (mostly of road races) and posts an abundance of them on his site for everyone to enjoy; being a fellow Bay Area local, mainly of races in the US; we should get him somehow to hang out in Flanders in April (the Classics!) and in France in July (the Tour!). Steephill.tv provides a pretty interesting aggregation of cycling news and links. And I can’t leave out Belgium Knee Warmers of course: good stuff.