How was your ride? Write about it in a short message and compare notes at Velog Minneapolis and Velog St Paul.  Like a bike computer meets a text message (in the 140 word limit familiar to users of Twitter.com), Velog capitalizes on the urge to tell your pals about your bike ride and the need to keep it short and sweet. Calling itself "the worlds simplest cycling log" Velog allows users to post on a message board open to "bike commuters, roadies, mountain bikers, cyclocrossers, randonneurs, weekend warriors, and anyone and everyone with a bicycle under their butt." If you had to google randonneur (long distance cycling) or haven't seen your bike since the leaves hit the ground, use the Velog ride descriptions as encouragement.

For those who need a little push on the bad days, new bikers looking for a community, or for the satisfaction of expressing how amazing your ride was, Velog is a place to track ride times and mileage. Or just pop by to see how and where people are biking--the grocery store, the bar and work are common destinations. A charting feature lets riders track their hours of biking by week or month and synch up with charts of friends, coworkers, or up to five others for a kind of year-round Bike to Work Challenge.

Accounts are free at Velog Minneapolis (http://velog.com/city/minneapolis-mn-us) or Velog St Paul (http://velog.com/city/saint+paul-mn-us).

Note: EcoMetro cities Seattle and Portland are both on the top cities list, however the Berkeley/Oakland area needs members!