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and Travel (Revised 5/18/07)
Mileage Logs (Revised 1/07/10)
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Bike Exchange (OH, PA, and WV only)
C-Quad Cycling (DE, NJ, and PA only)
LAB-Affiliated Clubs (Updated 12/18/06)
Yahoo! Cycling Clubs and Teams
A list of feature-length films with bicycling-related themes:
American Cancer Society - ACS Bike-A-Thon
American Diabetes Association - Tour de Cure® events
American Lung Association - Clean Air Challenge® events
National Multiple Sclerosis Society - MS-150 events (Revised 9/27/04)
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Team in Training®
BCP cue sheet library (Updated 1/01/10)
CBBC cue sheet library (Added 12/25/05)
Salisbury, Maryland cue sheets - 11 routes starting from Salisbury University. Organize your own rides on the Friday and Sunday of Sea Gull Century Weekend with these cue sheets. (Added 12/19/03)
Kent County, Maryland cue sheets - 9 routes from Chestertown. Many of these routes are used at the Kent County Spring Fling. (Added 12/19/03)
SCU Calendar of Other Clubs' Events
SCU Guide to Cycling in Connecticut
SCU Guide to Cycling in Delaware
SCU Guide to Cycling in New Jersey
Looking for birthday, Chanukah or Christmas gifts? These items are highly recommended by club members.
Bicycling-related feature-length films on DVD - click on Bicycle Films to see a list.
Cue sheet holder: CueClip or Ultimate Map Clip
DeLorme Topo USA - mapping software with elevation profiles.
Personal Navigation Device (GPS) with mapping - the Garmin 60CSx and eTrex HCx series are highly recommended for touring, and bicycle mounts are available. The bicycle-specific Edge 605 and 705 provide performance data for training. The new Garmin Colorado and Oregon units have double the screen resolution of previous bike-mountable units, but difficulty reading the screen in bright sunlight is reported to be a problem.
Halo Headbands - thin, light weight, and very absorbent. Various models are available, including helmet liners.
LAB Jersey - part of the purchase price benefits the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). This is a brightly-colored, highly-visible jersey with reflective trim around the sleeves and across the back.
Medical Information Carrier - fits in your helmet.
Seat Shield - waterproof car seat covers.
SCU jersey - available now!
SCU membership - join now and your membership will be extended to March 31, 2011.
Weather Warrior - base layer bib, very easy to put on and take off without removing your jersey.
Inquire about these items at your local SCU sponsor shop.
The SCU e-mail list moved to Yahoo! Groups as of 4/4/2005. See the newsletter for instructions on how to subscribe. (Updated 6/13/05)
BCP archive on Topica. Messages from 12/15/1999. BCP now uses a different mailing list.
Bike Mail archive - Greater Philadelphia mail archive (Updated 3/05/05)
League of American Bicyclists (LAB) 2005 blog (Added 3/05/05)
Philadelphia Bicycle News - BCGP blog (Added 3/05/05)
Phl.bicycles News Group or http://groups.google.com/group/phl.bicycles/topics?hl=en&lnk (Updated 1/01/10)
rec.bicycles.misc Usenet News Group or http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.misc/topics?hl=en&lnk (Updated 1/01/10)
rec.bicycles.rides Usenet News Group or http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.rides/topics?hl=en&lnk (Updated 1/01/10)
rec.bicycles.tech Usenet News Group or http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/topics?hl=en&lnk (Updated 1/01/10)
Air Quality Index for the Delaware Valley. (Added 8/28/08)
America Bikes is a collaborative effort of leaders of the bicycle community to advocate for positive outcomes for bicycling in the next federal transportation funding bill.
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute (Added 1/06/03)
Bicycle maintenance from Utah Mountain Biking (Updated 2/18/03)
Bicycle ride rating system from former SCU member Bill Cotton.
Bicycle tune-up and repair from BikeTune.
Bicycling-related classified ads
Bike Lane - Collection of bicycle-related links.
Bikes Belong Coalition is a membership organization founded by bicycle industry leaders with the mission of "putting more people on bikes more often."
