Links We Like
There's a load of cycling websites
out there. To help you find your way around the internet's winding road, here
are some sites that we find particularly interesting, useful ― and friendly to
RoadBikeRider.com.
If you have a favorite
site that you think we should consider listing here, please send the URL to
feedback@roadbikerider.com.
Check back occasionally
because this resource continues to grow.
BIKES & PRODUCTS
www.bikefriday.com
-- RBR's Ed Pavelka was one of the first "serious" roadies to own a Bike Friday
travel bike, and he still loves it. If you want to take a bike when you fly, you
simply can't afford not to have one of these. (See
what Ed did on his Pocket Rocket.)
www.boure.com -- our
friend Ned Overend is a co-owner of this
cycling clothing company in Durango, Colorado. Good stuff from a good guy, and they do
custom orders too.
www.co-motion.com --
Ed met Joleen thanks to his Co-Mo tandem, and now they're happily married. 'Nuf said!
Fine bikes, plus a site with loads of helpful tech info. Makes tandem shopping
easier.
www.joneswares.com
-- a family-owned New England business specializing in high-performance wool
clothing for cyclists and other athletes. Nobody does wool better, and
custom orders are welcome.
www.litespeed.com
-- Litespeed supplied a Vortex and Blade to each member of Ed Pavelka's Race
Across America senior team in 1996. The guys will never stop
appreciating it. Super bikes! The team set a still-standing world record on
'em.
www.peterwhitecycles.com -- a world-focused shop specializing in
lighting systems, custom wheels, tandem equipment, touring gear, unusual
goodies and a wealth of website info (with attitude).
www.rivbike.com -- Rivendell
Bicycle Works supplies classic lugged steel
frames, hard-to-find retro equipment and an unconventionally traditional
attitude.
www.spectrum-cycles.com -- Tom Kellogg designs and builds
exceptional frames. He has also built an exceptional website, full of his
technical knowledge and no-apologies opinions.
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RIDES & TOURS
www.bicycleadventureclub.org -- this non-profit club offers 30-40
North American and overseas tours each year, led by members to keep costs
down. Impressive venues and prices.
www.caltriplecrown.com -- packed full of info by true-blue roadie
Chuck Bramwell, a key figure in endurance cycling. Winners of the California
Triple Crown are truly elite long-distance riders because they've completed
at least three double centuries in one year.
www.pactour.com --
for serious endurance cyclists, PAC Tour offers rapid transcontinental
rides, training camps, and other opportunities to go the distance. Owned and
operated by Race Across America champions Lon Haldeman and Susan Notorangelo.
www.planetultra.com
-- promoter Chris Kostman's site has training articles and event information
for a host of real tough bike rides, including the fearsome
Furnace Creek 508 (miles) through Death
Valley.
www.ridetherockies.com -- the annual cross-Colorado tour, sponsored
by the Denver Post, is a popular way to experience the challenges of
pedaling through the Rocky Mountains.
www.vivatravels.com
-- company owner and eBook author Jennifer Sage
specializes in money-saving self-supported tours to some of the world's
great places for riding a bike.
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CAMPS & COACHES
www.athleticamps.com -- AthletiCamps in NorCal caters to
cyclists and triathletes with a staff that includes big names such as Dr.
Eric Heiden, Dr. Massimo Testa, Mike Carter and Leonard "Harvey" Nitz.
www.bikecamp.com
-- get the skinny on excellent camps in the U.S. and Italy run by Olympic
champion Connie Carpenter and her husband, Davis Phinney, the winner of more
road races than any rider in American history (328). They know road riding!
www.johnhowardsports.com -- John Howard, America's dominant roadie
in the early 1970s, coaches cyclists and triathletes with the knowledge that
put him into the Olympics and the winner's circle of the Hawaii Ironman.
www.trainright.com
-- this'll take you to Carmichael Training Systems and its full range of
coaching options. Don't let Lance get a leg up on you! Go to the same guy
who coaches him, Chris Carmichael.
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ORGANIZATIONS
www.adventurecycling.org -- the Adventure Cycling Association is a leading
source of maps, tours, and touring products.
www.bikeleague.org -- the League of American Bicyclists works through
advocacy and education to foster a bike-friendly America. Don't just sit there
-- join!
www.cascade.org
-- Cascade Bicycle Club is the largest bike club in the nation and could well
have the biggest website, too. Cascade's annual Seattle-to-Portland ride (STP)
is an American classic.
www.rusa.org --
Randonneurs USA sanctions the nationwide series of long-distance brevets. These
are qualifying
rides for the epic randonnee called Paris-Brest-Paris and its North American
counterpart, Boston-Montreal-Boston.
www.ultracycling.com -- official site of the Ultra Marathon Cycling
Association, the sanctioning body of many endurance events. Includes details
about the Year-Rounder Mileage Challenge. You gotta belong to the UMCA if you love riding long!
