Links
The following are outbound links to some of our favorite websites. If you happen to run across a link in the list that’s no longer valid, please drop us a note using our contact form. Enjoy!
Advocacy
- Adventure Cycling Association - Adventure Cycling Association’s nonprofit mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
- Alliance for Biking & Walking - Alliance for Biking & Walking creates, strengthens, and unites state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.
- Bike Portland - Bike Portland is a daily, interactive news source that covers the Portland bike scene.
- Bikes Belong - The Bikes Belong Coalition is a national coalition of bicycle retailers and suppliers working to put more people on bikes.
- California Bicycle Coalition - The California Bicycle Coalition is a nonprofit education and lobbying organization working to improve bicycling conditions throughout California.
- Center for Appropriate Transport - The Center for Appropriate Transport is a non-profit organization committed to community involvement in manufacturing, using, and advocating sustainable modes of transportation.
- Ken Kifer's Bike Pages - The late Ken Kifer’s excellent site. Packed with useful information for commuters and utility bicyclists.
- League of American Bicyclists - To promote bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation and work through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America.
- Rails-to-Trails - Creating a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors to build healthier places for healthier people.
- SABA - Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
- Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen - A non-profit, volunteer run bike shop bringing do-it-yourself bicycle maintenance, repair, and education to the people of Sacramento.
- SF Bicycle Coalition - The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition promotes the bicycle for everyday transportation.
- StreetsBlog - Streetsblog is a daily news source, online community and political mobilizer for the Livable Streets movement.
- Transportation Alternatives - Transportation Alternative’s mission is to reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile, and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit.
Blogs
- 1 Girl & 2 Wheels - Erin’s excellent blog on living car-free from a woman’s perspective.
- Amsterdamize - Amsterdam’s “Cycle Chic” blog.
- Belt Bikes - A site exclusively dedicated to bikes outfitted with Gates Carbon Belt Drives.
- BentRider Online - Recumbent Central.
- Bicycle Design - A blog covering all types of bicycles, from the latest high-end road and mountain bikes to transportation oriented bikes and unique utilitarian designs.
- Bicycle Universe - Lots of statistics about bicycle safety, automobile use, etc.
- Bike Commuters - A blog about bike commuting. Lots of equipment reviews.
- Bike Hugger - Bike Hugger is “bike culture blogged”. One of the best.
- Bike Intelligencer - A Seattle bike blog that covers all types of cycling, with an eye toward safety, trail advocacy, health and fitness, and just plain having fun.
- Bike Portland - Bike Portland is a daily, interactive news source that covers the Portland bike scene.
- Bike Snob NYC - Eben Weiss’ hilarious and always irreverent blog.
- BikeBlogNYC - Michael Green’s blog covering bicycle culture in NYC.
- Bikes and the City - Bike culture San Francisco style from Meligrosa.
- Biking in Dallas - All about bicycling in Dallas, Texas.
- Carfree American - Promoting healthy: bodies and minds, environment, and communities. The result of car-free/ car-lite life style.
- Copenhagen Cycle Chic - The one and only.
- Copenhagenize - Mikael Colville-Andersen’s more serious advocacy site.
- Cycle and Style - An online cycling magazine, for women, by women.
- Cyclelicious - Richard Masoner’s excellent Cyclelicious: arguably the best bicycling news blog on the web.
- Kent's Bike Blog - Beautifully written and always worth a read.
- Let's Go Ride a Bike - Always a fun read, from Trisha and Dottie in Nashville and Chicago, respectively.
- London Cyclist - Andreas’ excellent blog on bicycling from a Londoner’s perspective.
- Love the Fold - All about folding bikes.
- Lovely Bicycle! - Commentary on classic and vintage bikes, from Boston, MA.
- Ocean Air Cycles - Great photos and commentary from Ventura, CA.
- Portlandize - The other Portland biking blog.
- Sac Cycle Chic - Cycling with style in Sacramento, CA.
- StreetsBlog - Streetsblog is a daily news source, online community and political mobilizer for the Livable Streets movement.
- Suburban Assault - Suburban Assualt blogs about riding around neighborhoods, towns and cities to discover more about where we live.
- Surly Blog - Surly’s official blog.
- Tamia Nelson's Outside - Tamia Nelson’s “No Octane Explorations”.
- The Folding Society - Information for folding bike fans.
- The Recumbent Blog - Rob Mackenzie’s excellent blog covering recumbents and velomobiles.
