BICYCLE GROUP LINKS

The references below were taken mainly from posts to the group and are current as of 5/13/09 9:28 pm MT

Note: Website locations often change or the page is simply deleted. If one of the links below doesn't take you to the indicated site or if you have a link that you'd like added to the list, send me a private message through Eons (click here).

(Click on the particular underlined item listed below to go to that page.)

A general bike site that, in the words of the late Ken Kifer, creator, "...has been created for those who would prefer one page which links to everything.": Ken Kifer's Bike Pages; Ken Kifer's Wikipedia entry; BicycleLinks, another general reference site for bike info
Advocacy groups: Bikes Belong
Bike building: Nashbar frame bike build; Wooden bicycle
Clubs: Baltimore Bicycling Club (MD); Denver Bicycle Touring Club (CO); Everglades Bike Club (FL); Florida Bicycle Association (FL); Foothills Cyclists (SC); Freewheelers of Spartanburg - Local climbs rated (SC); Greenwood Cycle Club (SC); LA Wheelmen (CA); Naples Pathway Coalition (FL); Phoenix Recumbent Bike Club (AZ); Raintree Cycling Club (newspaper article)(FL); Redmond Cycling Club (WA); Sacramento Wheelmen (CA); San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club (CA); Tacoma Wheelmen's Bicycle Club (WA); Twin Cities Bike Club (MN); Valley Spokesmen (CA)
Bikes, fixed gear: Fixed gear bicycles; Wooden bicycle
Bikes in the news: Denver loaner bike program to start summer, 2009
(5/13/09) Officials from the Denver Bike Sharing Program announced that the program will be delayed until spring 2010 rather than this summer to allow for a larger launch.; Bikes power computer; Pedal-powered paramedics
Bike movies: Movie list
Publications/newsletters: Bicycling; VeloNews; RoadBikeRider (home page)(to sign up for weekly Thurs. newsletter); RoadBikeRider (the weekly newsletter online)
Bike quotes: ThinkExist.com
Retailers: Harris Cyclery; Terry Bicycles; Third Eye Mirrors (store sales only)
Bike rides: Coffee rides 2007; Daffodil Classic (WA); Denver's Washington Park (Wikipedia); Freewheelers - links drivers and passengers to share costs; Hotter 'n Hell 100 (TX); Ione/Sierras ride pictures - Sacramento Wheelmen; Map of Ione/Sierras ride; Maine bike rides; Moonlight Classic - Denver; RAMROD (WA); Sierra Century (CA); Tour de Donut (IL); Tour de Ed (CA); Tour de Fort (WI); Tour de Palm Springs (CA); Tour the Valley (CO); The X Rides
Bike safety: BicycleSafe.com; "Broken" - article from Bicycling magazine (a must-read); Confronting the Cars; Safe Bicycling in Chicagoland - Riding in rain or snow; Traffic light sensors
Bike tours/tour businesses: Adventure Cycling Association; Adventure Tours - UW-Stevens Point, WI; Bike Wisconsin; Dakota Bike Tours; Flight of the Dove charity ride (SC); Heartland Bike Club; Kerry & Donna's Portland to Boston bike trip; Northern Kettle Moraine Tour (WI); Outer Banks (NC); RAGBRAI - (Des Moines) Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa; Roger Kramer Cycling; Sojourn - bicycling and active vacations; Tour de Coal (IL); Tour of the Mississippi River Valley (IA); Undiscovered Country Tours - Palo Alto, CA; Wheels O' Fire Century Cycle Tour (GA)
Bike tour online journals: Bike Journal.com; Crazy Guy On A Bike; Routeslip; Take A Seat - Cycling the Americas in search of company
Bike trails/areas: Berlin Wall bike trail; Bike trail info; Badger State Trail (WI); Colorado National Monument; Erie Canal Trail (NY); James Van Fleet Trail (FL); KATY Trail (MO); Otago Central Rail Trail (NZ); Rails to Trails Conservancy; Various trail pictures
Bike trail groups: Illinois Trail System group
Bike trailers/panniers: PedalRV Camping Trailers; Xtracycle Hitchless Trailers
Blogs: "We just want to ride"; Buying a new bike
Caterpillars: Woolybear caterpillars; Why Did The Caterpillar Cross The Road?
City bike facilities/websites: Chicago Bike Station; GOBikeBoulder - Boulder, CO
Clothing: Battery powered gear; 'Old guys who get fat in winter' jersey; Raingear
Community bike systems: Copenhagen, Denmark; Denver, Colorado's 'B cycle' program; Freewheel!n - Community bike promotional group; Paris' Velib system; Paris' Velib system - redeux; San Francisco; Tulsa, OK
Desktop wallpaper: Powerbar
Eons: How to be a group manager; Managers & Moderators group
Equipment
(For three-wheels and recumbents, see "Three-wheel & recumbent bikes" below): All-Weather Sports; Bike Friday; Bike racks (Bike Nashbar); Bike racks & more (Yakima); Front Derailleur Clamp-on Bands; Handlebar grips (that help prevent hand numbness); Indoor Bicycling Trainer Guide (Bicycling magazine); KtraK bike conversion kits; Review of Powergrips; Nishiki bicycles (polish up your Scandanavian language skills); Spinning; Sheldon Brown's info on saddles; "Sweat Gutr" headbands; Halo Headbands; Terry saddles; "The ultimate bicycle saddle for men"; Toe clip alternative (Powergrips); Xtracycle - Bikes built to carry things
Food/food Supplements: Food Supplements: Their effects on the body; Cheetah bars
Governmental legislation: California bike trails bill; Maine passing legislation; Sacramento area trails
"Green" websites: Bike Commute Month - Sacramento; Carfree Day; Green experts ban cycling to work (London)
Hazards: Goat heads (Wikipedia); Goat heads in Sacramento
Health: Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management (CA); Saddle sores
'How-to' books: Bicycle Maintenance & Repair, author Todd Downs; Big Blue Book, Park; Complete Guide To Bicycle Maintenance and Repair, Bicycling magazine
'How-to' websites: Do-it-yourself bike aids; Determining frame size; Sheldon Brown - Main page; Chain maintenance - Sheldon Brown; Servicing English 3-speeds; Jim Langley - Bicycle Aficionado; Mountain biking
Humor: The Bicycle Repairman; Drivers Utilizing Multiple Behaviors
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International biking: Bikes & Bodas (Uganda)
Mapping: "Map My Ride"
Museums: Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
Muic: Music (holiday, winter) by bike parts
Safety: Article from "Raise The Hammer"
Seniors in the news: Senior Games
Three-wheel & recumbent bikes: Industrial Bicycles.com; Sun Bicycles; Wizwheels; KMX Karts; Catrike Performance Trikes
Videos: Training video; Virtual reality trainer; realRides' "Race Day" indoor trainer
Video sources (DVDs): Training DVDs
Warm-ups: AARP
Web browsers: Firefox