| Link | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|
| www.microship.com | ||
| http://www.comm.media.state.mn.us/bookstore/12-34.htm | - Bicycle vacation guide from the MN (State) Bookstore. | books |
| http://www.a1.com/pebooks/3.htm | Books about bicycling, including the bicycling vacation guide to Minnesota and Wisconsin. | books |
| www.nashbar.com | catalog | |
| www.performancebike.com | catalog | |
| www.coloradocyclist.com | catalog | |
| www.iawathletics.com | Custom Cycling Gloves | clothing |
| www.lickbike.com | Cow Jersey | clothing |
| http://www.terrybicycles.com | Terry Precision Cycling For Women is a small company in Macedon, New York that specializes in bikes and bike apparrel for WOMEN of all sizes and skill level. It is one of the few, if not the only, source for maternity bicycle shorts. If you are male, The Men’s Room has Liberator Saddles for sale. Get their free catalog through an online request or 1-800-289-8379. | clothing |
| users.owt.com/jlewis/tcbc | Bike Club (TCBC) in Washington | club - casual |
| www.bikeride.com | Pacific Northwest club | club - casual |
| http://www.wombats.org/ | the Women’s
Mountain Biking and Tea Society, or, Wombats, “is a network of women of all ages and abilities who share a passion for pedaling in the dirt.” They sponsor rides from Massachusetts to New Mexico. |
club - casual |
| www.cascade.org | Seattle Club | club - casual |
| http://bicycling.about.com/library/clubs/blclubindex.htm?pid=2816&cob=home | Bike Club Finder | club - casual |
| www.geocities.com/hotsprings/1669 | club - casual | |
| www.bikecal.com | Northern CA club | club - casual |
| http://www.ncmbp.org | The North Central Mountain Bike Patrol is a volunteer non-profit organization established in 1995 by members of the Anoka County (MN) Park Rangers Bicycle Patrol in response to numerous requests for the unit's assistance from outside of Anoka County. Their patrollers are dedicated to the sport of mountain biking. In 1998, they collectively patrolled over 1500 miles and supported eleven mountain biking events. | club - casual |
| www.nwacc-bike.org | Northwest Airlines Cycling Club | club - casual |
| http://www.nscsports.com/velo/ | Looking for racing?
The National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine has racing every Thursday and on the occasional weekend |
club - racing |
| http://www.cyclingteams.com/ | "Cycling Teams" - details information about racing teams and their statistics, down to the individual rider. If you're a fan of a particular team, or your employer sponsors a team (mine does!), you can find out what rides they've excelled at, whether they're good on cobblestones, and more. | club - racing |
| http://www.cyclingnews.com/ | Cycle racing results and news analysis | club - racing |
| www.gisracing.com | GIS racing club - local | club - racing |
| www.dero.com | Bike Racks | equipment |
| http://www.candytape.com/awbc | ? “AWBC” stands for “Amazing Wooden Bike Company”, and this bike definitely has to be seen to be appreciated. | equipment |
| http://www.dero.com | Bicycle racks. | equipment |
| http://www.cycle-safe.com | All about bicycle lockers. | equipment |
| http://www.rydjor.com/index.htm | Rydjor Bike Shop in Austin, Minnesota. Check out their collection of classic bicycles like the 1886 Columbia Ordinary. | equipment |
| http://www.campmor.com |
Campmor is located in Saddle River, New Jersey, and has a free catalog for anyone who enjoys outdoor sports activities. A small but good selection of hard to find items for bicyclists. | equipment |
| http://www.shuttlebike.com/howworks.htm | Weird site of the month (yes, stranger than the amazing wooden bike): | equipment |
| http://www.shocktek.com | A biker had a very good experience with the owner of this site (sales wise) buying a pair of Dr. Spitzer(tm) gloves, designed for those with carpal tunnel or who need serious comfort. | equipment |
| www.bbop.org | MN's B-Bop | events |
| www.mnms.org/events/biketours.html | MS rides | events |
| http://bicycling.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm?pid=2816&cob=home | About.com Tour de France information | events |
| www.ragbrai.com | RAGBRAI (organized ride) | events |
| http://www.cheqfattire.com/ | Valerie Olson is
looking for riders to go to the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival in Wisconsin |
