Global

Miscellaneous Global Sites

In one sense, the existence of this section is evidence of our failure to design a hierarchy that finds a place for each flavor of site, but in another sense it's a testimonial to the originality of the folks who designed these things, which just aren't me-too enough to fit into one of our other bulging boxes of sites.

Alex's Bicycle Page

A collection links from someone names Alex.

personal;tour;bikes;parts

[Added December, 2001 ]

Bike Highway

They claim to be "the first national library of local bicycle cue/route sheets." A great idea, although the cue sheets are only 'free' if they are sponsored.

cue sheets

[Added: December 20, 2000. ]

The Bike Path

Mountain Biking, Metaphysics, Spirituality and Digital Impressionistic Art are some of the paths taken by Writer/Artist Wayne Eliot Lankford.

off-road,literature, photo

Alabaster, AL

[Added: December 11, 2002. ]

BikeThisWay.com

"Cue sheets from all over the country. Members can earn points for submitting rides and redeem the points for free stuff! Also have bike club news and info, your bike log, and much more!"
You are required to register as a member in order to take advantage of these cool features, and to install 'Flash Player' to tour the web site. I didn't make the effort.

maps

Submitted by: Tom Marotta tmarotta@bikethisway.com

[Added: December 3, 2000. ]

Campagnolo Only!

"The only site on the WWW devoted to extolling the many virtues of the world's finest bicycling components." Tens of reasons why Campagnolo is better, plus testimonials, tech info, links to related sites, and lovely photos of some of the best Campy stuff. Unique!

[Updated November 11, 2001.]

[Updated August 12, 1997.]

CARveat Emptor

"An Arts & Sciences Crash Ph.D. Course in CarBuyology 101"

What's an automobile-oriented site doing in a list of bicycling sites? This site is to biking sites as a mad-cow disease site is to vegetarian sites: puts the fear of God into you with respect to the alternatives. This giant site is devoted to exposing the fraud and deceit that is rampant in the automobile industry. The claim, which we have fun beleiving, is that "fraudulent sales and service practices in the automobile industry alone last year cost America's friends and families $22,000,000,000..." My favorite section is Alternatives to the Common Car, where he suggests "consider getting a bicycle instead of buying a car..." He says "we knew we were on the right road in highlighting the shortcomings of the automobile industry when someone left a message on the answering machine, suggesting we were responsible for the economic and social problems in America..." We'd like to get some messages like that, and we fear that their absence means that we're not doing our job very well.

[Updated July, 2001.]

[Updated March 5, 1998.]

C.H.U.N.K. 666.

"Chunk six-six-six is a bicycle gang and temperance league which believes in the use of muscle-powered steeds to augment the physiology of their riders. Mechanically-powered vehicles tend to induce boredom in the people who are steering them; humans then counter this boredom by driving drunk or removing their mufflers so that they can annoy people. So easy to do! So weak and spineless! Chunk nullifies this effect by crafting bicycles which induce a state of intoxication in their riders."

[Updated April, 2001.]

Club Tread Report

This is a monthly newsletter, available via email or on the web that is sponsored by Brauns Online, a shop and mail-order outfit in Kitchener, Ontario. The content is "cycling industry news, product reviews, and tech tips." It's probably easier to read on the web, but subscribing is the way to get the information in a timely fashion. It's free in either event.

CyberCycle

"CyberCycle was designed by high school students for the ThinkQuest international Web Site Contest. Our goal is to be the most informative cycling site on the 'net and we feel that we've done just that by providing the cyclist with everything they need to know about: nutrition, mountain biking, training, equipment, an extensive (step-by-step) section on repairs, a special section just for women cyclists, forums, interactive polls, and much more!" Really good-looking. Includes a section called CyberCycle: The Game that's a nice diversion.

[Added August 14, 1997. Submitted by Jen.]

cycling.org

"The Global Cycling Network is an electronic information desk for cyclists." Formerly run by a volunteer and called VeloNet, it has been resited at and, more recently, integrated into, Cyber Cyclery, a commercial site. (Background on the events that lead to the move and the events that have followed are here). Hundreds of cycling-oriented mailing lists are run at this site, and there are also big lists of organizations, plus tens of small web pages for organizations without the will or means to site their own.

[Updated February 13, 1998.]

Cycling Accident Database

moved to our Safety section.

Home of the unique and famous bicycle accident archive, which features a facility for entering the details of your own bicycle accident, with the possibility of being selected as Chris' Pick of the Week. Now, you or I might prefer to avoid even thinking about our little mishaps, nor care to hear the details of those of net-strangers, but for those of us who live for such stuff: this is your page. Newly resited and reglitzed.

[Updated December 20, 1996.]

CyclingFan

A site with a lot of links, photos and pools.