- Trails Network Blog - Provides trail information, trail updates, and the latest trail news.
- Travelling Two - Inspiration for bike tourists.
Cargo Bikes
- A.N.T Bicycles - ANT bicycles is a small bicycle fabrication shop run by Mike Flanigan and Betsy Eckel Scola in Holliston, MA.
- Bullitt - Heavy haulers from Copenhagen, Denmark.
- CETMA Cargo - CETMA builds cargo bikes and racks by hand in Oregon, U.S.A.
- Civia Cycles - Civia produces a nice selection of smart, elegant bikes designed specifically for commuting and utility.
- Henry Work Cycles - Amsterdam’s WorkCycles specializes in Dutch bikes for commercial, family and personal use.
- Joe Bike - Portland’s Joe Bike builds and sells a wide selection of cargo and utility bikes.
- Kona - Kona offers a nice selection of commuter and cargo bikes.
- Madsen - “Bucket” style cargo bikes.
- Metrofiets - Custom cargo bikes, hand-built in Portland.
- RANS - Crank forward and recumbent city and cargo bikes.
- Surly - Surly offers what is perhaps the most varied and complete line-up of steel-framed bikes on the market.
- Xtracycle - The original “hitchless trailer” that started the longbike movement.
- Yuba Bicycles - Makers of the Mundo cargo bike.
Commuter/City Bikes
- A.N.T Bicycles - ANT bicycles is a small bicycle fabrication shop run by Mike Flanigan and Betsy Eckel Scola in Holliston, MA.
- Breezer - Fully outfitted commuting bikes designed by the legendary Joe Breeze.
- Civia Cycles - Civia produces a nice selection of smart, elegant bikes designed specifically for commuting and utility.
- Henry Work Cycles - Amsterdam’s WorkCycles specializes in Dutch bikes for commercial, family and personal use.
- Jamis Bicycles - Jamis offers a nice selection of well-outfitted commuter bikes.
- Kona - Kona offers a nice selection of commuter and cargo bikes.
- Organic Bikes - Organic Bikes was created by Wisconsin’s Wheel and Sprocket to re-think the way bicycles and cycling products are manufactured, used, and recycled.
- Pashley - Traditional British roadsters.
- Public - Designers and makers of Euro-style city bikes for the American rider. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
- Raleigh - Raleigh offers a nice selection of steel-framed commuter and utility bikes.
- RANS - Crank forward and recumbent city and cargo bikes.
- Rivendell - Leather, lugs, and wool. Rivendell’s mission is to offer an alternative to racing-centric bikes and parts, and to espouse a different approach to riding.
- Salsa Cycles - Salsa offers a unique selection of touring and commuting bikes.
- Soma Fabrications - San Francisco’s Soma Fabrications offers a nice selection of smartly designed TIG-welded and lugged steel frames as well as a wide selection of unique parts and accessories.
- Surly - Surly offers what is perhaps the most varied and complete line-up of steel-framed bikes on the market.
- Velo Orange - Velo Orange designs and produces unique bikes, parts, and accessories for the cyclo-tourist, randonneur, and utility bicyclist.
- Velorbis - Traditional city and cargo bikes from Denmark.
Folding Bikes
- Bike Friday - Bike Friday builds travel and folding bikes by hand in their Oregon, U.S.A. factory.
- Birdy - Fully suspended folding bikes from Germany.
- Brompton - The world’s most compact folding bike, handmade in England.
- Dahon - The world’s largest manufacturer of folding bikes.
- ThorUSA - A great source for hard to find parts. ThorUSA is a distributor for Dahon folding bicycles.
Forums
- BentRider Online - Recumbent Central.
- Bike Forums - A large collection of forums covering practically every type of bike riding.
- Brompton Talk - The Brompton discussion group.
- Dahon Forum - A forum for discussing Dahon folding bicycles.
- Internet-BOB - The Internet-BOB list started as a spinoff of the Bridgestone Owner’s Bunch, a club for owners of Bridgestone Bicycles.
- Rivendell Owners Bunch - The Rivendell discussion group.
- Surly LHT Owners Group - The Surly Long Haul Trucker discussion group.
Parts & Accessories
- Arkel - Arkel designs and builds some of the finest panniers available for commuting and touring.
- Banjo Brothers Bags - Banjo Brothers bags are tough and affordable.
- Bates Crates - Wooden porteur crates, handmade here in the U.S.
- Busch & Muller - Excellent bike lights from Germany.
