NCBC links to other cycling sites
This is a collection of links to other cycling-related sites on the internet.
It is by no means exhaustive; I've listed sites that I've found to be
either useful, interesting, or amusing.
I very much welcome suggestions — just click on the "Suggest a web site" button, below.
Information
| Bicycles FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions, culled from the rec.bicycles.* newsgroups. A wealth of information, and the first place to look before posting a question to a newsgroup. Required reading for the serious cyclist. |
| Bicycling Life | The "Bicycling Life" web site has many interesting articles, such as "Laying Down the Law about Bicycles". |
| Bicyclopedia | Impressive collection of definitions, biographies, and everything bicycling. A site you should acquaint yourself with for future reference. |
| Bike Mentors (Charlotte) | Charlotte area group that promotes and teaches bike commuting and advocates for better cycling conditions in Mecklenburg County. |
| Common Myths about Bicycling | Modern Bicycling Myths, from the Bicycling Life web site. |
| Dilemmas of Bicycle Planning | The Dilemmas of Bicycle Planning, written by Paul Schimek of MIT |
| The Roads We Have | This is a well-written article entitled "The Roads We Have". Be sure to check out the "Danger Index" stats from Mortiz's 1996 study. |
| Triangle Roadway Bicycling Links | From the Triangle Roadway Bicycling web page, maintained by Bruce Rosar and providing Roadway Bicycling education since 1995. |
| WWW Bike Repair Shop | Easy-to-follow explanations of bike repairs. |
Rides
| Assault on Mt. Mitchell | Lots of info on the ultimate century ride. |
| Best and Worst of RAGBRAI | You've got to read it to believe it. Probably don't want to let your parents or spouse see this if you ever plan to ride RAGBRAI. |
| Breakaway to the Beach (MS-150) |
One of THREE MS-150s in North Carolina. Several routes that meet at various points and finish at Myrtle Beach. One of the starting locaions is Weddington NC (near Charlotte). |
| Bridge-to-Bridge | Web page for the Grandfather Mountain ride in mid-September. |
| Cycle North Carolina |
Blue Ridge to the Beach, October 6-13, 2001. Pedal through beautiful fall
colors on a fully supported recreational cross-state ride from Mt. Airy to
Elizabeth City. Fee includes sag, rest stops, camping, entertainment,
end-of-the-ride party and much more. Cycle North Carolina c/o North Carolina Amateur Sports Mike Caleen PO Box 12727 RTP, NC 27709 (800) 277-8763 cyclenc@mindspring.com |
| Hilly Hellacious Hundred | A good Mountain Century starting from Fletcher, NC. Century route circles Lake Lure. Very Scenic. |
| Lake Anna Century | The Richmond Area Bicycling Association cordially invites you to come and ride over the bumps with us during our annual Lake Anna Century Tour. Come along when we circumnavigate one of Virginia's largest bodies of water. Cruise through uncongested farmlands and around scenic waterways. This ride is less than flat and well attended by mid-Atlantic cyclists. Reserve September 17th for a different trip this year. Complete with sag, repair, refreshment and emergency support on hand. Nearly 300 cyclist enjoyed the quarter, metric or english century last year. For more information contact Mark Pye at moonpye3@mindspring.com fax # 804.794.2698 |
| Mountain Bike Mania | A mountain bike event on 4/15/00, sponsored by the same organization that hosts the annual Bridge-to-Bridge road bike ride. Contact Cathy Rhuberg for more information. |
| Mountains of Misery | This demanding event follows one of the most challenging portions of the Tour du Pont racecourse and ends with an extreme climb to Mountain Lake Resort atop 4200' Salt Pond Mountain. The ride will rival the Carolinas' Assault on Mt Mitchell and Bridge to Bridge rides in both rigor and scenic beauty. |
| Ride for Habitat | Metric Century ride starting from Concord, NC on March, 25th. Hosted by Charlotte Sports Cycling. Habitat plans to raise $32,000 from this ride, enough to build an entire house for a deserving family. |
| Surf and Sand Century | A Century scheduled for 5/20/2000 and sponsored by the "Wheels of Dare" bicycle club. |
| Three Mountain Metric | You've probably heard about riding in the area north of Winston Salem. If not, you can read about in the Ride Summaries section of the NCBC Web page. But why just read about it. On Saturday, June 3, 2000 you can experience it yourself |
| Tour de Kale |
Benefit ride for Kale Watkins and Mark & Michael Harris. Raise $100 get sweatshirt,
raise $250 get a windshirt. Other prises for top fundraisers including weekend in