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INFORMATION
www.analyticcycling.com
-- provides technical methods for
evaluating and estimating cycling performance. Number lovers
and math majors rejoice!
www.arniebakercycling.com -- the website of national
masters champion and coach Arnie Baker, M.D., with training information and all
of his books for sale.
www.bamacyclist.com
-- a folksy hodgepodge from Alabama roadie Mike Munk, topped by his detailed
how-to advice for transcontinental tourists.
www.bicyclelinks.info -- very nice
resource with links to hundreds of cycling publications, blogs, companies,
tours, clubs and lots more.
www.bicycleworld.tv
-- a website based on the Fox TV show covering the lifestyle of cyclists,
the products they use and locations they ride.
www.byjamesraia.com
-- cycling, running, golf and cars (?) by veteran
journalist and all-round good guy James Raia.
www.cyclingnews.com
-- our favorite source for worldwide news of pro road racing and other cycling
disciplines, along with rider diaries, product news, reviews and tons of photos
and videos.
www.cyclogs.co.uk --
a nifty free site in England that lets you record and analyze your ride data and
compare it to other roadies around the world.
www.drmirkin.com --
Gabe Mirkin, M.D., is an avid cyclist in his 70s who provides a ton of helpful
medical info on his site and in his free health & fitness newsletter.
www.fitday.com -- here's a
free nutritional website that helps you lose weight with calorie calculation,
including the number you burn on the job and while riding.
gps.about.com
-- Fred Zahradnik, a longtime roadie and RBR product tester, is about.com's
guru for all kinds of global positioning devices. Quite an education!
www.howiebikeman.com
-- fascinating photos and descriptions of thousands of cycling items in Howie
Cohen's Everything Bicycles Collection. He and his family have been in the bike
biz since 1939.
www.hubbub.com -- this Cleveland-area bike
shop comes under the "Information" heading because of its unique "technical calculator." Not
for rocket scientists only (but it might help!).
www.jimlangley.net -- longtime cycling mechanic/writer/collector Jim Langley has filled his site with tips, tricks, stories, reviews, repair
articles, and dozens of vintage cycling illustrations. Jim also serves as a
technical consultant to RoadBikeRider.com.
www.nohypehealth.org
-- a nonprofit site with the straight skinny on a host of medical issues,
researched by 85-year-old health writer (and cyclist) Norman Ford. To go
directly to his important report on osteoporosis in male riders,
click
here.
www.onlineconversion.com -- this nifty site lets you convert just about
anything to anything else. How many millimeters in a mile? No sweat!
www.readytoride.biz
-- endurance cyclist and RBR eBook author
David Rowe has created a website
that long-distance riders will find informative on many levels.
www.truesport.com --
a resource for bike races and results, plus links to other websites of interest.
www.twospoke.com -- an ambitious new (2009) community bicycle forum getting
off the ground with ride photos, videos and reviews of all types of bikes.
www.velogirls.com --
if you're a woman in the San Francisco Bay Area (or will be visiting) check this
site by Lorri Lee Lown, RBR's favorite SF cycling chick.
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OTHER
www.3feetplease.com
-- Florida roadie Joe Mizereck wants motorists to honor the state law requiring
a minimum 3-foot-wide margin when passing. His "3 Feet Please" jersey lets you
make this polite safety request wherever you ride.
www.bch.org/sportsmedicine
-- Andy Pruitt's Boulder Center for Sports Medicine in
Boulder, CO, has probably fixed more injured cyclists than any place
on the planet. The BCSM halls are lined with "thank you" notes from the sport's
top names.
www.bikefinder.com
-- this free registry stores information about your bike and medical history.
It's a way to get your stolen machine back and for doctors to get vital info in
an emergency.
www.grahamwatson.com -- photos and picture books by Graham Watson, the reigning king of
pro bike race photographers.
www.USCorporateWellness.com -- led by RBR contributor
Brad Cooper, this company seeks to improve employee health by providing
customized wellness programs for organizations of all sizes.
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