events |
| http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/tdf/ | Yet more Tour de France coverage | events |
| www.grabaawr.com | GRABAAWR (organized ride) | events |
| www.letour.fr | Le Tour de France | events |
| members.tripod.com/~Darryl_Zurn/today.html | TCBC daily events | events |
| www.tourdewings.com/mbf.html | Minnesota Bike Festival Events (May) | events |
| helios.augustana.edu/qcbc/brochure.html | TOMRV (organized ride) | events |
| www.endureplus.com | Sports nutrition and endurance info. | health |
| http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tcdc/tp.html | A Personal web page
about Stretching and Training for Bicycling - check out his advice on treating "popping knees" |
health |
| http://www.ridefast.com/ | George Hincapie's Training schedule is actually linked to Carmichael Training Systems™ - - learn about their camps and their riders. | health |
| http://www.laf.org/ | Finally, as long as we're on the subject of Lance, be sure to check out the Lance Armstrong Foundation - "helping people manage and survive cancer". | health |
| http://perso.infonie.fr/prelate/rmb-lk2.htm | "Women's Cycling and Fitness" - the international site of the month - offers a wide variety of links inside and outside the United States, including racing information for different countries and links to individual Velonews areas. | health |
| http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/risks.htm | Is cycling dangerous? A discussion about, and dispelling, the myth that cycling is likely to lead to your untimely death by a rouge driver. Note the chart that shows how the decrease in heart disease and several other leading causes from biking biking is signficant enough that it’s more dangerous not to ride. | health |
| reality.sgi.com/csp/cvcc/misc/wheel_cover.html | Making cheap "disk-like" wheels | how-to |
| http://www.pagesz.net/~scotty/gear-form.html | Gearhead site of the month. This site contains an application that computes and graphs the gears for any bicycle in gear-inches. The site informs surfers, “To understand the gear-inch measurement of a gear, imagine pedaling a single wheel of the same size, with the pedals joined directly at the axle. A forty-inch wheel would be much easier to turn, but slower, than a 100 inch wheel!” | how-to |
| http://www.damonrinard.com/ | Damon Rinard’s site about building his own bicycles. How to make a carbon fiber frame in your garage, a free spoke length calculator and, of course, the Rinard Fork Deflection Test. | how-to |
| www.bsn.com/cycling | bicycling science | magazines |
| www.greatoutdoors.com/velonews | VeloNews | magazines |
| www.bicyclist.com/bicyclist.html | magazines | |
| www.bicyclingmagazine.com | magazines | |
| OdysseyRider10-subscribe@onelist.com | Odyssey 2000 (R) Riders are still at large (obviously, it’s still Y2K – thought you’d seen the last of that term?) Many of the riders have started their own e-mail lists. Subscribe (send a blank e-mail message) to any or all of the following to be on their mailing list: | mailing list |
| www.egroups.com/group/tcbc | Link to tcbc mailing list | mailing list |
| wombat-friends-subscribe@egroups.com | Odyssey 2000 (R) Riders are still at large (obviously, it’s still Y2K – thought you’d seen the last of that term?) Many of the riders have started their own e-mail lists. Subscribe (send a blank e-mail message) to any or all of the following to be on their mailing list: | mailing list |
| www.onelist.com/subscribe/HarpoVal | Valerie Olson's Odyssey 2000 e-mail list | mailing list |
| tcbc-subscribe@egroups.com | TCBC mailing list | mailing list |
| NewsFromOdyssey-subscribe@onelist.com | Odyssey 2000 (R) Riders are still at large (obviously, it’s still Y2K – thought you’d seen the last of that term?) Many of the riders have started their own e-mail lists. Subscribe (send a blank e-mail message) to any or all of the following to be on their mailing list: | mailing list |
| craig@jhcb.org | Here are a couple of "real" people who have e-mail lists | mailing list |
| tom@bigsurarts.org | Here are a couple of "real" people who have e-mail lists | mailing list |
| HarpoVal-subscribe@onelist.com | Odyssey 2000 (R) Riders are still at large (obviously, it’s still Y2K – thought you’d seen the last of that term?) Many of the riders have started their own e-mail lists. Subscribe (send a blank e-mail message) to any or all of the following to be on their mailing list: | mailing list |
