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Mileage Logs (Revised 1/17/12) 2012
mileage logs available now!
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Bike Exchange (OH, PA, and WV only)
C-Quad Cycling (Updated 3/25/11)
LAB-Affiliated Clubs (Updated 6/08/11)
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 (updated 10/21/10)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society - MS-150 events (updated 10/21/10)
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. (updated 10/21/10)
Many of the online route mapping websites let you search their route libraries.
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:
Arm coolers - the opposite of arm warmers - keep you cooler than bare skin and provide UV protection. DeSoto Arm Coolers are highly breathable and light weight. Bouré and Voler Sol Skin Arm Coolers are slightly denser fabric and have a higher SPF rating (50+) than the DeSoto version. (links updated 3/25/11)
Bicycling-related feature-length films on DVD - click on Bicycle Films to see a list.
Bike Brake - a handlebar-mounted heavy-duty rubber band that applies your front to keep your bike from rolling when parked. (added 11/1/10)
Cue sheet holder: CueClip or Ultimate Map Clip.
Cue sheet holder: Q-Caddy - this company is owned by a member of SCU! (added 10/20/11)
DeLorme Topo USA - mapping software with elevation profiles.
Halo Headbands - thin, light weight, and very absorbent. Various models are available, including helmet liners and a cold-weather model that covers the ears.
Insulated water bottles will keep your drinks
cool for several hours. Polar bottles
are available in 20- and 24-oz sizes. Souvenir SCU Polar bottles are available
from SCU. CamelBak
insulated bottles are available in a 21-oz size. They offer the Podium®
Chill bottle and the premium Podium®
Ice bottle, with better insulation. (added
11/20/10)
TIP: To keep your drinks cool for a longer time, fill your bottle with ice cubes
or partially with water, and put the bottle in the freezer the night before your
ride. But do not put a full bottle in the freezer.
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.
Personal Navigation Device (GPS) with mapping - the Garmin eTrex® HCx series are popular for touring, and can also be used for hiking and boating. The bicycle-specific Garmin Edge® series provide performance data for training.
Road ID® - identification bracelet and other ID products. (added 10/23/10)
Seat Shield - waterproof car seat covers.
SCU jersey - available now!
SCU membership - join now and your membership will be extended to March 31, 2012.
Stuffitts Shoe Savers - a soft, cedar-filled shoe insert, that will dry and de-odorized your cycling shoes. Use after every ride, not just after riding in the rain. (added 11/13/10)
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)
Bike Delaware News - Bike Delaware blog. (added 10/22/10)
BikePHL - BikePHL is the education blog for the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. (added 10/22/10)
Philadelphia Bicycle News - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia blog. (updated 10/22/10)
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 Education Videos - Five new (2011) cycling safety videos produced by PennDOT. (Added 11/03/11)
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.
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 10/22/10)
Dr. Arnie Baker Cycling Handouts & Articles on training, nutrition, etc. some are free. (updated 10/22/10)
First aid for bicyclists from Utah Mountain Biking. (Added 1/07/03)
Flat tire repair articles: 1, 2, 3, 4. (Updated 10/22/10)
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) Trilingual Cycling Glossary
- Léxico trilingüe sobre el ciclismo - English / French / Spanish (updated
10/22/10)
How to Not Get Hit by Cars (Added 6/14/07)
How to Solve Saddle Sores from RoadBikeRider.com (Added 7/4/07)
Jack Vinson's Bicycling Pages - Collection of bicycle-related links. (updated 10/22/10)
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 video (updated
6/08/11)
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)
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)
Park Took Company - 126 repair articles (Added 10/22/10)
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. (updated 10/22/10)
Perkiomen Trail, Montgomery County, PA. Download map (PDF). (Revised 10/24/10)
Pete & Ed bicycling links - sorted by state. (Updated 1/9/06)
Pro Cycling Tour - former Commerce Bank, Wachovia, First Union, and CoreStates Cycling Series - Professional bicycle races in Allentown, Reading, and Philadelphia, now sponsored by TD Bank - spectator and volunteer events and vendor expo - held annually in June. (revised 10/22/10)
Race Across America (RAAM). SCU Member Doug Levy participated in RAAM 2008. (updated 10/22/10)
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)
Rules of the Road - During the TV broadcasts of the 2011 grand tour races, Road ID presented a series of 13 "Rules of the Road" videos. (Added 9/7/11)
SAD2CUE is an Excel spreadsheet that will import a route from Delorme's Street Atlas or TopoUSA and will output a bicycle cue sheet in several formats. MAP2CUE is a similar Excel spreadsheet that makes a cue sheet from Garmin's Mapsource program. Also see CueSheetMaker for a similar program. (revised 10/22/10)
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)
Safe Routes to School in Pennsylvania - Safe Routes to School is a federal initiative that helps to enable and encourage students to walk or bicycle to school. Includes five new (2011) cycling safety videos produced by PennDOT. (Added 11/03/11)
Schuylkill River Trail - Valley Forge to Manayunk. Download map (PDF). (revised 10/24/10)
Shimano technical information - service instructions and exploded view diagrams for all Shimano road and MTB components. (Updated 10/30/08)
Tour de France - Official English-language site.
Training @ Bicycling Magazine (revised 10/22/10)
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. (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. The Wheelmen Annual Meet includes an antique bicycle parade with formation riding.