Boone and weekend in Hawknest. Cost - $20, extra $5 if you want meal (BBQ Chicken) Doorprises, Rest Stops, Traffic Control, Great Scenery, Camping available on Friday night. |
| Tour de Pickle |
Part of the 14th Annual NC Pickle Festival in Mt Olive, NC. Saturday, 4/29/00 Registration at 8am at the Parking lot of the Mount Olive Pickle Company Distribution Center located on North Center Street @ Northeast Church Road (just north of town). Rides start at 9am for 25 & 50 mile routes through Wayne and Duplin Counties. 2 sags stops on each route. |
| Twenty-four (24) hours of Booty | Fun event in downtown Charlotte — No, you do not HAVE TO ride 24 hours… |
Clubs
| Blue Ridge Bicycle Club | Hosts of the Hilly Hellacious Hundred, Asheville, NC |
| (Charlotte) Cannonballs | Charlotte-based MS-150 team |
| Carolina Ultra | Runs the 750mi (1200km) "Mountains-to-Sea" UMCA event. |
| Cape Fear Cyclists | The home page from the club in Wilmington. They host a variety of rides during the year and feature flat (tandem-friendly) terrain. |
| Cruiser Tuesday | Carrboro night ride/party: "Bust the monthly move with Cruiser-Tuesday as we celebrate the free agency of two-wheeled movement through our congested urban districts. We bike-splice advocacy, arts and a lost flair for the street party. Any cycle with at least one wheel is welcomed into this courteous mass. Use your bike as the social tool it is. Get to know like-minded individuals. Groove to the sounds of open-air music delivered by bike. Cut loose, stop suddenly and dance on the sidewalk if the feeling overtakes you. Deliver yourself from the drudgery of car-culture. As if you were a kid again, take your act of going out on the town back to street-level!" |
| Cyclists of Danville | Bike Club in Danville Virginia—just across the state line from Yanceyville NC. They host the Danville Tour de Habitat ride in mid-October. |
| East Carolina Velo Cycling Club | Greenville area club that "is interested in all things concerning the sport of cycling: pleasure riding, touring, racing, legislation, and social events." |
| Gyros | Gyros are a North Raleigh based cycling club whose priorities are both cycling for fitness and, more importantly, developing friendships. Please feel free to contact us regarding rides and ride locations and remember to "Livestrong". |
| Great Smokey Mountains Triathlon Club | Scott Hanna is the race director of the Great Smokey Mountains Triathlon Club located in the Western North Carolina mountains, 2 hours from Atlanta, Asheville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. They are doing 9 races this year between March and November. Two of the races are bike races and the first race in March is a Mountain Bike Race. It's the first time to do this race both for the club and for the trails being ridden. The National Forest Service just completed the newest mountain bike trails in the area, and some people compare them to other great trails in Western NC. |
| International Human-Powered Vehicle Association | More than just bicycles — all things human powered. A favorite hangout for recumbant riders. |
| League of American Bicyclists | Home page of cycling's oldest advocacy group. |
| NC Randon Cyclists | This sports.yahoo mailing list is for North Carolina bicyclists who ride and enjoy distance and randonneuring types of bicycling. You can use it to keep in touch, schedule rides as well as share news and experiences. New bicycling enthusiastic members are always welcome. This list may be used to post event names, dates, locations, directions, course descriptions, schedules, categories, entry limits, distances/times, contacts, links to registration, etc. |
| NC Recumbent Riders Association | Andrew Olls is co-founder of the NC Recumbent Riders Association, a group based out of Lincolnton, NC whose sole purpose is to promote recumbent riding. This is the most information-intense recumbent website in the world. If there are any members of NCBC interested in the recumbent lifestyle, feel free to email me or the other co-founder Chafin Rhyne. His website is www.rideabike.com (commercial site, but a LOT of other information regarding rides, advocacy, and 'bents). PS: We have a big recumbent rally planned for October, 2000. Hope some of you can make it. |
| Piedmont Fliers Bicycle Club | The Piedmont Fliers are based in Winston-Salem, NC. |
| Randonneurs USA | Web site for Randonneurs USA, the new qualifying organization for Paris-Brest-Paris. Has ride lists for all brevets in the US plus other info on long distance cycling. |
| Richmond Area Bicycling Assoc. | |
| Tailwind | A Charlotte, NC based tandem club. Come out and join us for tandem riding. |
| Slow Spokes |
Bicyclists in Raleigh NC area who like to go at a more relaxed pace and enjoy themselves.
