.every month we try to bring you some of the best cycling websites we've either stumbled across, or been pointed towards, and this month is no different as 'website of the month' goes plural, with a couple of superb bike blogs.

.remember, if you've seen a site that you think we should look at drop us a line at wotm@citycycling.co.uk

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A couple of really nice blogs for you this month, coming from completely different places. We start with Bike Blog NYC (click here) which, as the name suggests is centred on New York City, but which extends far beyond with general stories about cycling and issues affecting cyclists. The man behind the blog, Michael Green, has written for all sorts of publications, from Urban Velo to the New York Times, so as you would expect the quality of the writing is easily up to scratch.

Add in regular entries to keep the whole blog ticking over nicely and stay constantly fresh, with a massive variety of things beig reported on, and you'd be hard pressed to miss the big issues that were sprouting up in NYC, the States, and even the world as a whole.

And it's this global view that takes us neatly onto a second blog, called WorldBikes.org (again, just click here). The tagline of 'Bikes that haul. For all' sums up the idea nicely. The aim of the site and organisation is best summed up in their own words:

"Worldbike is an international network of bicycle designers and industry leaders, and international development professionals, working together to provide transportation solutions and create income-generating opportunities for the world’s poor. "

"All across the developing world, people use bicycles the way we use pickup trucks and school busses. However, the bicycles sold in developing countries are those designed for recreation and are ill-suited to carrying loads."

And so WorldBike looks at providing 'open source' bike design to the places that really need it. C'mon, just how good is that. The site is full of examples of 'hauling' bikes around the world, and ways in which you could help.

bike blog nyc - worldbike.org