Challenged Athletes Foundation - Charity providing grants to athletes with a physical disability. Featured in the documentary motion picture Emannuel's Gift. (Added 12/13/07)
Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling - see Pro Cycling Tour. Formerly the Wachovia Cycling Series. (Added 3/18/07)
Cycle Philadelphia - Michael Tordoff's web page providing everything you ever wanted to know about bicycling in the Philadelphia area, including suburbs. (Added 3/29/06)
Cycling.tv provides live (and archived) coverage of pro road races. The programming includes many free events and others that require a subscription. (Added 2/25/06)
CueSheetMaker is an add-in for Microsoft Excel and is used to make cue sheets from files saved from any of several mapping programs: MapSource, DeLorme, TOPO!, and GMapToGPX files derived from Pedometer. Also see SAD2CUE for a similar program. (Link updated 5/20/07)
Dr. Arnie Baker Cycling Handouts & Articles on training, nutrition, etc. some are free. (Added 12/26/05)
First aid for bicyclists from Utah Mountain Biking. (Added 1/07/03)
Flat tire repair articles: 1, 2, 3, 4. (Updated 4/07/06)
Gear ratio charts for 700c and 26-inch wheels (Added 7/09/03)
Glossary of bicycle terminology:
1) http://www.sheldonbrown.com/glossary.html
2) http://www.cyclesouthcarolina.com/terms.html
3) Trilingual Cycling Glossary
- Léxico trilingüe sobre el ciclismo - English / French / Spanish (Added
12/17/04)
GMaps Pedometer - Route mapping web site. See Route Mapping for more. (Added 7/15/06)
How to Not Get Hit by Cars (Added 6/14/07)
How to Solve Saddle Sores from RoadBikeRider.com (Added 7/4/07)
Jack's Bicycling Pages - Collection of bicycle-related links. (revised 11/16/03)
LAB Better Bicycling Fact Sheets (updated 4/07/06)
Lance Armstrong official web site.
Learning to ride a bicycle:
1) The Best Way
to Teach Your Child to Ride
2) Teaching Kids to Ride
Lehigh Valley Velodrome is now known as the Valley Preferred Cycling Center. It is located at 1151 Mosser Rd, Breinigsville (Trexlertown), PA 18031. (Updated 12/02/08)
Maps and driving directions - Use these mapping web sites to get directions to events. (Updated 1/9/06)
Maps - 2008 Regional Bike Map:
Eastern Segment (Philadelphia, Bucks, E. Montgomery and NJ)
Western Segment (Chester, W. Montgomery and Delaware Counties) (Added
12/14/08)
Mike Bentley's Mega Bicycle Links - Collection of bicycle-related links. (Added 1/10/04)
National Bike Registry - Register your bike in the National Bike Registry. They will send you a Certificate of Registration and a tamper-resistant NBR label to identify your bike. Then, if your bike is ever stolen and recovered, it can be returned to you. $10 for 10 years of coverage for an individual bike. (Added 3/27/06)
Neighborhood Bike Works is a youth development organization in West Philadelphia serving neighborhood youth from 8 to 18. Since 1996, NBW has offered classes on bike repair. By completing a series of classes and fixing up used bikes donated by the community, students can earn a bike for themselves. NBW welcomes donations of used bikes. (Added 9/24/06) -
The New Jersey Bike Map is an excellent resource for riding in NJ. "The information on these maps is the result of 27 years of cycling experience in the area. I have up to this time, have traveled about 60% of the state by bicycle. As I ride, I take notes of road names, dirt roads, where parks, schools, and food stops are. It's a lot of work and I like to get lost." The maps also cover most of Bucks, and parts of Montgomery, Lehigh, and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania. (Updated 7/30/06)
Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports offers sporting activities for people with disabilities. 215-765-5118 (Added 5/29/06)
Pennsylvania Cycling Association - The purpose of the Pennsylvania Cycling Association (PCA) is to enhance the bicycle racing environment in Pennsylvania. (Added 1/03/10)
Pennsylvania state government bicycle information - Includes PA signed Bicycle Routes and PA Bicycle Driver's Manual. (link updated 3/9/05)
Perkiomen Trail, Montgomery County, PA. Download map. (Revised 2/4/06)
Pete & Ed bicycling links - sorted by state. NOTE: Links do not work with the Mozilla Firefox browser. (Updated 1/9/06)
Pro Cycling Tour - former Wachovia (and First Union and CoreStates) Cycling Series - Professional bicycle races in Allentown, Reading, and Philadelphia, now sponsored by Commerce Bank - spectator and volunteer events and vendor expo - held annually in June. (revised 4/21/08)
Race Across America (RAAM). SCU Member Doug Levy will participate in RAAM 2008. (Added 3/7/08)
Randonneurs USA - Organization for US randonneuring. Randonneuring is long-distance unsupported endurance cycling. This is typically a challenging 200- to 1200-kilometer ride, each with a specific time limit. (Added 11/25/03)