Netherlands

Submitted by: Frank Niemeijer cyclingfan@fniemeijer.demon. nl

[Added: February 13, 2002. ]

FAQ - Bicycles FAQ

Hypertext version of the rec.bicycles FAQ.

fixedwheel

Ddedicated to the road rider using fixed.

fixed;road;

Submitted by: Steve Morris steve@fixedwheel.co.uk

[Added: February 17, 2002. ]

Hideouswhitenoise

this link is now in Bike Messenger section.

This is an online 'zine published by bike messengers in Toronto, but with broad appeal-- at least to bike messengers elsewhere, and probably to anybody with a bicycle transportation advocacy jones. According to Guido BruidoClarke, who has a hand in it, "Hideousewhitenoise is a e-zine that promotes cycling, reports on urban bike racing and is fighting against the world domination of the automobile." We enjoyed the report on the 4th Annual Cycle Messenger World Championship, held this year in San Francisco. Did you know that 3500 cyclists participated in a Critical Mass ride there?

[Updated March 9, 1998.]

International Bicycle Vocabulary

A dictionary of bike terms in a number of languages. An interesting selection of languages, including Esperanto.

dictionary, technical,

[Added: April 11, 2002. ]

Japanese Bicycle History Club

In slightly shattered English, featuring a nice collection of photos of antique bicycles.

japan

vintage

[Added March 21, 1998.]

Biking Jargon

A collection of terms about biking. See also this, or this .

jargon

[Added: July 10, 2003. ]

Image Library

"The Pedestrian Bicycle Information Center has teamed with Walkable Communities, Inc. and the Institute of Transportation Engineers Pedestrian and Bicycle Council to bring you the Image Library, a searchable collection of over 1400 categorized images. Whether you're a concerned citizen interested in improving the walkability or bikability of your community or a professional who's making a report or constructing new policies, please feel free to use these images and come back often - we're constantly adding new images."

[Added May 20, 2002.]

Mountain BIke Militia

We're not sure what to make of these people, but we admire their enthusiasm.

location

advocacy;off-road;

[Added Feb, 2002 ]

National Bicycle History Archive

"The Archive contains over 30,000 original catalogs, photos and advertisements ranging from the 1860s thru 1960s. Hundreds of books ranging from one of the first English language bicycle books in the 1860s to more modern works... we can assist private collectors with information and advice on history and restorations. We are available with movies, videos, slide shows, speaking engagements, and have access to the curator's collection of over 1,000 bicycles." Featuring perhaps the world's most hideous logo. Not that much is on the site at this writing, but they plan to add many photographs in the near future.

history;vintage

[Added March 21, 1998.]

National Motorists Association

These folks say "Did you get a traffic ticket? We can help." They advocate such agendas as speed limits that match design standards of roads, legalized radar detectors, an end to photo radar, and decommissioning of speed traps. Their agents like to cruise the bicycling groups giving the lie to such outdated notions as the idea that the speed of automobile traffic in residential areas might be set to consider such factors as the presence of children or other non-motorists in the area. That might be less than the design limit! A good site for getting your blood boiling in preparation for, say, a visit to a meeting of your local transportation commission.

[Added December 30, 1996.]

Nelson Lam's Cycling Page

About the most personal of all the pages that are listed in this index, Nelson Lam writes about very high-end equipment, writes well, and includes plenty of high-quality if slow-loading photos.

[Updated November 11, 2001.]

Nomadic Research Labs

"Nomadic Research Labs is a small enterprise devoted to the pursuit of nomadness. Steve Roberts, a technomad for the past 11 years, wandered 17,000 miles around the the U.S via various versions of the computerized recumbent bicycle known as Behemoth (formerly the Winnebiko)..."

[Updated October 30, 1996.]

Raleigh Chopper Primer

Choppers A-Z, Chopper cheesecake, oddities and stuff for sale. Information on the Raleigh Chopper made in England from '69 to '73 (USA models).

classics,history

Submitted by: Jim Barnard jgbarnard@aol.com

[Added: January 17, 2001. ]

Runner's Web

Cycling links.

running; ads; links;

[Added: March 20, 2002. ]

Ryan Border's Bicycling Page

The best information is in a section called "here's what happens when you put an aerospace engineer on a bicycle."

Stolen Bike Registry

A place to

Register your bike as stolen.
Search to see if a bike you are considering buying has been stolen.
Search to see if the bike you stole can be safely sold.

Tandem List Info

Information on subscribing to tandem@hobbes.ucsd.edu, a mailing list for tandem enthusiasts

Unicycling Home Page

Including the Unicycling FAQ, of course. Very handy model comparisons (frightening how many there are!), HOWTOs, links, organizations-- kind of a minuature cycling.org. Excellent!

VidBook.com

"Free expert lessons about the sport of bike riding - with video clips and information about bicycle buying, gearing up and riding."Tom Cuthbertson shows you how to get fitted.

[Added: February 27, 2001. ]

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