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Clubs
| Charles Star CC | Dundee based club actively involved in promoting events in that area | |
| Deeside Thistle CC | A fine new site from Aberdeen based Deeside Thistle who claim to be the biggest cycling club in Britain - though as we all know, size isn't everything! | |
| Dundee Wheelers | Dundee based (obviously) and prolific promoters of time trials on the Dundee-Perth road | |
| Edinburgh Road Club | An excellent site from this expanding club | |
| Edinburgh University CC | For a student’s view of cycling, take a look at this site | |
| Falkirk Bike Club | Active club in central Scotland, promotes several events each year | |
| Forth Valley CC | Same comments as for Falkirk BC above | |
| Glasgow University CC | Check out the spelling in the welcome page – it has to be a joke! | |
| Hawick Cycling Club | In the Scottish Borders traces its origins back to 1881 – even further back than us! | |
| Kennoway Road Club | Another Fife based club with an active membership, promoting several events in Fife each year. | |
| Peebles CC | Another club in the Scottish borders. | |
| Stirling Bike Club | Lots of useful information on cycling in central Scotland | |
| Total Cycling | The website of the Fife and Kinross District Association | |
| V C Olympia | A site written by someone with a sense of humour! | |
| Ythan CC | Fit like? Cycling in the North East... | |
| Yahoo! | UK & Ireland cycling club links |
| Audax UK | "The premier long distance cyclists' association in the UK" | |
| BCCA | These guys run cyclocross in the UK | |
| British Cycling Federation | The governing body for the sport in the UK. If you road race, you can check your points total on-line here. | |
| Cyclists' Touring Club | Britain's largest cycling organisation. Not just touring and plus-fours! | |
| CTC Lothian DA | The Lothian branch of the Cyclists Touring Club. Lots of information on local touring and cycle campaigning. | |
| East of Scotland Cycling Association | The district association for clubs and cycle racing activities in the east of Scotland. Includes information on the popular Ingliston Bike Blast events. | |
| International Bicycle Fund | An NGO promoting "sustainable transport and international understanding". Plenty of unusual bike-related links here. | |
| League of Veteran Racing Cyclists | The LVRC is an independent body which organises races and social events for riders over 40. Races are grouped by age. | |
| Safe Routes Network | Cycle campaigning organisation. | |
| Scottish Cycling Web Site | This large site is part of the Scottish Cycling Challenge Fund Project promoted by the CTC. It hopes to become a major website for all aspects of Scottish cycling, including club information and route guides. | |
| Scottish Cyclocross | Kind of official Scottish Cyclocross website. It features our very own Craig Hardie. | |
| SPOKES | The Lothian Cycle Campaign | |
| Scottish Cylists' Union | The organising body for cycle racing in Scotland. Includes links to many other Scottish Cycling sites. | |
| Sustrans | "Sustainable Transport". Not in fact a cycling organisation, they promote sane methods of transport through practical engineering projects, most notably their conversion of disused railways into pedestrian/cycle tracks. | |
| The Scottish Cycling Project | A central database for all information related to cycling in Scotland. | |
| The Scottish Triathlon Association | Information on triathlon competition in Scotland. | |
| The Tandem Club | The name says it all! | |
| The Trail Cyclists' Association | The Organisation for Mountain Bike Orienteering and the Trailquest League. |
| Eurobike | Vive le EC! European cycle racing information. | |
| Le Tour de France | Full details of the Tour can be found here. | |
| UCI | Rulers of the world! |
| www.cyclingnews.com | Formerly Bill's Cycle Racing Results & News Service - Without doubt the best results site on the Web! Always up to date, often with interim reports filed part-way through races! If you're interested in the international pro' scene, this is a must-see! | |
| Eurosport | An excellent site with lots of up-to-date results and news from the European pro scene; info on pro teams and riders; and a complete European pro. calendar. Well worth a look. No sign of Dave Duffield, though! | |
| Tout le Cyclisme Féminin | A website dedicated to women's racing. Nicolas Leroy has addressed a neglected area of the sport with race results, news, photos, world rankings, and links to other sites featuring women's cycling. In French only. | |
| Vuelta a Espańa | The official site of the Tour of Spain has detailed summaries of each day's stage, together with route maps and other items of interest to followers of the race. |
| Chris Boardman | This is an unofficial appreciation site with lots of stuff about Chris and plenty of pictures of the man in action. | |
| Sean Kelly | A potted history of the great man's career, a useful race results service, and Sean Kelly bikes too. | |
| Amore e Vita | (in Italian only) Lots of nice photos. | |
| Marco Pantani | This site used to be Mercatone Uno's, but Pants has now taken it over for himself. |