| http://www.david-j-simpson.com/ | "David J. Simpson - Bicycling, Poetry Writing Postal Worker" - maintains his own page of links and other assorted information. Check out his site for a few places to go, and his amateur poetry about, ostensibly, Route 66. | misc |
| www.metrocouncil.org/transit/bikeride.htm | Take your bike on the bus | misc |
| http://www.bikelane.com | Around since 1993, is a bicycling on-line newsletter that includes links to safety and advocacy, magazines, lists of sites, pictures, mailing lists, and exciting sites about biking. | misc |
| http://danenet.wicip.org/bcp/ | "Bicycling Community Page" - the out of state site of the month - - offers information about bicycling in Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin: racing, touring, commuting and links to other bicycling resources. | misc |
| www.keirsey.com | Motivational Test | misc |
| www.icebike.com | Winter cycling | misc |
| www.hansrey.com | Hans Rey and his balancing act | misc |
| www.hamsterdance.com | misc | |
| www.greatoutdoors.com/tv/howtoget/fax | Outdoor Life Network | misc |
| www.dreamscape.com/ldavis/Trirassicle | 3 wheeler | misc |
| www.cycle-safe.com | Bike Lockers | misc |
| http://www.agribiz.com/cropcond/cropmois.html | For those not on the TCBC mailing list, “This map shows the current topsoil moisture content for all of North America. Very helpful for planning your next mountain bike excursion!” | misc |
| www.chainguard.org | Bumper Stickers | misc |
| www.metrocouncil.org/transit/biklckrs.htm | Take your bike on the bus | misc |
| bikeculture.com | misc | |
| aa.usno.navy.mil/aa | Official Sunrise/Sunset times of US Naval Observatory | misc |
| www.cyclingforum.com | misc | |
| www.tripendo.com | 3 wheeler | misc |
| http://www.cycling.org/ | Looking for more
cycling links? Cyber Cyclery touts itself as an internet hub for the cycling surfer |
misc |
| http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/index.html | Harris Cyclery, ‘the first Southern New England Bike Shop with a web site’. Not just e-commerce, but useful links and articles as well, including, among many, “Evil Bikes”, “Fixed Gear Testimonials”, Tim McNamara’s Bicycle Fiction (from Minnesota) and “Cyclecomputer Troubleshooting” | misc |
| http://www.reed.edu/~karl/chunk/ | always wished you bike looked a little more like that Harley you really meant to buy? Chunk 666 is proof that you can have the best of both worlds. They state, “Those who already ride bicycles and shoot bb guns and slingshots today will easily dominate the huddled masses tomorrow.” | misc |
| http://www.northeastnet.com/cyclebooks/plains.htm | Cyclebooks specializes in books specifically for the midwest. Their selection list for Minnesota is a bit sparse, but if they get more hits, maybe they’ll expand. | misc |
| http://bicycling.about.com | About.com has a general bicycling link | misc |
| www.windcheetah.co.uk | 3 wheeler | misc |
| www.unicyclesource.com | misc | |
| www.trhys.net/cc97 | Tom Rice's 1997 cross-country ride | misc |
| www.syix.com/poundmaster | Dog Tags | misc |
| www.stickyrice.com | Sushi (reference to Stefan K's ride) | misc |
| www.softcom.net/users/mikey719/pass_the_pigs/passthepigs.html | misc | |
| www.smith-wesson.com/mbike/index.html | Police Bikes | misc |
| www.singletrackonline.com | Streaming video of moutain biking | misc |
| http://www.slovis.com/bookmarks.html | Local list of links - scroll past the picture of Buffy and find not only links to bicycling sites, but inline skating routes in Minnesota, running, etc. There's even a link to a fantasy bicycling league, though it's a bit outdated (if there's a member that participates in that activity, please let me know, I'd be happy to give it some space to explain how it works). | misc |
| http://danenet.wicip.org/bcp/regional.html | A list of sites in/about Minnesota. | misc |
| www.pedalmagic.com | Ride a bike in 5 minutes | misc |
| www.ohs.fhwa.dot.gov/rumblestrips | Opinions about rumblestrips | misc |
| www.pedalinghistory.com/PHPosters.htm | historic cycling posters | misc |
| http://www.lmb.org/tools/tools.htm | ? The League of Michigan Bicyclists - make sure to check out the advocates toolkit and their 2000 Shoreline tours. | organizations |