SAD2CUE is an Excel spreadsheet containing VBA macros that will import a route saved in Delorme's Street Atlas Deluxe, Topo 4 Topo 5, SA2003, SA2004, or SA2005 and will format the output for bicycle cue sheets. Currently seven output formats are available. Generate cue sheets for 50-mile rides in minutes! Very little typing required. Also see CueSheetMaker for a similar program. (revised 6/2/08)
The SAFE KIDS Coalition of Southeastern Pennsylvania was formed in 1988 as part of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign and covers Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties. The Safe Kids Coalition donates bicycle helmets to children. (Added 9/24/06)
Schuylkill River Trail - Valley Forge to Manayunk. (revised 2/4/07)
Shimano technical information - service instructions and exploded view diagrams for all Shimano road and MTB components. (Updated 10/30/08)
Sunset calculators: (Added 7/24/06)
SCU Ride Until Sunset Chart estimates riding distance for start times of 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30 PM for riding speeds of 12-120 MPH. Updated for 2007 changes in Daylight Savings Time. (revised 2/11/07)
U.S. Naval Observatory - print a 1-year table for any location (named city or town) that is in the USNO database.
Custom Sunrise Sunset Calendar provides a one month table of Civil, Nautical, or Astronomical twilight for selected cities or any location if you know the longitude and latitude.
Horizon Network Security Sunrise/Sunset Computer calculates sunset for cities with major airports
Tour de France - Official English-language site.
Training @ Bicycling Magazine (revised 11/16/03)
UCI - The Union Cycliste Internationale / International Cycling Union is the association of the National Cycling Federations. Its headquarters are in Aigle, Switzerland. (Added 11/01/05)
Wachovia Cycling Series - see Pro Cycling Tour. In 2006, Wachovia announced that it would no longer sponsor the races in Philadelphia, Lancaster, or Trenton. The new sponsor and name is Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling. (revised 1/9/06)
Valley Preferred Cycling Center is the new name for the Lehigh Valley Velodrome, located at 1151 Mosser Rd, Breinigsville (Trexlertown), PA 18031. (Updated 12/02/08)
Wheelmen - a national, non-profit organization dedicated to keeping alive the heritage of American cycling, promoting the restoration and riding of early cycles (1918 or earlier), and encouraging cycling as part of modern living. 2008 Wheelmen Annual Meet will take place in Dover, DE, on July 8-13.
World Bicycle Relief was founded in 2005 by SRAM Corporation and Trek Bicycle in response to the December 2004 tsunami that swept the Indian Ocean. This project provided more than 24,000 locally manufactured bicycles to people in greatest need. World Bicycle Relief partnered with a coalition of relief organizations to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia. Project Zambia will provide 23,000 bicycles to community home-based care volunteers, disease prevention educators and vulnerable households. (Added 12/13/07)
Bicycle Retailer - The business side of bicycling. (Added 1/31/03)
Bike Biz - Another bicycling business website. (Added 9/03/07)
CyclingNews.com - One of the best on-line publications. (Added 1/31/03)
Cycling Plus is a UK magazine that is considered to be one of the best printed versions. It is very expensive to have it mailed to the US. (Added 12/20/04)
Liberty Sports Magazine (Added 6/12/07)
Pez Cycling News - "What's cool in pro cycling". Known for the "Daily Distractions" photo. (Added 9/23/05)
Road Bike Rider - An excellent newsletter from the former editors of Bicycling magazine - free subscription
RTR Magazine is the world's only magazine dedicated to the riders and enthusiasts of tandem and recumbent bicycles. (Added 10/11/07)
VeloNews - "The journal of competitive cycling" (Added 2/22/04)
Bicycling Magazine Product archive (revised 3/24/03)
Bike Maps - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (added 12/14/08)
Bicycle Route Toaster - online route mapping (added 1/01/10)
DeLorme Topo USA - mapping software with elevation profiles. Files can be exported to GPS. GPS files can be imported to get elevation profiles.
gmap-pedometer - online route mapping
GMapToGPX - Convert Google Maps Data to GPX. (added 1/01/10)
Map My Ride - online route mapping
Ride with GPS - online route mapping with cue sheet. (added 1/01/10)
WinGDB GPS utility - GPS file conversion program; convert routes to track and vice-versa. (added 1/01/10)
For additional route mapping websites, download this list:
Map
Your Ride
See the list of SCU sponsors. Join SCU and receive a discount at our sponsors!
