Web Links for cyclists

Local Interest

Clubs/Orgs

General

  • Active.com - online registration for cycling events, races, plus training, cycling calendars, news
  • Bicycle Aerodynamics - by Princeton University Profs. Smits & Royce (Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
  • The Bicycle Site - Indexed and searchable resources, including bicycle ecards, articles, stories, clubs, associations & advocacy, & travel bicycling
  • Bicycling Life - "A Web-site for Everyday Bicyclists" - promotes bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation in everyday life.
  • bikelist.org - evolving into a home for non-commercial bicycle-related mailing lists (a phred.org site)
  • GORP (Guide to Outdoor Recreation: Biking)
  • Ken Kifer's Bike Pages
  • Map Center (Providence)
  • National Bicycle History Archive of America - Classic Bicycle Heaven
  • Pedaling History Bicycle Museum - covering antiques through the classics to modern bikes, as well as social, design, manufacturing, marketing, and sport influences.
  • Pedals for Progress - a non-profit, and a registered charity in CT, MD, MA, NJ, PA, VT, and VA. Its mission is to rescue bicycles and bike-related parts and accessories destined for America's landfills, and put them to productive use overseas.
  • RoadBikeRider.com - free "how-to" articles, e-newsletter, books, expert advice
  • Rubel Bikemaps (Cambridge, MA)
  • Science of Cycling - This Exploratorium resource covers competitive aspects, bicycle frames & materials, physics & forces, and includes cycling history and culture.
  • Self-Propelled City - resource for city dwellers without cars, and for those who want to encourage others to see the bicycle as a vehicle of transportation, not just recreation, in our cities and other places.
  • Sheldon Brown's Articles about Bicycles Page
  • Trails.com - trail & route descriptions, topo maps
  • Transportation Alternatives - NYC-area citizens group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars.

News/Magazines

Road Biking

Mountain Biking

Bike Paths, Trails & Bikeways (also see Bikeway Organizations & Resources, in next section)

Bikeways/Greenways/Advocacy Organizations & Resources

Tours (US & International) and touring resources ( * indicates recommended by an NBW member)