| www.bhsi.org | Bicycle Helmet Safety | organizations |
| http://www.lmb.org | Other state organization site of the month. | organizations |
| www.metrocouncil.org/parks | maps of regional parks, register with the commuter "Chain Gang" | organizations |
| www.mtn.org/tcbc | TCBC Site | organizations |
| http://www.dot.state.mn.us/trim/ats/sbac/ | the Minnesota State Bicycle Advisory Committee. They still have a request pending for a citizen member from District 8. | organizations |
| http://www.winternet.com/~rtandems/mcb/bikelaw.htm | Minnesota Bicycling Laws from the MN Coalition of Bicyclists. | organizations |
| www.mcf.net/ycl | MN Youth Cycling League | organizations |
| www.saintpaul.com/ybc/index.html | St. Paul Yellow Bike Coalition | organizations |
| http://www.ci.mpls.mn.us/citywork/public-works/transportation/bicycles/index.html | looking for bike lockers in downtown Minneapolis? Worried about whether they’re going to outlaw bicycling in Minneapolis all together (a joke!)? Concerned that your bike hasn’t been registered in the last three years? Well, this would be the place to investigate, the official city of Minneapolis website, complete with strong urgings to wear your helmet and register your bicycle. | organizations |
| www.dot.state.mn.us/trim/ats/guidestar/sti/sbac/index.html | MN State Bicycle Advisory Committee - "promote the acceptance and use of bicycles in Minnesota." | organizations |
| www.hiayh.org | Check out the travel section | organizations |
| http://www.ci.brooklyn-park.mn.us/code/405.html | City of Brooklyn Park bicycle codes. | organizations |
| http://www.dot.state.mn.us/sbac/ | ? Good news and bad news...for the website of the MN State Bicycle Advisory Committee. The bad news is the address for the SBAC website has changed. The URL to the old address no longer works, and forwards you to a non-descript page within MnDOT's home page. The good news is our web address has been shortened by 2 words! (/TRIM/ATS/ has been removed). | organizations |
| http://www.mnhs.org/library/search/vrdb/bsearch.html | The Minnesota Historical Society Picture database. Make sure you do a search on “bicycle” and see some great pictures of bicycling in the late 1800s. Picture use is by permission, so apply if you want to use something as your web page background. | pictures |
| http://www.hincapie.com/ | Then again, maybe you’re a George Hincapie fan instead - in which case you're in luck as you can go right from Lance's site to - where the page opens not to George on his bike, but George in a suit with a pair of dogs? Fortunately, there are a number of photos of George on his bike in the photos section, not to mention some racing tips and a training schedule. | racers |
| http://www.lancearmstrong.com/ | Do you not get Velonews, but need to know Lance's schedule so you can set your VCR to grab the very best of the Outdoor Life Network? Perhaps you'd like to train the same way Lance is training? Maybe you just want a lot of pictures of Lance to print and stick all over your bicycling room (doesn't everyone have a bicycling room?). | racers |
| www.visionrecumbants.com | recumbant | |
| recumbants.com/decimach | Break the speed of sound | recumbant |
| www.bjbicycle.com | Free Screensave | software |
| http://www.mrbikey.com/ | we bring you Mr. Bikey once again for a very good reason, not only is it updated with a list of TCBC members and their e-mail addresses, but you can also reach the brand new “Twin Cities Bike Shop Directory”, with links and addresses of bicycle shops all across our two towns. | TCBC member |
| www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/1534 | Mike O'Neill | TCBC member |
| www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1033 | Graeme Braithwaite | TCBC member |
| http://www123.pair.com/dzurn/today.html | or, if you're just browsing his site, try his new address at | TCBC member |
| http://www.mninter.net/~tudorvii/Biking.htm | My biking page - it
should include a link to all these links and all past TCBC Websurfer links by publication time |
TCBC member |
| http://www123.pair.com/dzurn/ | Darryl Zurn has
added a search feature to his TCBC daily ride site - search for that ride you want by name |
TCBC member |
| www.mrbikey.com | Mike Beadles | TCBC member |
| www.pclink.com/chsun1 | Chuck Sunder | TCBC member |