Pete & Ed bicycling books and gifts. They also have an extensive list of bicycling links sorted by state. NOTE: Links page does not work with the Mozilla Firefox browser. (Updated 1/9/06)
Craigslist Philadelphia Bicycles - used bikes and components (Added 4/9/07)
This is a very small sampling of commercial tour operators. Included in the list are several local (Maryland / Pennsylvania) companies and two of the largest commercial touring companies.
Note to commercial tour operators: Please do NOT contact the editor with a request to add your company to this web site. There is no plan to expand the SCU list of commercial tour operators. The web sites that are listed are for example only. Use the Bicycle Tour Directory or the National Bicycle Tour Directors Association to list your commercial tours.
450 bicycle terms in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian in PDF or XLS format from Park Tool Company. (Added 4/29/07)
Adventure Cycling Association includes information on how to start touring and the Cyclists' Yellow Pages. Adventure Cycling Association provides maps and information for self-supported touring. (Revised 3/13/04)
Backroads Tours is one of the largest commercial touring companies
Bicycle Adventure Club is a non-profit bicycle touring club for cyclists run by its 1,500 volunteer members. (Added 5/18/07)
Bicyclelane.com has tips for self guided touring: planning, packing, training, feasting, and one-pan recipes for camp. (Added 5/26/04)
Bike and the Like hosts tours on the east coast - C & O Canal, Cape Cod, Rhode Island - and also Canada, California, and Europe.
C&O Canal Biking Guide (Added 6/24/05)
Crazy Guy on a Bike is a non-commercial site devoted to bicycle touring journals. Close to 200 different journals are contained here now and you can create your own, too. (Added 12/30/05)
Delmarva (Peninsula) Low-Impact Tourism Experiences (DLITE). 2,500-mile trail. (Added 6/14/05)
How to Pack Your Bike: Boxing a Bicycle for Public Transit by Harvey Botzman. (Added 12/30/05)
Pedal PA runs local tours (Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) including the only cross-Pennsylvania tour.
Scamp 'n' Rascal Cycling Adventures is a new touring company with tours in eastern Pennsylvania. (Added 1/13/06)
Travel with Bicycles - Air/Rail/Other
Trilingual Cycling Glossary - Léxico trilingüe sobre el ciclismo - English / French / Spanish (Added 12/17/04)
Vermont Bicycle Touring is one of the largest commercial touring companies
Warm Showers - a list of Internet cyclists who have offered their hospitality towards touring cyclists. The extent of the hospitality depends on the host and may range from simply a spot to pitch a tent to meals, a warm (hot!) shower, and a bed. (Added 2/22/04)
World-Wide Bicycle Tour Directory
National Bicycle Tour Directors Association (Added 11/26/04)
NOTE: XLS files are Microsoft Excel format and may provide automatic summation and charting of weekly, monthly, and/or yearly data, as noted in the description. PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. The PDF files are intended for manual entry of mileage; i.e., print the file once and log the data with pen or pencil. All mileage logs are free except as noted below.
If the selected file does not open in your browser window, download the file to your computer. Click on the link with the RIGHT mouse button, then click "Save Target As..." in Microsoft Internet Explorer or "Save Link As..." in Mozilla Firefox or Netscape Navigator, and then specify a location where you want to save the file on your hard drive.