Our pace is typically from 10-15 mph, the ride is "led from the back" with no one getting dropped.
"Bike Rides at a Sensible Pace!" |
| Tarheel Cyclists |
A bike club in Charlotte, NC If you're going to be in the area, check out their Routes page |
| Triangle-Bentheads | Triangle Area Recumbent Cyclists' group on sports.yahoo. A list for discussing recumbent bike issues on a local level (for the Triangle area of North Carolina), e.g. group rides, trying out other folks bents, recumbent-friendly bike shops, etc.. |
| Triangle BCMP (Bike Commuter Mentor Program) | The Triangle's Bicycle Commuter Mentor Program is a group of cycling enthusiasts who want to help other Triangle residents try out cycling to work. Whether it's every day, once a week, or just on the prettiest days—if you've ever thought, "Why don't I ride to work?" we want to help you make it happen! |
| (Carolina) TARWHEELS Bicycle Club | The home page of our sister club in Durham. Their ride calendar is worth checking out for additional rides in the Triangle. Not to be confused with the Tarheels in Charlotte (West) or the "Tarwheel Century" in Elizabeth City (East). |
| Wheels of Dare | The Wheels of Dare is the bicycle club of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. |
Offroad (MTB) Clubs
| Happy Fun Racing | "Where drinking beer is just as important as a good ride." and real men aren't afraid to wear pink. (I've seen these guys on the road—they're pretty fast, I didn't realize they were an off-road team! —aeh) |
| NC FATS Bicycle Club | The home page of our mountain biking cohorts here in Raleigh. Very nice site — they include their newsletter. |
| Mountain Bike Virginia (Virginia) | "Virginia is for Mountain Bike Lovers" |
| Tarheel Tarilblazers (Charlotte) | "The Trailblazers have built and maintain over 25 miles of mountain bike trails in and around the Charlotte Metro area." |
| TORC: Triangle Off-Road Cyclists | "Essentially we are trying to pool the talents and people [who] are working for public trail and use them more efficiently." |
| TriangleMTB | Trianglemtb.com is an online resource for all mountain bikers in the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill region of NC. It was created to help mountain bikers all over the Triangle to connect and communicate so, together; we can build more places for mountain biking. |
Triangle area cycling Blogs
| Bikescape | "Bikes and space" blogs and podcasts from San Francisco, but with a world-wide (at least, Anglophone) audience. |
| Get Out! Get Fit! | Joe "Take it Outside" Miller's outdoors and fitness blog at the News & Observer |
| nicomachus.net | Phillip Barron, the Outspoken Cyclist, covers the Durham area. |
| Raleigh Rides! | Want to ride in Raleigh, but don't know what's out there? Want to get to see parts of Raleigh you've never seen before? Interested in taking fun pictures? … Then come out on a Sunday at 1PM to Fred Fletcher Park to ride Raleigh's Bike Routes! The rides will go from Fred Fletcher Park over to the nearest part of the week's Bike Route, and then start the route from there. |
| WeekendCycling.com | This is Durham High School student Nick Drago's weblog. "Rightfully named, it is a journal of my bike rides, as well as an extension of my opinions, thoughts, and ideas regarding cycling and related topics." |
Weather
| Raleigh Weather | Four-day Raleigh-Durham weather forecast. |
| WRAL's Doppler Radar | Highly accurate radar readings of area precipitation. Very handy for guaging whether you're going to get wet on your ride! |
Misc.