| members.tripod.com/~Darryl_Zurn | Darryl Zurn | TCBC member |
| pages.prodigy.net/jimpederson | Jim Pederson | TCBC member |
| http://harpoval.com | ? Check out many of the Odyssey 2000 (O2K!) web page by starting with and perusing the "WebRing" at the bottom of the page. Once you start surfing the riders' pages, there are many links to other rider's pages. | TCBC member |
| http://www.users.uswest.net/~pgwag/mnbiktrail.html | Phil Wagner's list of Bike Trails in Minnesota. | trails |
| http://www.north-stars.org/bikemap.htm | A visual map of paved trails only. | trails |
| www.dnr.state.mn.us/trails_and_waterways/state_trails/maps | MN State Trail Maps | trails |
| http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/ | A whole site devoted
to Minnesota's Paul Bunyan Trail - if you're bored, avail yourself of a few games of Paul Bunyan online tic-tac-toe |
trails |
| http://www.pioneerplanet.com/archive/bikeguide/ | Pioneer Planet Bike
Guide - for those who don't want to pay for Richard Fred Arey's book 'Twin Cities Bicycling' |
trails |
| www.railtrails.org/states/mntrails.htm | Minnesota Rail Trails | trails |
| http://www.startribune.com/news/sports/biking/ | Star Tribune Bicycling Page - note the Trail Finder | trails |
| www.co.dakota.mn.us/planning/mrrt.htm | Plan for the Mississippi River Regional Trail | trails |
| http://hauns.com/~DCQu4E5g/Index.html | Coach Carl says, “I am a retired cycling coach who is using my site to promote cycling by providing free coaching and information to racers, recreational cyclists, coaches, and fans online. Make sure your browser is frame compatible and surf over to “Ask the Coach” your cycling questions. | training |
| www.moab.com | travel | |
| www.travelwisconsin.com/activities/bike.shtml | Wisconsin Biking | travel |
| www.bikegaba.org | travel | |
| www.vail.net/summer/paragon/bike.html | travel | |
| www.gorp.com/gorp/trips/actbike.htm | travel | |
| www.hunterlink.net.au/~derk | travel | |
| www.pactour.com | travel | |
| www.mauibike.com | travel | |
| www.efaxinc.com/WheelsOnTheRim | around the world trip report | travel |
| http://www.travelon.com | another travel/touring by bicycle guide | travel |
| http://www.atbook.com | the Adventurous Travel Bookstore, books relating to sports and the outdoors. | travel |
| http://www.gfonline.org/BikeAccess | Your guide to taking your bike somewhere without riding it there. A helpful resource for handling your bike at specific airports gleaned from rec.bicycles.rides and other locations. | travel |
| www.2000-first-to-the-sun.com | Year 2000 bike trip | travel |
| http://www.adventurequest.com | AdventureQuest.com, the home for unusual travel, offering ‘more than 1,200 adventure trips for families, groups and the independent traveler.’ | travel |
| www.aftonalsp.com/bike | travel | |
| http://www.adventures.i21.com/bike.htm | Adventure Vacation Guide. Links to many companies that provide cycling tours throughout the world. | travel |
| www.brag.org/bikesouth2000 | Year 2000 bike trip | travel |
| http://www.allbiketrips.com | a travel/touring by bicycle guide. | travel |
| http://www.virtualtahoe.com/tgftbike/index.html | A link overheard on
a ride - the Oatbran - "America's Loneliest Bike Tour" - also, take the "X" ride to Area 51, and find out if aliens use 2 pedals or 3! |
travel |
| http://www.bicyclelongisland.org/touroper.htm | a list of tours brought to you by the Paumonok Bicycling Group of Long Island. Back up a link (delete ‘touroper.htm’ and refresh) and read about their club and mailing list. | travel |
| www.aspeninteractive.com/huts | travel | |
| www.bicycletour.com | World Wide Bicycle Tour Directory | travel |
| http://www-math.science.unitn.it/Bike | The Trento Bike Pages – a guide to cycling throughout Europe categorized by country. Find out how to join the Bicycling Europe mailing list. | travel |
| http://www.in-berlin.de/User/bitrot | The personal homepage of Thomas Driemeyer with information about touring different countries. Check out his online guide to bicycle maintenance as well. | travel |
| http://www.bikenews.org/touring | BNA, the Bicycle News Agency, providing you with hints for touring all over the world. Find a touring checklist, or a list of items you should be carrying on that 6,000 mile Alaska to Florida trip. | travel |
| www.flanderbros.com | Used Bikes | used bicycles |