Cycling Sites
Here is a list of bike links, some taken from other pages and occasionally updated.
If you’d like to be included here, email the CVC with your URL and a short description.
New links
- City of Thousand Oaks bike safety site
- Info about helmets and a buyer’s guide
- East Bay Bicycle Coalition — they event have a page to report traffic hazards
- Iowa Bicycle Coalition — see what’s going on in the Mid-West
- BicycleApparel.com — Answers everything you wanted to know about bicycle clothing.
- The Fred Cast — a podcast for the Fred in all of us
- Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition — Promoting safe cycling in Santa Barbara County
- Belgian Knee Warmers — All about the PRO life
Regional bicycling information and clubs
- Ventura County
- Amgen Cycling Club — T.O.’s favorite employer’s cycling club
- Channel Islands Bike Club — based in Oxnard and Ventura
- North Ranch Mountain Bikers –
Friendly MTB club in Thousand Oaks, CA area for all abilities. - The Old Kranks — the older cycling club in the Conejo Valley
- Ventura County Bike Coalition — advocating better bicycling
- LA County
- Beverly Hills Spokemen –
Recreational bike club for people throughout the westside community of Los Angeles County. - San Fernando Valley Bicycle Club –
Like totally into cycling when the mall’s closed. But they ride to the Conejo for a good time! - LA County Bicycle Coalition — improving the bicycling environment
- LaGrange Bicycle Club in Westwood
- South Bay Wheelmen — Racing and Rec group from Redondo and Manhattan Beaches
- The Los Angeles Wheelmen
- Yahoo LA’s Cycling List — Yahoo’s list of regional cycling groups
- Beverly Hills Spokemen –
- Orange and San Diego Counties
- Bicycle Club of Irvine
- Orange County Rebel Riders — We’re not a club!
- Orange County Wheelmen — Nice page about rec and racing (Paramount) club.
- Ranchos Cycling Club — San Diego bike club.
- San Diego Tandem Club — touring rides throughout San Diego County
- Santa Barbara and SLO Counties
- Echelon Santa Barbara Cycling Club
- Goleta Valley Cycling Club — Cycling club in Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition — Promoting safe cycling in Santa Barbara County
- San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club — Sponsors of the Wildflower and Lighthouse Centuries
- Northern California
- Almaden Cycle Touring Club — Check out the stats for all their riders!
- Grizzly Peak Cyclists — bike club in Berkeley. Wow! Tie dyed helmet covers!
- East Bay Bicycle Coalition — they event have a page to report traffic hazards
- The Fresno Bike Club
- Kern Wheelmen
- Sacramento Valley Cycling — Web site for Sacramento Valley, California cyclists
- Sacramento Wheelmen
- The Santa Rosa Cycling Club (CA) — A Social & Recreational Cycling Club in Santa Rosa, California.
- Stanford Cardinals Coed Bicycling Club — our vote as the best club page in California
- Stockton Bike Club — Gateway to the Sierra Foothills and home of the Delta Century
- CABO — California Association of Bicycling Organizations.
- California Bicycle Coalition promoting safer cycling
- Bicycle Friendly Communities — What are the bike friendly communities? How can your community qualify?
- e-wadachi.com — Planning a ride in Japan? Wondering where to eat and drink? Here’s a good place to start.
- ebikes server (New York) — The ‘ebikes’ server is information compiled by subscribers to Ebikes, the mailing list. The goal here is to make information available to the local cycling community online.
- Iowa Bicycle Coalition — see what’s going on in the Mid-West
- Murfreesboro Bicycle Club –Bicycling information for the Nashville, TN, area.
- RAGBRAI — The bike ride across Iowa
- Team Skunk — RAGBRAI group from Ames and Des Moines
- Redline Racing, Ltd. — A road team in Ill. Team member Steve Benedetto comes to the Conejo Valley to train in the spring.
- RPI Cycling Club — RPI, Troy, New York; Cycling Club
- Westy’s Cycling Page (Connecticut Valley of MA) — Some interesting images and rides in the Connecticut Valley, with maps.