Suburban Cyclists Unlimited 2010 logs: PDF or XLS with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. XLS version provides automatic summation of weekly, monthly, and yearly totals, and charts for mileage per week and mileage per month. First day of week = Sunday. Both versions of the SCU log are formatted to print correctly on one sheet of paper. (Updated 12/31/09)
Other logs, listed in alphabetical order:
Beezodog's Place 2010 Log: PDF with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 12/31/09)
Bicycle Touring Club of North Jersey 2010 logs: PDF or XLS with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. XLS version provides weekly and yearly totals, but no charts. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 1/01/10)
Bill Cotton's 2010 log: XLS format with one month per worksheet in calendar layout. First day of week = Sunday. Provides monthly, weekly, and yearly statistics. Now with cells to log altitude gain per ride. (Updated 12/31/09)
Bob Wheeler's bicycle log is an add-in program (".XLA" file) for Microsoft Excel. Provides a calendar for any year from 2000 to 2026, and a chart for miles, temperature, elevation Climbed, or average speed. (Added 6/02/08)
CycleStats is now ProLog - see listing below. (Updated 12/31/09)
Dr. Arnie Baker Cycling logs: Free, XLS-format Basic Log is a one-month chart good for any month and year. $5.95, 2010 Robust Version is XLS-format with 11 worksheets for logging additional training data. (Updated 12/31/09)
Kingsport Bicycle Association 2010 log: XLS format with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Sunday. Does not provide automatic summation of data. No charting of data. (Updated 12/31/09)
League of American Bicyclists (LAB) 2010 Log: PDF and XLS with entire year on 1 page. XLS version provides weekly, monthly, and annual totals and calculates average mileage per day and per month. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/06/10)
Mark Pankin's 2010 Excel log provides automatic summation of weekly, monthly and cumulative miles and number of rides for the year to date. No charting of data. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 12/31/09)
NYCC 2010 Mileage Log: PDF with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 1/03/10)
Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club 2010 log: PDF with entire year on one page in portrait orientation. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 12/31/09)
ProLog Cycling 2010 log: Excel-based log offers many features including month-to-month stats, maintenance logs, charts, and much more. Free standard version, or $5 for Premium Edition renewal and $10 Premium Edition new user. (Updated 12/31/09)
Western Jersey Wheelmen 2010 logs: PDF or XLS. XLS version provides weekly, monthly, and yearly totals, but no charts. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/07/10)
Listed in alphabetical order:
David Williams' 2009 log in XLS format. This is a variation of the SCU log (see above) but with the days of the week in a 365-line table; i.e., the log does not look like a calendar. This log provides automatic summation of weekly, monthly, and yearly totals, and charts for mileage per week and mileage per month. (Added 12/24/08)
Potomac Pedalers Touring Club (PPTC) - Chris Moriarity's 2009 log: PDF format with entire year on one page and space for weekly and monthly totals. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 12/14/08)
Rapid Wheelmen 2009 Mileage Log: Excel log with graphics (429kB). Calendar format with entire year on two pages in portrait orientation. Provides weekly, monthly, and yearly totals and charts. First day of week = Sunday. Instructions included. PDF log. (Updated 12/31/09)
These are stand-alone Windows applications available for purchase. Free limited-time trial versions may be available, as noted in the descriptions. Listed in alphabetical order.
CrossTrak Multi-sport Training Log, Premium Edition ($39.95 US). Provides 100 custom charts and graphs. Accommodates multiple sports and multiple users. (Updated 12/25/07)
CyclingPeaks software for cyclists training with a power meter. Free 14-day trial; $75 - $125 for full version. (Added 12/30/05)
CycliStats Ride Logger and Training Diary. User-friendly software tracks your rides, bicycle maintenance, and health. 30-day free trial version. $49.95 to buy. Shasta Software. (Added 6/14/03, updated 12/18/05)
SportTracks is a free mileage log program that uploads mileage directly from your GPS and can display your route map along with elevation and other data your GPS collects. SportTracks received a very favorable review from RoadBikeRider.com (newsletter No. 419 - 11/19/09). (Added 1/01/10)
These on-line applications allow the user to access the log from any computer with an Internet connection.
Bikejournal is an on-line log that allows the user to share and compare statistics with other riders. Features include a local weather report link, ability to graph your rides' stats, a member's forum for biking questions and comments, maps to local trails, biking links, and numerous stat comparison tables. Free, but registration is required. (Added 4/19/03)
BikeTracker.com on-line log. Access your log on the Internet from any computer. $25.00 per year. (Added 1/13/03)
VeloD Social Cycling Diary is an online training diary that provides graphing, bike maintenance, summary, etc. Share rides and events. (Added 12/14/08)
WinningStats.com is a web site for athletes and coaches to monitor individual and/or team fitness routines. Membership is free - there are no fees, payments or trial periods. WinningStats.com is supported through advertisers and partners. (Added 4/29/03)
The listing of a web site on this page does not constitute an endorsement by SCU.
(Edited by Jack Elias, SCU Assistant Webmaster. Revised 2/11/2010)
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