Cycling Resources

List of useful Cycling resources:

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• • The Bicycle Site: Resources, Links, Information, Blogs
  • Bikecafe: The World Wide Cycling Resource
  • BIKEmagic.com
  • Bike Zone – Bike Information Headquarters
  • ClubMtb (online resource for mountain bike clubs)
  • crazyguyonabike.com (giant forum of reader journals, resources)
  • CyberCyclery
    ~ Use your web browser to peruse cycling newsgroups
  • DirtWorld.com
  • GoodCyclist.org
    ~ Database of over 1,000 cycling-for-charity events
  • League of American Bicyclists Home Page
  • Mike’s Mega Bicycle Links
  • Mountain Bike Trails Source
    ~ Comprehensive guide to trails worldwide
  • MTB Review
  • Pedaling.com
    ~ Lists in depth descriptions of over 1,000 self-guided tours in US and Canada
  • Recumbents.com
  • Sheldon Brown’s Bicycle Glossary
  • Total Bike eZine
  • TUI – Lakes & Mountains

~ British mountain bike trail reviews

• Truesport Bicycle Racing & Results Page
  ~ Good calendars & coverage on all types of bike racing
• USA Cycling Home Page

Magazines

Online Versions of Print Magazines

• Bicycling Magazine
• Bike Culture
• Classic and Antique Bicycle Exchange
• Dirt Rag
• The Racing Post
• Rivendell Reader
• Urban Velo
• VeloNews

Strictly Online Magazines

• Atlantic Pedaler: Canada’s East Coast Online Cycling Magazine
• Bent Rider Online
• The Bicycle Paper (Northwest US)
• BMXtra On-Line
• GearHead Mountainbike Cyberzine
• MTB Review
• Pedal Pushers Online
• Peloton Northwest: Cycling in the Pacific NW

Books

• The Bicycle Exchange’s New Bicycling Books
  ~ In cooperation with Amazon.com, we list and offer purchase of all of the bicycling
  books published since 1998.

Bike Manufacturers

• Aegis Bicycles
• American Flyer Bicycle Company
• AMP Research
• Arrow
• Arvon Cycles
• Bigha.com (recumbents)
• Bike Friday Folding Travel Bikes
• Bilenky Cycle Works
• Bontrager Cycles
• Boulder Bikes (mountain bikes, road bikes, tandems)
• Boulton
• Bruce Gordon (hand-built road bikes)
• Burley Tandem Bicycles
• Caramba Cycles Ltd. (mountain bikes)
• Charger Electric Bicycles
• Cherry Bicycles
• Citibike Electric Bicycles
• Columbia
• Co-Motion Cycles (tandems)
• Convergence Technologies (electric bike kits, Pedal-a-Watt generator)
• DeSalvo Custom Cycles
• DK Bicycle Company
• DMR Bikes
• Downtube (folding bikes)
• Easy Racers (recumbents)
• Elite Bicycles (handbuilt bikes/framesets)
• FIREBIKES (handbuilt bikes/frames)
• Folding Bikes Using S & S Machine Bicycle Torque Couplings
• Green Line Bicycles
• Haro Bikes
• Hoffman Bikes
• Husjak Custom Bicycles
• Ibis Cycles
• Iron Horse Bicycles
• K2 Bike
• KHS Bicycles
• Klein Bikes
• LBIC
• LeMond Cycles
• Litespeed Titanium Bicycles
• Maurer Custom Bicycles
• Mb Bike (lowriders, choppers, trikes, cruisers, freestyle, krates)
• Merlin Titanium
• Mosh Bikes
• Montague Folding Bicycles
• Moots Cycles
• Northwest Chopper Bicycles
• Nytro Human Powered Rockets
• Phat Cycles (cruisers & chopper bicycles)
• Quintana Roo
• ReBike (recumbents)
• Redline Bicycles
• Rivendell Bicycle Works
• Rocky Mountain Bikes
• Ryan Recumbent Cycles
• Schwab Cycles
• Slingshot Bicycle Company
• Softride
• Strong Racing Frames
• Surfbike
• Tank Bikes
• Ti Cycles: Custom Titanium & Steel Bicycle Specialists
• VooDoo Cycles
• Waterford Precision Cycles: Custom Handmade Bicycles

