Cycling Resources
Categories
Books and Maps of New Mexico Cycling Calendars Clubs and Associations Events - Annual area events. Links - Miscellaneous Cycling Sites (below) Mapping - Online route map making. Newsgroups New Mexico - Maps, Weather Data, Almanac Data, History, Politics, Mapping, more links. Nutrition and Training - for Cycling Publications Rides - Descriptions of Area Non-NMTS Road and Off-Road Rides Sheldon Brown - Harris Cyclery - Major online site for maintenance, articles, glossary, [Gear Ratio Calculator], ... Shipping Bikes - Bicycle shipping info. Shops - Manufacturers, and Catalogs Tour Companies - Guides, and Outfitters Weather - for Albuquerque [Wind Prediction!!]
More Weather RelatedYellow Pages - Find cycle shops and maps - Enter "Bicycles-Dealers", etc.
bikely.com - A site to create and share interactive road, off-road, or commuting routes using Google Maps. It can display roads over satellite images. See their NM routes. Automatic elevation profiles. GMAP-Pedometer - Create your own route maps. GoogleMaps - Follow curves. From Google. MapMyRide.com - Also will follow curves in a road. Automatic elevation profiles. RouteSlip.com - Build and publish bike routes. The advantage here is that the routes follow the road, you don't add a point to every bend in the road. No software needed. toporoute.com - Based on Google Maps. Will form a route on existing roads between two points. Include elevation. Oddly, doesn't have a Find. veloroutes.org -
Adventure Cycling - Supported and Self-Supported Cycling Events. Road and Mountain Bike. Bicycle Yellow Pages. Cycling Advocacy. Cross-country maps. Education. Barnett Bicycle Institute - Bicycle maintenance training and certification. Colorado Springs. BicycleLaw.com - Bicyclelaw.com is a web site that offers bicycling accident advice for cyclists including those injured by motorists, unsafe conditions and defective cycling products. Injured cyclists will find information about what to do after an accident to best protect their rights. Contact information and cycling links of interest are also provided.In addition, at Bicyclelaw.com, you will find informative and sometimes entertaining articles of interest to cyclists. Bicycle Museum of America Bicycle Paintings BicycleStuff.com - Bicycle clipart, etc. Bicyclopedia - Defunct??? BicyclingInfo.org - Pedestrian, Bicycling Info Bike.com BikeJournal - Free site to track your miles, avg speed, etc. Registration Required. BikeInfo - Bike Specifications, model comparisons, search, components, etc. BikeLane - Useful collection of bicycle links. BikeMap - Bicycles on Public Transit CrazyGuyOnABike.com - Bicycle journals, forums. Cyber Cyclery - Internet Bicycling Hub, events, classified. CyclingSingles.com - Dating service The Exploratorium - The Science of Cycling FatTire Google Cycling GORP - Great Outdoors Recreation Pages
GORP Biking GORP Tandem Page Graham Watson Photos - Breathtaking photos of the Tour de France. Great Outdoors Cycling Home Page Harris Cyclery - Maintenance, Articles, and Glossary Icebike - Dedicated to winter cyclists who brave ice and snow and cycle for transportation, recreation, or competition. Jim Langley - Great website with maintenance and how to's. "Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske"***** - A weekly legal question / answer article in VeloNews. Scroll down in News to the "Legally Speaking" articles, usually on Thursdays. Interesting opinions on a wide variety of bicycling questions that effect us all by a cycling lawyer. MTBR - Product reviews and trails. Pedaling.com - Nation-wide atlas of rides RoadBikeRider.com - *****Tips about road biking (what else), nutrition, training, mechanical questions, classified, etc. This is where "Ask Coach Fred" is located. Sign up for free weekly newsletter. The Tandem Link.com Tandem@Hobbs Tandem Utopia Total Bike - News, classifieds, directory. TradeInBikes.com - Website computes Trade in value for your bike. Trails.com - Road and Mountain Bike Tours. Wildernet - Outdoor Descriptions includes "Tour Biking" Yahoo Cycling
Adventure Cycling Calendar Arizona Event Calendar Adventure Sports Road Rides Calendar - Largely CA Bicycling Magazine - On home page select a Region under Events. Fast. Big Brother Western States Bicycling Calendar - Largely CA Bike-Rides.com - Good Idea, Fast, but short on rides. BikeCenturies.com -*** Lots of rides, up to date. NM & Co are in Central US!? BikeLink Calendar - A collection of bicycle links. Colorado Calendar of Bicycling Events Google Rides and Tours The National Bicycle Tour Directors Association Calendar of Events Racegate Calendar - Large nationwide calendar/registration of races and events. World Wide Bicycle Calendar **** Lots of Rides Yahoo Cycling Rides and Tours
Albuquerque Weather [Wind Prediction!!] - Weather Underground Daily Sunrise and Sunset Times for the USA - Check it out for those early or late year rides.
