Christian Hansen for The New York Times

One of New York’s best known yet most elusive cyclists is about to emerge from the shadows.

The Bike Snob, a satirical blogger who has skewered various aspects of urban riding on his blog since 2007, plans to reveal himself in a series of public appearances in May to be Eben Oliver Weiss, a former literary agent from Brooklyn.

The appearances are part of a promotional tour for his coming book, “Bike Snob,” based on the blog.

Mr. Weiss, 36, has studiously maintained his anonymity in the insular world of New York cycling, in part thanks to the help of his fellow racers.

“Whether or not people know it was him, it’s not spoken about. It’s a respect thing,” said a racer who asked not to be named for fear of rubbing him the wrong way. The racer said that the identity of “the Snob” was long known to a core group of New York riders. “I don’t think it’s a big deal for people to see the face behind the blog.”

As the Bike Snob, Mr. Weiss quickly became a must-read for urban cyclists and international racers alike. “Out for a ride in the city w/ Bike Snob NYC,” Lance Armstrong boasted on his Twitter feed in October.

The Snob’s lengthy daily posts meander across the cycling spectrum, from bike lane etiquette to the esoterica of bike parts, often pulling from popular culture and never shying from skewering the big names of the sport.

Alberto Contador, last year’s Tour de France winner, has come in for particular ridicule over his habit of gesturing with his finger, while Mr. Weiss also lambastes average riders who ride the wrong way in a bike lane for “salmoning.” This latter “Snobism” has become part of the bicycle advocate’s vocabulary.

On the blog, he has developed a variety of trademarks, including using the length of a dachshund to chart the time line of various historical and social movements, and the wrath of the “Lobster God,” a farcical cycling deity.

Mr. Weiss, a native New Yorker, did not always enjoy anonymity; in 2001, his wedding announcement appeared in The Times.

Sean Patrick Farrell contributed reporting.

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