Touring Links

Tour Operators (Road and Mountain Bike Tours)

• • Adrian’s Edinburgh City Cycle Tours (Scotland)
  • Adventour (WV)
  • Adventours Bicycle Adventures (Puerto Rico)
  • African Bikers (South Africa, road and mountain biking)
  • Agile Compass Cycling Tours (France, Italy)
  • Alaska Backcountry Bike Tours
  • Alaskan Bicycle Adventures
  • Alaskan Bicycle Tours
  • Aloha Bicycle Tours (Maui)
  • Alp Active (French Alps)
  • America By Bicycle
  • Backroads (US & worldwide)
  • Banana Adventure Tours (Costa Rica)
  • Berkshire Cycle Touring (Western MA, Southern VT)
  • Belize Cycling and Grand Canyon River Trips

• • Bicycle Africa Tours

• Bicycle Beano Cycle Tours (Vegetarian tours of Wales)
• Bicycle Holidays in Germany
• Bike & Barge Holland
• Bike & Cruise (The Caribbean or Alaska)
• BikeHike Adventures (Central & South America)
• Biking…Inn-To-Inn (VT)
• Bike ON Tours (Ontario)
• Bike Riders (New England, Canada, Europe)
• Bikestyle Tours (Europe, Tour de France)
• Bike Vermont
• The Biking Expedition (trips for 11 to 18 year olds)
• Black Bear Adventures (NC, VA)
• Black Sheep Adventures (Baja, Cape Cod, Death Valley, Holland multisport vacations)
• Blue Coast Bikes (Portugal)
• Blue Marble European Trips
• Boundary Country Trekking (Minnesota mountainbike tours)
• Boundless Adventures African Cycling Expeditions
• Bravo Bike (Spain and Switzerland)
• Breaking Away Bicycle Tours
• Breton Bikes (Brittany, France) (support their rugged charity ride!)
• Butterfield & Robinson (Europe & Far East)
• Byways Breaks (Shropshire & Cheshire, UK)
• Canadian Trails Bicycle Tours
• CAN-AM Wheelers Bicycle Tours (Quebec, Nova Scotia, Maine)
• Canusa Cycle Tours (Canadian Rockies)
• Carolina Tailwinds Bike Tours (NC)
• Central Park Bike Tours (New York City)
• The Chain Gang Cycle Tours (France)
• Charnes Tours (Italy)
• Ciclismo Classico (Italy)
• Classic Adventures (North America, Europe)
• Club Giraffe Mountain Biking Holidays (Austria, France, Spain, Italy, Canary Islands)
• Coastal Biking Adventures (New England, eastern Long Island)
• Copper Canyon Mountain Bike Tours By Remolino (TX, Mexico)
• Crank Adventures (Thailand)
• Crossroads Cycling Adventures (long-distance tours, US & New Zealand)
• Custom Getaways (cycling vacations in France, multisport vacations in US, Brazil, Europe)
• Cycle America
• Cycle Breaks (tours in Suffolk and Norfolk, UK)
• Cycling Country (Australia, Southern Spain)
• Cycle Greece
• Cycling Poland
• Cycle Espana
• CYCLEVENTS On Line  (cross state rides and international tours, incl. Japan)
• Cycle Holidays Ireland
• CycleItalia
• Cycle Tours Slovakia
• Cycletours Taranaki (New Zealand)
• Cycling Adventures in Tuscia (Rome, Italy)
• Cycling Country (Andalucia in Southern Spain)
• Cycling Made In Italy
• Cycling-Tours.com (road & mtn, CA, Yellowstone, VT, Moab, China, Vietnam, others)
• Cyclomundo (France)
• Discover Adventures (multisport vacations in France, Ireland, Maine, and Southeast US)
• Duvine Adventures (France, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, New Zealand, Chile/Argentine, California)
• Easy Rider Tours (Ireland, Portugal, Spain, the Azores, N. England, Canadian Maritimes)
• Ecotours Chile
• El Tour: Budget Bicycle Tours in Mexico
• Emerald Island Bicycle Rides (Maui) (See site’s panoramic view from atop volcano.)
• The Emerald Trail (Ireland)
• Erickson Cycle Tours (Europe)
• Escape Adventures (mtn bike safaris in Africa; New Zealand)
• Escape the City Streets (US West, Baja, New Zealand)
• Espana Cycling Vacations (Spain)
• Euro-Bike Tours
• ExperiencePlus! Specialty Tours (Europe, Costa Rice, New Zealand)
• Extreme Panama (Coast to Coast alongside The Panama Canal)
• Far and Away Cycling (TX, Laos, Spain, Portugal, France)
• Fernie Fat-Tire Adventures (British Columbia)
• Free Spirit Adventures (WV mountain bike tours)
• Freewheeling Adventures (Atlantic Canada, Europe)
• French Cycling Tours
• Gabriola Cycle & Kayak Tours (British Columbia, western US, Mexico)
• Gerhard’s Bicycle Oddyseys (Europe, New Zealand)
• Getaway Adventures (Napa Valley CA, Hawaii)
• Go Ireland
• Granfondo Cycling Tours (Italy, France)
• GreatCycling.com (Italy)
• Great Explorations (North America, Europe)
• Great Pacific Adventures (a.k.a. Cycletreks.com) (British Columbia, Canada)
• Happy Riders Cycle Tours (recumbents only, France)
• Heart of Europe Bicycle Tours