- Carradice - Carradice has been making traditional cotton saddlebags and panniers in Nelson, UK for more than 70 years.
- Click-Stand - A clever and functional alternative to the traditional kickstand.
- Gates Carbon Drive - Carbon fiber belt drives for bicycles.
- Minnehaha Bags - Affordable canvas and leather cycling bags.
- Ortlieb/Tubus - Some of the finest bags and racks on the planet.
- Pass & Stow Racks - Fillet-brazed, 4130 cromo porteur racks. Awesome.
- Paul Components - Super nice, mostly machined, parts and accessories. Made in Chico, CA.
- Phil Wood - The best hubs and bottom brackets on the planet. Period.
- Planet Bike - Makers of the best economy LED headlights and tail lights on the market, as well as a bunch of cool accessories for the commuter and utility bicyclist. Planet Bike gives a full 25% of their profits to bike advocacy organizations.
- Rivendell - Leather, lugs, and wool. Rivendell’s mission is to offer an alternative to racing-centric bikes and parts, and to espouse a different approach to riding.
- Rohloff Speedhub - The ultimate internal gear hub.
- Schwalbe - Schwalbe manufactures an extremely wide selection of high-quality bicycle tires.
- Soma Fabrications - San Francisco’s Soma Fabrications offers a nice selection of smartly designed TIG-welded and lugged steel frames as well as a wide selection of unique parts and accessories.
- TerraCycle - Super nice parts for recumbents and uprights, made right here in the U.S.
- ThorUSA - A great source for hard to find parts. ThorUSA is a distributor for Dahon folding bicycles.
- Velo Orange - Velo Orange designs and produces unique bikes, parts, and accessories for the cyclo-tourist, randonneur, and utility bicyclist.
- Wald - American made baskets, parts, and accessories. Made in U.S.A. since 1905.
- White Industries - High quality components, made in the U.S.A.
- Zimbale Bags - Traditionally-styled canvas and leather bike bags.
Publications
- A to B - A bi-monthly publication specializing in car-free sustainable transport alternatives of all kinds.
- Bicycle Times - A magazine featuring stories, practical advice, and intelligent discourse from everyday riders.
- Momentum - A magazine that provides urban cyclists with the information and resources to fully enjoy their riding experience and connect with cycling communities.
- Urban Velo - A magazine covering urban bike culture.
- Velo Vision - A magazine covering practical cycling from a British perspective. Excellent road tests and equipment reviews.
Retail Dealers
- Calhoun Cycle - Calhoun offers an excellent selection of hard to find items. They’ve been in Minneapolis for over 20 years.
- Clever Cycles - Portland’s Clever Cycles supports bicycling as primary transportation, serving families and businesses seeking to avoid dependence on cars.
- Flying Pigeon LA - Flying Pigeons, Pedersens, and other unusual bikes. In Los Angeles.
- Gold Country Cyclery - Gold Country specializes in all the hard to find stuff: tandems, recumbents, touring bikes, and commuters.
- Harris Cyclery - The late Sheldon Brown’s home shop.
- Hiawatha Cyclery - Hiawatha Cyclery specializes in products for the cyclist who uses his/her bike for serious transportation.
- Joe Bike - Portland’s Joe Bike builds and sells a wide selection of cargo and utility bikes.
- My Dutch Bike - San Francisco’s Dutch bike experts.
- North Central Cyclery - Popular transpo specialists in DeKalb, Illinois.
- NYCeWheels - New York City’s NYCeWheels specializes in folders and e-bikes. Among their wide variety of hard-to-find items, they maintain an amazing stock of Brompton bikes and accessories.
- Peter White Cycles - Peter White is one of the country’s top experts on all things related to bike touring. No one knows dynamo lighting better than PJW.
- Renaissance Bicycles - Renaissance Bicycles delivers unique, vintage, and custom bicycles to people with a passion for beautiful bicycles.
- The Bicycle Business - The Bicycle Business stocks a great selection of niche and hard to find products for the commuter and utility bicyclist.
- VeloFred - Stylish parts and accessories.
- Wheel & Sprocket - Major retailer in the Milwaukee region. Parent company to Organic Bikes.
Travel
- Adventure Cycling Association - Adventure Cycling Association’s nonprofit mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
- Crazy Guy on a Bike - The world’s largest collection of touring journals. Interesting stuff!
- Phred Touring List - The place to discuss bicycle touring.
- Travelling Two - Inspiration for bike tourists.
- Warm Showers List - The hospitality site for bike tourists.