Useful bicycling information
- BicycleApparel.com — Answers everything you wanted to know about bicycle clothing.
- Bicycle-Rides.com — A comprehensive list of one day bicycle events
- BikeTracker — Keep an on-line log of your training and compare with others
- Bike Ride Directors Association — Stuff about supported recreational rides (centuries).
- Calculate the correct spoke length for your wheel
- The Fred Cast — a podcast for the Fred in all of us
- International Human Powered Vehicle Association
- Pedaling History – the Burgwardt Bicycle Museum — History of cycling.
- Photo Impressions from Bicycle Travels — a collection of visual stories from America and Asia
- Route Slip.com — get bike routes from across the country.
- Sheldon Brown Articles — A long list of articles about bicycle riding and repairing
- The Full Cycle — Southern California’s Cycling Connection
- CABO — California Association of Bicycling Organizations.
- California Bicycle Coalition promoting safer cycling
- Helmets.org — The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute, including frequently asked questions and a buyer’s guide
- Masters Athlete Physiology and Performance — Multi-sport including info. for geezer cyclists.
- City of Thousand Oaks bike safety site
- Ventura County Bike Coalition — advocating better bicycling
Mountain biking
- Concerned Off-Road Bicyclist Association (CORBA)
- North Ranch Mountain Bikers — Friendly MTB club in Thousand Oaks, CA area for all abilities.
- San Francisco — Mountain biking in the San Francisco Bay Area and other areas.
- WOMBATS on the Web (Women’s Mountain Bike And Tea Society) Good stuff for women mountain bikers from Jacquie Phelan and others.
- Belgian Knee Warmers — All about the PRO life
- Sean Kelly Web Site — Keep up on the latest news from Ireland’s best known racer.
- VeloNews Interactive — VeloNews online version.
Cycling magazines
- Bicycle Source – a weekly bicycling e-zine
- Cycling.org — the Internet bicycling hub
- GearHead Mountain Bike Cyberzine — Mountain biking ‘zine with attitude.
- Tandem Magazine – for those who like to do it with a partner.
- VeloNews “If it wasn’t for VeloNews, none of us would know what’s going on.” — Bob Roll
- Yahoo’s Sports:Cycling News
Commercial
- Adventure Cycling — a resource for planning bike tours
- AthletiCamps — Northern California Cycling Camp
- Bed, Breakfast, and Biking — What could be better than combining B&Bs and Biking?
- Bicycle John’s — Now open in Agoura Hills
- The Bicycle Highway — lots of links about bicycles and bike tours
- Carpenter Phinney Bike Camp — This is an outstanding program for any serious cyclist – and a great summer vacation.
Also see Liza’s Review for a CVC member’s experiences at the Women’s Camp. Remember to tell them CVC sent you! - ClifBar — The official energy bar and gel of the CVC.
- Competitive Indoor Cycling — race indoors!
- Computrainer — Info about this useful tool for serious cyclists who like to get sweaty in the garage.
- Cycling Books plus a big list of links for cycling and beyond
- Cycling tours of the UK
- Easy Racers (Recumbent Bicycles) I think I’ll just lie down and go for a ride
- The Emerald Trail — a small commercial company specializing in guided, fully supported, tours in the North and Northwest of Ireland
- Giant Bicycles
- Kreitler Rollers — More ways to get sweaty in the garage while developing a smooth spin.
- Natl. Bike Tour Directors Assn. — Look for your next bike tour
- Newbury Park Bike Shop — Supporter of CVC!
- Polar Products — Download neat demo of Polar Heart Rate Monitors
- Road Bike Review — Reviews, discussions, and classifieds all on road bikes
- Second Hand Cycle — classified ads for used bikes and gear
- Simi Cycling Center
- Southern California Cycling
- Wild Heart Cycling — Self-contained cycling tours in Oregon
Lists of links
- GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages — a wide variety of outdoor related sites.
- Jack Vinson’s Cycling Home Page loads of bike links.
- New South Network Services – The Big Ring bike links from a www service to the bike industry.
- @LA: The Guide to Greater Los Angeles and Southern California
- Southern California Directory