• Highland Scene Tours (WV)
• High Sonoran Adventures (mountain biking in Arizona, incl. the Grand Canyon)
• Hike Bike Austria
• Hike Bike Kayak San Diego
• Holiday Expeditions (UT, ID, CO)
• Hosteling International – American Youth Hostels
• Iberocycle (Northern Spain)
• I Bike Italy
• I bike Bicycle Tours (US, British Columbia, Latin America, Africa, Asia)
• Iguana Mama (Dominican Republic)
• Imagine Tours
• Irish Cycling Safaris
• Iron Donkey Bicycle Touring (Ireland, England, Italy)
• The Italian Cycling Center
• Italy Bike Holidays
• Japan Bike and Hike
• Kaibab Mountain Bike Tours
• Kaleidoscope Bicycle Tours (CO)
• Krismark Outfitters, Maine Biking Vacations
• Laid Back Bicycle Tours (New Orleans)
• La Corsa Tours – Italy and France for Serious Cyclists
• Laurel Highlands Cycling Tours (Western Pennsylvania)
• Le Vieux Moulin (France)
• Long Range Adventures (Newfoundland, Canada)
• Magical Spain Tours
• Maine Coast Bicycle Tours
• Maine Wheels Bicycle Tours
• Mont-Blanc Mountain Biking
• New Mexico Mountain Bike Adventures
• Natures Highway New Zealand
• Nichols Expeditions
• Normandy Cycle Tours
• Oaxaca Mountain Bike Tours (Mexico)
• Off the Rails Cycle Tours (New Zealand)
• Outdoor Adventures (VA, WV)
• PAC (Pacific-Atlantic-Cycling) Tour (long-distance tours)
• Pacific Cycle Tours (New Zealand)
• Pared Sur Expediciones (mountain bike tours of Chile)
• Paris-Dakar by Bike
• Pedalers Pub & Grille (road tours of Thailand, Bhutan, Viet Nam, China, Bali, Alaska, Yukon and more)
• Pedal Pennsylvania
• Peru Mountain Bike
• Pocono Whitewater Adventures (PA)
• POWWOW Bicycle Tours (WI)
• Progressive Travels (Pacific NW, Europe, Canada)
• Pure Adventures (Europe)
• Quiet Road Tours (Midwest)
• Railbike Tours (WA, OR, railbikes on abandoned trolley line)
• Randonnee Tours (self-guided European tours)
• Redspokes Cycle Adventure Tours (Thailand/Laos, Peru, India, Pakistan, Tibet, Scotland, Ireland)
• REI Adventures (Alaska, Europe, China, plus combo trips)
• Rideau Lakes Cycling Tours (Eastern Ontario, Canada)
• RideNoHo (Massachusetts)
• Rim Tours Mountain Bike Adventures
• Rocky Mountain Cycle Tours
• Rolling Roads Bicycle & Active Sport Vacations (with Metal Cowboy Joe Kurmaskie)
• Roma Bike 2000
• Saddle Skedaddle (road, mtn, multi:  IRE & UK, EUR, N. America, L. America, N. Zealand)
• Saranjan Tours (Camino de Santiago by Bike–Spain)
• Scenic Cycling Adventures
• Seasonally Unadjusted (Spain)
• Shenandoah Mountain Touring (VA)
• Shining Sea Bike Tours (Cape Cod)
• Silk Road Tours (Iran)
• Songer Whitewater Adventures: Mtn Biking in New River Gorge (WV)
• Spice Roads Tours (Vietnam & Southeast Asia)
• Spirit Bear Tours (Brittany, France)
• Steve Bauer Bike Tours (Niagara Falls region, Costa Rica, Cuba)
• Student Hosteling Program Bike Tours
• Summerfeet: Maine Coast Cycling Adventures
• Sustainable Energy In Motion Tours (Oregon)
• Tahoe Trips & Trails (mtn biking, hiking, multi-sports)
• Terra Trek (bicycling and multi-sport vacations, WA, CA, NM, UT)
• Teton Mountain Bike Tours (WY)
• Thomson Bike Tours (France, Italy, Spain)
• Timberline Adventures (western US & Canada, Alaska)
• Tim Kneeland & Associates (cross US tours, Odyssey 2000 world tour)
• Top Bicycle Tours in Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Germany)
• Trailbrakes Scottish Mountain Bike Specialists
• Trails and Rails Downhill Mountain Bike Tours (CO)
• Tread Softly (Canadian Rockies)
• Ultimate Bicycle Tours (Caribbean, Alaskan cruise tours)
• Undiscovered Country Bike Tours (California)
• Van Gogh Bicycle Tours (Europe)
• VBT Bicycle Vacations (North America, Europe)
• Veloasia Cycing Adventures (Vietnam & Asia)
• VeloLoco (Mtn biking & touring in French Pyrenees)
• VeloSport Vacations (Spain, France; runs an annual Tour de France trip)
• Velotours (Germany)
• VeloTours (Switzerland, France, Italy)
• Venture Outdoors Bike Tours (PA, MD, DC – Great Allegheny Passage)
• Viva Travels (Europe, including Tour de France trip)
• Western Spirit Cycling Mountain Bike Adventures
• Whistler Bike and Hike (British Columbia, Canada)
• Wilderness Adventures (Adirondack Mountains of NY, VA, VT; New Zealand)
• WomanTours
• The World Outdoors – formerly Roads Less Traveled (US, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico)
• World Ventures
• Wright Wheels Bicycle Tour Adventures (Canada: BC; US: ID, MN)