| 1304 Bikes | 1304 Bikes in Raleigh provides refurbished bicycles to the community, focusing on children and working class folks. They currently run a bicycle workshop that reuses discarded or damaged bicycles and gives them out to community members in exchange for volunteering. |
| The Bicycle Inn | Bicycle-friendly accommodations found in Bakersville, NC. |
| The Blue Urban Bikes (BUB) |
Similar to "Zip Car" or the library, but with bikes. Located in Carrboro, NC. |
| Coach Carl Online | Carl Cantrell is a retired cycling coach who is using his site to promote cycling by providing free coaching and information to racers, recreational cyclists, coaches, and fans online. |
| Cyberider Cycling WWW site | Online databank of cycling resources. |
| Cycle Expo | Yet another comprehensive source of cycling info. |
| Durham Bike Co-op | The Durham Bike Co-op is a membership-driven, consensus-based organization, located in the Bull City Headquarters at historic Little Five Points, Durham NC. |
| Cycling Italy | All things cycling related to Italy. Good links to manufacturers. |
| Guardian Bicycle Locker System | Low maintenance Bike Locker manufactured from plastic. Bicycle is fully contained with hook for helmet and riding gear. |
| Harris Cyclery | A variety of useful articles by Sheldon Brown et al. |
| Icebike | The definitive winter cycling site. This might come in handy if we have another storm like the Blizzard of '00. |
| Joe's Bicycle Painting | Joe has over 15 years of bicycle painting experience. He has painted for Kestrel and currently does all the painting for Calfee bikes and Alpha Q forks. |
| Mid-Atlantic Cycling Pages | Ride calendars and lots of other regional info. |
| Mountain View Lodge and Cabins | Rest stop for weary cyclists at milepost 256 on the Parkway (about 3 miles north of Glendale Springs). |
| Movies about Bicycling | A comprehensive Bicycle Movies and Films List from the Bicycleuniverse.info web site. |
| Pete's Bikindex | Another comprehensive source of cycling info. |
| Pete & Ed Books | A commercial site featuring cycling books, videos, and info. |
| The ReCYCLEry of Carrboro | A direct-service not-for-profit organization promoting bicycling as a mode of transportation and recreation through teaching people how to repair and maintain bicycles, Salvaging bicycles to ensure that anyone who needs a bicycle can earn one, and Outreach to underserved communities. |
| Steve's Amazing Bicycle Trip | Travelogue of solo ride from Richmond, BC to San Francisco. Interesting reading. |
| Vittoria Cycling Art | A nice collection of cycling art. Sadly, it's not for sale (I've already asked). |
| Walden School of Cycling | The Walden School of Cycling has been teaching road racing and riding skills for the last 17 years. Check out the website to see how to spend a winter week in sunny Florida! |
| Winter cycling | Should shame us from staying indoors when it's cold. |
I've received a number of suggestions for sites.
Not all of them fit my criteria, but I've added them here anyway
(at least for the time being). -DLC
| Fitness Forum | Unique cycling and fitness gifts. |
| National Bike on Transit Maps | Want to take your bike on a train? This site has info on trains and transit systems which have facilities for bikes. |
| Pedal Pennsylvania home page | Info on cycling tours across Pennsylvania. |
| Birmingham Bicycle Club | Home page of the Alabama capital city cycling club. |
| Cycling sideways | Cycle touring and tourist info for cyclists visiting Wales and the UK. |
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