| Airborne | This site allows you to ‘build’ your bike using your own choice of components and work out the cost and weight of the finished product. | |
| Campagnolo | Top quality and beautiful Italian road equipment. | |
| Campagnolo Only | A fun site dedicated to certain Italian components... | |
| Cannondale | Oversizing takes on a new meaning! | |
| Cinelli | Smooth Italian components mainly for roadies | |
| Colnago | History of the Colnago company & pictures of all their lovely frames. | |
| Dawes Cycles | UK manufacturer of good quality frames for all types of bikes, including tandems | |
| Diamond Back | US manufacturer of mostly ATBs but with some road bokes too | |
| Fisher | Gary Fisher mountain bikes, Lemond road bikes and Bontrager components are all here | |
| Giant | Famous for providing the ONCE team's apparently controversial sloping top-tubes, as well as many juicy mountain bikes. Allegedly the biggest bicycle manufacturer in the world. | |
| GT | An impressive Flash site showing the wide range of bikes from this manufacturer | |
| Hope | Perhaps the finest hydraulic disk brakes in the world? Site has recently been updated with a new look and contains the latest product range. | |
| Litespeed | See the full range of this US company’s mouth-watering range of titanium frames | |
| Marin UK | Have launched their site before the big boys at Marin US. Nice bouncy XC bikes. | |
| Mavic | French component manufacturer renowned for innovative design. | |
| Middleburn | These guys make some of the finest products in the UK - built to last! This site contains the full product range and seems to continually be updated as they bring out new products. | |
| Oakley | Purveyors of fine - if expensive - eyewear. This site has a dangerously high hype level! | |
| Orbit Cycles | Custom-built bikes from Sheffield | |
| Pace | Recently re-vamped website that contains all the latest products from the Pace workshops. | |
| Polar | Heart rate monitors. | |
| Raleigh | Often underrated UK manufacturer produces some top end bikes for racing | |
| Shelford Design | U.K. manufacturers of "Rollerturbo" home trainer, "Stealth" aero bars, workstands and moulded tri-bar arm-rests. | |
| Shimano | Full product range & service manuals. | |
| Specialized | Full range of off road and road designs, as well as many Specialized components | |
| Syncros | High quality components for road and off road use | |
| Tandette | A new device which enables two bicycles to be connected together making a three wheeled tandem. Made in the UK! | |
| Trek | The full range of Trek road bikes and MTB As used by Lance Armstrong (& Ken Thomson!) to devastating effect. | |
| Vittoria | Make some of the best tyres for racing. See the full range here. | |
| Voodoo Cycles | Nice, yet strangely spooky site! | |
| X-Lite | Yummy British-made goodies for your MTB |
Human Powered Vehicles
| British Human Power Club | HPVs are much faster than conventional bikes – but are unfortunately banned from taking part in non HPV races. This site has all sorts of interesting stuff on HPVs including constructing and racing HPVs and events organised by the Club for HPVs in the UK. Well worth a look, especially if you don't know what a HPV is. | |
| FutureCycles | UK supplier of recumbents and other oddities | |
| International HPV Association | Gives a full run down on HPV records – would you believe 72mph for 200m? | |
| Unicycling Home Page | If you believe two wheels bad, one wheel good... |
Bike Shops in Scotland
| Alpine Bikes | Top shops in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen | |
| Bike Trax | Lochrin Place, one of Edinburgh's leading bike shops | |
| Bothy Bikes | in Aviemore - all MTB, with stuff on riding in the Aviemore area, SCU downhill and XC series, and of course info on the bikes they stock. | |
| CycleLife | in Dundee (formerly Nicholson's Cycling Centre). A nice site with stuff about the shop and the new bikes from Raleigh Special Products. | |
| Dales Cycles | in Glasgow - an interesting site from the largest bike store in the west of Scotland. | |
| Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op | A huge shop that boasts a massive range of cycle products, the online catalogue lists about 80% of all the stock and the website is full of other useful resources. | |
| Hardie Bikes | Family run bike shop, stocking top name brands. Craig Hardie, well known on the race circuit for his BMX, XC and DH achievements co-runs the shop with his father. | |
| Sandy Wallace Cycles | A well stocked shop in Inverkeithing. Orange bikes are the main bike stocked by Sandy, but he has a huge choice of kit, including clothing. Helpful staff and an active race team. | |
| Scott's Cycles | A family run shop in Leven, and sponsors of Kennoway Road Club. | |
| Wheels of Callander | Has a wide range of cycle products in stock. Also has a first-class accommodation service, so you can use the facilities for a weekend riding in the Trossachs. |
Miscellaneous
| Crispin Bennett's Cycle Routes | Crispin is involved with the CTC and enjoys spending weekends away on his bike cycling round Scotland. He has now compiled a list of his favourite routes and put them on the web. | |
