Other Cycling Resources:
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See Other Cycling Resources on the Net: European Pages, Rest of the World, Newsgroups. Please note that we make no attempt to be comprehensive. Also, each link is provided as is, without any implicit evaluation.

cycling.org (formerly known as VeloNet), the Global Cycling Network.
The first and foremost cycling resource on the Web.
Mountain Biking (formerly Stanford Mountain Biking), "The Internet's mountain bike park"
Very strong on Mountain Biking information in the States in general, and the San Francisco Bay area in particular; my favorite choice for MTB, really. We get about 10% of our hits from this site.
Pittsburgh Bicycling at Carnegie Mellon University, with information local to Pittsburgh, many good articles on various aspects of cycling in general, and a good selection of pointers
Yahoo, a collection of links
the Cycling section of the Virtual Library
Mid-Atlantic Cycling Pages by George A. Theall
The WWW Bicycle Lane of Bryn Dole at Purdue, excellent pointers, good pictures
the pages at the University of Pennsylvania, with good info on Bicycle related mailing lists, plenty of links (in particular to personal pages), race results, tandems,
S2, The Sport Source (formerly Infosphere) includes
- Cycling Science a quarterly, professional magazine, dedicated to both the science and performance of technical cycling
Cycling the Infobahn with race information and results, including Giro d'Italia 1995
there's another server that should have covered the Giro d'Italia 1995
Colorado's Front Range Cycling, information on a great Mountain Biking area, and more
the New Zealand MTB Pages
FreeWheelin at Princeton, with trail descriptions in New Jersey among others
Cyber Cyclery is an independent site providing commercial information
the Cascade Bicycle Club, based in Seattle, WA, is the largest cycling club in the US
Mountain Bike Trials Riding, run by Andy Mayer at New Mexico Tech
Promo-Velo is the organization from the Quebec city area promoting commuting and recreational cycling
Tandem Magazine
GORP, Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Snell Memorial Foundation, a not-for-profit organization established to develop and maintain performance standards for recreational helmets.
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games: Cycling
VeloLinq
MBElectro, the site for Mountain Bike magazine
RaceWeb, "The Mountain Bike Racing Center of the Universe"
Psycholinks
Pete Ruckelshaus' BikIndex, an index of bicycle manufacturers
The Virtual Peloton, including The Virtual Breakaway, by Brent Soderberg, replaces Cycling the Net
The Travel Guide
Chainguard Online: Bicycle Advocay in the States
The International Human Powered Vehicle Association, featuring
- Bikemania by Ian Feldman
  A fact-finding mission about human-powered vehicles, with nice illustrations
NORBA, the American National Off-Road Bicycle Association
Princeton University Outdoor Action Program - Guide to Outdoor Resources on the Web
The Bicycling Community Page in Wisconsin, USA. They have one of the best collection of links around
South Africa Cycling by David Cowie
The Big Ring, from Florida
The Cyberider Cycling WWW Site by Steve Ciccarelli (formerly SteveC's Descartes site) "is dedicated to providing cyclists with information about all aspects of bicycling, including advocacy, routing information (in the midatlantic US region), equipment, food, news, places, events, links to other cycling web sites and anything else deemed of value."
Outdoor Resources Online (ORO) "is dedicated to providing links related to outdoor activities. Here you will find Camping, Hiking, Climbing, Mountaineering, Surfing, Windsurfing, Skiing, Fishing, and Mountain Biking."
VeloNews, the Journal of Competitive Cycling
The Rocky Mountain Cycling Club, Denver, CO
MassBike: Bicycle Activity in Massachusetts, "maintained by the Bicycle Coalition of Massachusetts (BCOM), a 900-member organization dedicated to the promotion of cycling as a pollution-free, energy-efficient, and healthy form of transportation and recreation."
Go Europe.com, "the official Web site of the European Travel Commission, representing 26 European tourist offices. GO EUROPE.com has been created as a traveler's community center and on-line resource for planning your trip to Europe [...]"
Botswana Bike and Build , "A Cross-Country, Cross-Cultural Experience! August 4-24, 1996. The ultimate trip for cyclist with a social conscience! This is your once in a lifetime opportunity to tour beautiful Botswana by bicycle. Experience the people, the culture and the land in ways no ordinary tourist ever can! Coordinated by Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) to commemorate its 20th anniversary, the Botswana Bike and Build will open your eyes to the desperate need for decent, affordable housing in Botswana and worldwide."
The General/Sports/Recreation/Cycling page from Excite Net Directory
Raph de Rooij's TRavel to the Horizon is a comprehensive site about world-wide bicycle touring
MTB Review by Francis Cebedo, gives you a chance to submit reviews parts and bikes, and then read them all.