Sunrise and Sunset Times for a Year - US Naval Observatory.Albuquerque Weather Data - Averages for rainfall, temperatures, ... New (2001) Wind Chill Table
Cycling Nutrition and Training Links
bike_power - Program calculates calories burned, including elevation. Carmichael Training Systems Coach Carl Online - Provides free advanced coaching and information to racers, recreational cyclists, coaches, fans, and others. Cycling Performance - Optimizing Personal Athletic Performance, Richard Rafoth MD. The Nancy Clark MS RD, Sport Nutritionist and Author, Homepage - Author of the excellent "Sports Nutrition Guidebook". Consumer Nutrition Information and links, CSPINET. Exercise Calorie Computer - For various sports. Long Distance Cycling Training - UltraCycling Training. Masters Athlete Physiology and Performance - Dr. Stephen Seiler Road Bike Rider - Lots of information about training and nutrition. See "Coach Fred". Training Bible - Web-Based Training cycling software from Joe Friel, author of "Cycling Past 50" and "The Cyclist's Training Bible". Cycling Performance Tips: Altitude
Bicycling Magazine - Rodale Cycle California! CyclingForums.com - News groups. Cycling News - Racing News Cycling Utah DailyPeloton.com - Pro racing news Dirt Rag Mag Online Mountain Bike Magazine Online - Rodale Recumbent and Tandem Rider Magazine Tandem Magazine The Total Bike eZine USA Cycling News VeloNews Online - Check out "Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske" on Velo News home page for some interesting cycling & legal cases.
Selecting these links in Netscape will connect you to the newsgroups if your server carries them. Some of these news groups (like .soc) are so polluted with rubbish the majority is a waste of time.
rec.bicycles.marketplace - A place to swap, buy or sell road and mountain bikes, and parts. You can also find advice and reviews on gear. rec.bicycles.misc - General riding techniques, rider physiology, injuries, treatment, diet, ... rec.bicycles.racing - Techniques, results, and organizations. rec.bicycles.rides - Riding worldwide; generally inquiries and responses, a lot of rubbish. rec.bicycles.tech - For the tech-heads. rec.bicycles.off-road - Mountain bike topics. rec.bicycles.soc - Advocacy & related topics. Much rubbish. ucsc.mlists.tandem-hobbes - Tandem@Hobbes newsgroup. Appears defunct. Tandem@hobbes - Tandem Subscription List.
The best way is to ride your bicycle there, but unfortunately, that's often not possible. Here is some information about shipping your pride and joy.
If you have your own box or case that are the correct size, try Fed-Ex or UPS for inexpensive shipping with insurance, US or world-wide. Both sites have calculators for cost and time.
Adventure Cycling - Shipping and Bike Cases, How-To. Bikes Fly Free - For IMBA and League of American Bicyclists members on America West and Frontier. League of American Bicyclists - Shipping Your Bike, companies and costs. ShipBikes - Has their own $99 box that ships by DHL. Sports Express - Worldwide bicycle shipper (and other sports equipment). Offers additional insurance. Specials for LAB membership.