| Bike Magic | A cyclists' "online club". Plenty of interest here, and a good links section with ratings supplied by surfers. | |
| Bike Pyrenees | Shedloads of information on cycling in the Midi Pyrenees. Classic routes and rides, including the famous Raid Pyreneen. Now has details of the 2001 TdF stages in the Pyrenees. Can be read in either English or French. | |
| Critical Mass | "Spontaneous" cycle rides highlighting the problems faced by cyclists on city streets. | |
| Cyber Cyclery | "The Internet Bicycling Club" | |
| Cycle America | Tour company offering supported cycle-camping treks throughout the more scenic areas of the US. They also organise a coast to coast ride across America. | |
| Graham Baxter | The widest range of cycling tours available, including the daunting L'Etape du Tour. | |
| Graham Watson |
Master cycling photographer Graham Watson has a selection of superb photos on show, all taken at major international races. |
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| The Great Drumtochty Challenge | A one-day event which combines orienteering and mountain biking to produce a highly challenging competition. Takes place on 20th May 2001. | |
| The Great Inverurie Bike Ride | in aid of charity. This year's event will be on Sunday 1st July. | |
| Harmonie B&B | A small family run B&B in the French Pyrenees, with many of the routes and mountain sections of the TDF on our doorstep, as well as numerous beautiful - easier graded - routes. | |
| Impressions from Bicycle Travels | Visual stories from America and Asia. | |
| procycling | magazine. An excellent magazine for fans of the European pro scene. | |
| SportsTrails.com | Organise top quality cycling holidays in Majorca, Ireland and at Lake Garda in Italy, as well as training camps. | |
| Team Internet | An interesting concept - a cycling club based on the Internet. Based in the USA (where else?), they have their own club kit and race in US Federation events. I'm not really sure why, though. | |
| Trento Bike Pages | Loads of information and reports on cycle-touring around Europe and the Mediterranean. | |
| UK Cycling Newsgroup (uk.rec.cycling) | The only UK-oriented cycling discussion group. Any subject to do with cycling in Britain. |
Cycling Reference Sources
| Bicyclopedia | Baffling cycling jargon explained. | |
| Cycling References | Don W Kim's MASSIVE page of cycling links | |
| Harris Cyclery Articles | Sheldon Brown's informative articles on all things cycling. | |
| Free Bike Ads for cyclists | Sell or buy with this classified ads service. | |
| Sheldon Brown's Cycling Web pages | All you need to know! | |
| Spoke Length Calculator | For determining the correct length of spokes for your wheels. | |
| UK Cycling Web Ring | A hub for finding UK cycling clubs and other sites | |
| UK Mountain Bikers' Web Ring | Same as above, but for MTB clubs | |
| WWW Bicycle Lane | Lots of bicycle related links... |
Training and Nutrition
| Bicycling Fuel | A comprehensive and extremely useful site, covering all aspects of training and nutrition - recommended. | |
| Bikepro Website | Visit Bikepro's Website and download the latest BikePro training log. | |
| Cardiosport | The homepage for Cardiosport HRMs with some useful information. | |
| Cycle Coaching Scotland | Neil Walker's coaching website | |
| Nutrition Analysis Tool | Analyse your food intake. | |
| Performance Cyclist | A good website for the serious cyclist. Appears to be run by a Doctor. | |
| Polar | Polar's Website also contains an index to training books and free booklets. | |
| Science in Sport | Products such as PSP22, Rego, etc. Where would we be without them. See the full range and lots more besides. | |
| SportsMed Web | A wide ranging source of sports training information. | |
| Stretching and Flexibility | Stretching helps prevent injury and improves your performance - make it a habit. | |
| The Pedalling Preacher | This site has plenty of good training advice. |
Reading
| Bicycling Books | The best selection of cycling books in Britain. | |
| Bike Culture Quarterly | If you are looking for a wider view of cycling culture than is offered in the "comic", try this interesting and informative magazine. Extracts on-line. | |
| Future Publishing | produce several cycling magazines including MBUK, MTBpro and Cycling Plus. | |
| Velonews | An American publication with a very good website. |
News Groups
Places to discuss cycling:
| uk.rec.cycling | The UK specific group. | |
| rec.bicycles.misc | ||
| rec.bicycles.off-road | ||
| rec.bicycles.racing | ||
| rec.bicycles.rides | ||
| rec.bicycles.soc | ||
| rec.bicycles.tech | ||
| alt.mountain-bike |
Many more mailing lists and discussion groups can be found at The Cyber Cyclery
Mail Order Shops
| Dave Lloyd | Frame builder and former star tester, with one of the most impressive results lists you will ever see. | |
| Deeside Cycles | Large mail-order company. | |
| Discount Bikes | As it says: discount bikes (and accessories) online. |
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