Mountain Biking Centers

• • Backcountry Excursions (Maine)
  • The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel (NH)
  • Bear Creek Ski and Recreation Area (PA)
  • Big Bear Lake Campground (WV)
  • Blue Knob Four Seasons Resort (PA)
  • Blue Mountain Sports (PA)
  • Camp Monongahela (WV)
  • Desert Quail Inn (AZ)
  • Dirt Camp (various locations nationwide)
  • Durango Mountain Bike Camp
  • Elk River Touring Center (WV)
  • Fontana Village (NC)
  • Morzine Avoriaz – Holiday Chalets France
  • Hidden Valley Four Seasons Resort (PA)
  • Highland Inn and Spa (WV)
  • Keystone Resort (CO)
  • Minaret Lodge (Lake Wanaka, New Zealand)
  • Molokai Ranch (Hawaii)
  • Mountain Creek (NJ)
  • Northstar-at-Tahoe (CA)
  • Otter Bar Lodge (CA)
  • Searchmont Resort (Ontario, Canada)
  • Ski Plattekill Mountain Biking Center (NY)
  • Snowshoe Mountain Resort (WV)
  • Sunday River (ME)
  • Waterville Valley Resort (NH)
  • Whistler Bike and Hike (British Columbia, Canada)
  • Whitetail Ski Resort/Mountain Biking Center (PA)
  • Wilderness Voyageurs (PA)
  • Winter Park Resort (CO)