  • ABCycletours (Abruzzo, Italy) - Road cyclotours & bike vacations in some of Italy's most lovable regions
  • * Adventure Cycling Association - America's premier, nonprofit organization dedicated to bicycle touring — both vehicle-supported and self-contained. Offers touring maps/routes. (Founded 1973 as Bikecentennial)
  • Adventure Travel - offers small group tours to more unusual destinations, Europe and the world
  • America by Bicycle - see the country on your own terms and speed, by the seat of your bicycle
  • * Austin-Lehman Adventures - tours in Europe since 1974
  • * Backroads - offers well-supported and sometimes challenging tours around the world
  • Bicycle Adventure Club - not a tour company - organizes tours for groups of self-sufficient riders
  • Bicycle Beano Cycling Tours - Cycling holidays on the lanes of Wales and England with vegetarian cuisine, mostly organic
  • Bicycle Guide to the Lewis & Clark Trail - Maps and info for anyone thinking about riding part or all of this 3,000 mile tour
  • Bike Virginia - a five-day bike tour of Virginia scenery, history, culture & hospitality. [Related: see Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival, below.]
  • Bicycling Cuba - same family's virtual tour (and travel book) w/commentary & photos of the best cycling regions
  • Blue Coast Bikes Tours - guided bicycle tours in Portugal.
  • Blue Marble - tours for younger or more independent riders (no van support); lots of info on their site about inexpensive touring.
  • * Bon Ton Roulet - tour of the Finger Lake region of New York State
  • Butterfield & Robinson - at the high end of bike tour companies, top-notch accommodation and support in Europe and US
  • Chain Gang Cycle Tours Ltd - bike tours in France and Italy
  • * Ciclismo Classico (Arlington, MA) - specialists in Italian active vacations; also Spain, France, Austria ... and New England
  • * Cinghiale Cycling Tours - ex-racer & Giro d'Italia winner Andy Hampsten's tours in Italy for avid cyclists
  • * Classic Adventures - tours of Europe with a focus on culture/history, by a long-established company
  • Coastal Biking Adventures - bike tours of Southern New England (CT, NY, RI)
  • CRW bicycle tour reports (Charles River Wheelmen) - US/ International bike tour reports, links, resources
  • CycleItalia - tours for advanced riders in Italy, organized by ex-racers.
  • Cycling holidays in Suffolk UK - self-guided bike tours in gentle Suffolk (also Norfolk) countryside with pre-booked accommodation
  • Cycling Sideways - Cycletouring in Wales and UK. Includes related tourist/travel info & links (note: some bad)
  • Cyclevents - Fun, affordable rides worldwide for cycling enthusiasts. Began 1990 as Wyoming Cycling Celebration (WYCYC) ride, which became an annual tour, followed by Idaho's SPUDS ride. Rides now include Utah, Alaska and Hawaii, along with Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific.
  • DuVine Adventures - easy, fun tours in Europe, California. Younger crowd than some tour groups.
  • Easy Rider Tours - off-the-beaten-path tours in Europe (the Azores, Portugal) as well as New England and Canada
  • ExperiencePlus Specialty Tours (Colorado) - offers active tours in Europe, Latin America, & Australia
  • Far & Away - adventurous tours in Vietnam, Slovenia, and other destinations not usually offered by tour companies.
  • Great Big FANY Ride (Five hundred miles Across New York) - a fun 500 mile, week-long ride across New York State
  • Imagine Tours (California) - affordable cycling tours in the United States, Canada and overseas
  • Iron Donkey Irish Bicycle Tours - self-guided, supported, and custom group tours for experienced cyclists in five different areas of Ireland
  • La Corsa Tours - challenging bike vacations for avid riders, France, Italy, and Spain
  • LAGBRAU (Sept.) - Legacy Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Utah: "400 miles, 7 days, 3 national parks, 2 skinny tires"
  • Le Moulin du Chemin - Cycling Holidays in France
  • Marty Jemison Tours - tours in Europe organized by ex-Tour de France racer Marty Jemison.
  • Michael Krabach's bike touring (among other things) site - click links for reports of his Alaska and TransAmerica trips
  • New England Adventure Bicycle Tours (Saratoga Springs, NY) - sponsors summer and fall New England Adventures tours
  • * Pac Tour (Wisconsin) - Bicycle expeditions across America
  • * Pedal & Sea Adventures - bike tours in Canada, Italy, Ireland, Costa Rica
  • Randonnee Tours - self-guided tours (site in French)
  • Sheldon Brown's bike touring articles.
  • Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival (Virginia) - starting in Staunton (pronounced Stanton), explore the less traveled Shenandoah Valley roads of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, over two days.
  • * Sojourn - cycling tours in US and Canada, small groups (~15).
  • Sugar Maple Trailside Inn (Florence [Northampton], MA) - the region's 1st B&B on a rail-trail that themes to bicyclists (and other rail trail fans).
  • Terracotta Journeys - Cycling tours for active travellers, off-the-beaten-track in Spain, Portugal and France.
  • Timberline Adventures (Denver, CO) - a relatively small "ma & pa" company offering fully supported, inn-to-inn bicycling and hiking adventure vacations throughout the western U.S. and Canada.
  • Trail-Seekers - Bike in Southwest Ireland - "from Blarney to Killarney via three Atlantic peninsulas"
  • Trento Bike Pages - the definitive European resource for bicycle touring around the world. Over 1,200 contributed reports of bicycle tours, and trail descriptions, sorted by country.
  • Trek Travel - fully supported bike tours in Europe and US (and they must provide great bikes, right!)
  • * Van Gogh Tours - good value tours in Europe, attracts families.
  • * VBT - Vermont Bike Tours - guided tours in Europe and US (air fare included).
If you have a bicycling-related page that you would like added to (or removed from) this list, please email me.