The Bicycle Touring Select by Ernst Poulsen
"We selected the best touring advice to be found on the Internet. Includes complete lists of recommended bicycle maps and of bicycle groups around the world."
1996 UCI World Mountain Bike Championships , Cairns Australia September 12-22. Check also the mirror in the USA
Maui Mountain Biking in Hawaii, by Tom Goggia.
"Here you will find info on Maui's small but growing network of mountain bike riding trails. The following pages contain pictures, maps and info on Mt. Haleakala's Kula Forest Reserve. Cool year round temperatures (never cold) and spectacular scenery make this an ideal place to bike."
YPN: Your Personal Network: Sports: Cycling has a very useful commented collection of selected cycling links.
King of the Mountains Cycling Road Climbs by Leigh Culpepper. Contains "Lists/Descriptions of Paved Road Climbs", and very interesting "Links for Climbing Related Links"
Mountain Bike Resources Online has started a collection of information for North American mountain bikers
Ride Across Florida '96 by Carla V. Zamora.
"The Ride Across Florida took place on May 5 leaving from Cocoa Beach to Pine Island, a total of 170 miles. This distance must be achieved in a maximum of 13 hours. Members of the South Broward Wheelers Bicycle Club gathered for this adventure. Here is the story... As it is said, a photo is worth a thousand words..."
The Sacramento Wheelmen - A Sacramento bicycling organization
" Meet the Wheelmen tells you a little about our club. In that document you will learn about our general meetings, read excerpts from our newsletter WheelNews and see a list of officers. You can also request a copy of the newsletter, join the Sacramento Wheelmen or subscribe to our internet mailing list. The heart and soul of our club are the organized rides, so we've listed the current ride schedule below."
The Adventurous Traveler Bookstore "the world's most complete source of outdoor adventure books and maps"
Spokes & Attire, a bike shop in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, offers information about "some great local road rides, some great offroad rides in and around Calgary (Canadian Rockies...), up-to-date trail conditions, local race calendar & race results and lots, lots more."
The Bloomington Bicycle Club "has a varied program of cycling activities centered within the scenic rolling hills of South Central Indiana. The beautiful campus of Indiana University, the Hoosier National Forest, the Morgan Monroe State Forest, the Yellowwood State Forest, and the Lake Monroe Reservoir provide a gorgeous, four-season background for club activities [...]"
Danny Ko's Sports World based in Hong Kong
"In this page, I have tried to link many official as well as unofficial sport sites around the world such as the soccer, football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, hockey, Olympic Games and World Cup sites, etc."
American's Sport Headquarters (ASHQ) "a comprehensive web index of sports sites on the web" has search capabilities and covers cycling among others
BikNet Bicycle Guide from Taiwan, "provide an integrated business environment for the bicycle industry"
LYF Cycle Touring
"This Web site was built to offer resources and links for the long distance touring cyclist. LYF Cycle Tours is located in Gainesville FL , and covers bike touring around the world. Self-supported riders are the target audience, but anyone interested in touring, whether it is fully catered inn to inn rides or a solo jaunt through deepest,darkest Africa is welcome."
The Rec.Travel Library: Worldwide Travel and Tourism Information
The Mountain Zone has a section on Mountain Biking
The International Bicycle Fund "is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, promoting sustainable transport and international understanding."
The Department of Urban Services of ACT, Australia, has an excellent article about the Canberra Cycleways Map
Paul Ratcliffe has a Cycling in Canberra page that includes the terribly useful Descriptions and Maps of Rides through Canberra Nature Park Reserves
On these very pages: Cycling in the Australian Capital Territory the diary of three weeks the manager of these pages has spent in Canberra with his mountain bike
Sydney 2000 Olympics: Cycling
The Triathlete's Web
The Battle of Borneo: a mountain bike challenge
Bicycle Touring Wizard - Bike travel reports from around the world, by Dave Herdegen
League of American Bicyclists - LAB "is a 501c-3 non-profit organization with membership of more than 24,000 bicyclists and 500 affiliated clubs and coalitions nationwide."
LAB operates as an advocacy group, publishes among others the Tourfinder, organizes cycling seminars, and has a network of Hospitality Homes that offer free accommodation to touring cyclists.
International Christian Cycling Club touring page
Building Bicycle Wheels by Sheldon Brown
A truly indispensible resource.
Explorer's Index - Hot Links from EXPLORE Magazine - "Canada's number one adventure magazine for the active outdoor enthusiast. "
A collection of very well commented links on outdoor adventure sports: "Backpacking and Hiking, Canoeing and Kayaking , Caving, Climbing & Mountaineering, Cycling, Nordic Skiing." They have very kind words for us...
Oz HPV - "To organise and co-ordinate Human Powered Vehicle events in Australia. To foster an awareness of HPV."
Includes links to bicycle tour reports.
Pedal Power is a bicycle advocay group in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Has several bicycle tour criptions.
Cycling the Americas
Thomas Schleicher's site (in German) has reports of trips in Australia and North America
Chris and Jan Marsh's Bicycle Touring Site has news, travelogs, maps, etc.
Bay Area Bike Rides by Ray Hosler
Useful Links for Endurance Athletes
Canadian Cyclist includes a nice section on tours, and informative equipment tests
Bicycle Touring by James Heng, Singapore
Bicyclopedia
"A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Bicycles and Bicycling -- Edited by Steven Olderr"
Bill's Cycle Racing - Results and News Service
The Science of Cycling, at San Francisco's Exploratorium
"The Science of Cycling takes you behind the scenes to learn about the sport from the perspective of top athletes, bicycle makers, and scientists."
Tierra del Fuego - Bicycling the World's End by Leandro Andres Tubia
Biking Southeast Asia - Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bali, ... by Felix Hude
Mit Trekking und Mountain-Bike um die Welt, an information site by Andreas Zehlius
Uncle Barn collects bicycle cue sheets for rides all over America
Klaus Offermann has written a book about his Bicycle trip in New Zealand
Patagonia98 by Erhard Kraus
Cycling around the world (in English and Dutch) by Paul van Roekel and Anja de Graaf covers their world tours, which includes Namibia, Ecuador, Australia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand
FATRAC - Folsom-Auburn Trail Riders Action Coalition - "In 1988, FATRAC was created to work with the California Department of Parks and Recreation in developing and constructing a system of trails within the Folsom Lake and Auburn State Recreation Area (ASRA) near Sacramento. FATRAC's purpose was to begin developing political clout in order to be better recognized as a legitimate trail user group. We, as mountain bikers, wanted to become a very active part in the formation of this area's trails and trail policy. Over the years, we have proven to be respectful, organized and a well disciplined group, yet still have fun in the process."
South America Cycling Touring Links - travelogue collection, an excellent site by Michael Merz
Ken Kifer's Bike Pages: "Learn how to explore the world Quixote-style: information on touring, camping, and bike gearing plus ten detailed accounts of extended bike trips in the US and Canada. "
Bicycling Life, "A Web-site for Everyday Bicyclists."
The Lance Armstrong Foundation: "The LAF Mission: Survivorship Prevention / early detection of cancer. Helping individuals manage their lives after diagnosis. Providing support to the survivors of all forms of cancer."
Daniel Convissor's Transport Bicycles Page
Bike and Hike World Tour - includes an End-to-End in the Americas, by Alycea and John-Paul Lamb-Horth
Coach Carl Online by Carl Cantrell
The Charles River Wheelmen, "On the Roads of New England since 1966. The Charles River Wheelmen (CRW) is a group of active cyclists who get together for weekly rides and frequent social events in the Boston area.
We are a nonprofit, totally volunteer organization in the Greater Boston bicycling community. Our main objective is to provide a high quality year round recreational ride program with a friendly, social atmosphere."
Doug Blane's Mountain Biking Adventures has among others reports of mountain biking in New Zealand, Sikkim, Nepal and Madagascar
EasyCycling.com, "a cycling magazine for all ages and abilities. Incorporating Women's Cycling: founded on the Net in 1996"
Car-Free! by A P Thornley
eFit, "the Healthy Living Portal, gives access to thousands of fitness, nutrition and health sites"
Mountain Biking in the Himalaya, the notes of a 2700 km tour Per Löwdin made in 1999 in Himachal Pradesh, Lahul, Spiti, Ladakh, Nubra and Rupshu
BikeNorth - Online Touring Guides. "It offers online touring route information, with the first online guide partly completed about cycle touring in Canada's Northwest."
Cycling Images of India by Sue Darlow
Chain-Suck : in a NUTSHELL... a binding tale about the bad tooth-fairy by Jonathan Levy
Bikes - A VidBook Guide - Have you come to a fork in the road? Stop wondering, and steer down this informative path paved for the leisurely, moderate and extreme biker (the pedaling kind). Complete with text and streaming video, these VidBook lessons help keep all your gears going through those tough sporting obstacles.
Impressions from bicycle travels: Visual stories from America and Asia (fully-automatic slide shows.) by Paul Jeurissen & Grace Johnson

Touring Great Ocean Road Australia 2002 by Lawrence Springall

A spare week seemed just long enough to explore one of Australia's most magnificent stretches of coastline. Running for several hundred kilometres, the Great Ocean Road offers a unique window into Australia's natural landscape and history...

Other Cycling Resources: Rest of the World

Other Cycling Resources:
Rest of the World