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)
Bicycle Times - This magazine focuses on touring, commuting, and other non-racing, on-road cycling topics. (Added 3/20/11)
Bicycling Magazine - Published by Rodale.
Bike Biz - Another bicycling business website. (Added 9/03/07)
CyclingNews.com - An online publication that focuses on bicycle-racing topics. (Added 1/31/03)
Cycling Plus - A UK magazine that is considered to be one of the best. It is very expensive to have it mailed to the US. (Added 12/20/04)
Dirt Rag - This is a magazine for off-road riders.
Liberty Sports Magazine - This is a Philadelphia-based magazine. (Added 6/12/07)
Mountain Bike - Published by Rodale.
Pez Cycling News - Online magazine offering "What's cool in pro cycling". Known for the "Daily Distractions" photo. (Added 9/23/05)
Road Bike Action Magazine - Bicycle tests, product buyer's guides, racing and riding features. (Added 3/20/11)
Road Bike Rider - An excellent online newsletter; issued weekly - free subscription.
RTR Magazine - The world's only magazine dedicated to the riders 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)
AllSport GPS tracks workouts—runs, bike rides, walks and more—on maps. This fitness app collects 25 stats, including time, pace, distance, and calories burned. iPhone, Android, and Blackberry versions are available. (added 5/17/11)
DeLorme TopoUSA - mapping software with elevation profiles. Files can be exported to GPS. GPX files can be imported into TopoUSA to get elevation profiles. Create cue sheets from TopoUSA using SAD2CUE or CueSheetMaker.
Greater Philadelphia Regional Bike Map - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (added 12/14/08)
iMapMy is a fitness tracking application that enables you to use the built-in GPS of your mobile device to track all of your fitness activities. Works with MapMyRide. iPhone, Android, and Blackberry versions are available. (added 5/17/11)
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)
The New Jersey Bike Map is a detailed set of PDF maps of NJ and most of Bucks, and parts of Montgomery, Lehigh, and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania. The maps highlight the bicycle friendly roads and indicate food stores, parks, hills, etc. These maps are intended for printing, not for GPS routing.
PhillyMap - Interactive map for getting around Philadelphia by bicycle and transit (added 10/23/10)
SAD2CUE is an Excel spreadsheet that will import a route from Delorme's Street Atlas or TopoUSA and will output a bicycle cue sheet. MAP2CUE is a similar Excel spreadsheet that makes a cue sheet from Garmin's Mapsource program. Also see CueSheetMaker for a similar program. (revised 10/22/10)
Strava allows users to compare GPS ride data with previous rides, and other riders. 2011 Velo award winner. (added 12/23/11)
TrailLink.com is a free service of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Discover more than 30,000 miles of trails, including interactive trail maps, trail descriptions, and downloadable GPX files. (added 1/12/11)
Trimble Outdoors - find trails, navigate detailed maps, take photos and share your outdoor adventures with friends. In addition, you can plan trips in advance with online map tools. (added 5/17/11)
Even if you do not ride with a GPS, the bicycle route-mapping websites can provide cue sheets and distance/elevation data. Import a GPX file from your riding buddy's GPS to show the route on a map.
Many of the online route mapping websites let you search their route libraries.
Bicycle Route Toaster - online route mapping. (added 1/01/10)
Bikely - helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. (added 10/23/10)
Gmap-pedometer - online route mapping.
GooglyCue is a web based application that will translate a route drawn in Google Maps into a PDF cue sheet, or into a file suitable for downloading to a hand held device. (added 7/13/11)
MapMyRide - online route mapping with elevation data. MapMyRide now provides automatic hill rating. For any climb to be rated (receive a climb score/category) it must be at least 500 meters (0.31 miles) in length with an average grade of 3% or more. (updated 9/26/11)
Ride with GPS - online route mapping with automatic cue sheet making. Cue sheet data can be exported in CSV format for formatting with Excel. See the Ride with GPS Blog for help and notifications. (updated 7/29/11)
For additional route mapping websites, download this list:
Map
Your Ride
GarminConnect - a free site that supports direct uploading of data from the newer Garmin products. Users of older Garmin GPS's can use GarminConnect by uploading GPX files. GarminConnect can generate reports (distance, ave. speed, elevation gain, etc.) for weekly, monthly, and yearly time periods. (Added 12/29/11)
GMapToGPX - Convert Google Maps to GPX. (added 1/01/10)
GPSBabel - converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers and mapping programs. It also has powerful manipulation tools for such data. (added 10/23/10)
GPS Visualizer - a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints, including GPX files), driving routes, street addresses, or simple coordinates. (added 10/23/10)
SportTracks - a 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). Free trial version or $35 for full-featured Version 3. (Updated 1/16/11)
Strava - allows users to compare GPS ride data with previous rides, and other riders. 2011 Velo award winner. (added 12/23/11)
TCX Converter - Import TCX, GPX, FITLOG, KML, TRK files; join multiple GPX files into one big course; truncate a track at any point; and more. (added 10/23/10)
WinGDB GPS utility - GPS file conversion program; convert routes to track and vice-versa. (added 1/01/10)
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. (Updated 1/9/06)
Craigslist Philadelphia Bicycles - used bikes and components (Added 4/9/07)
SCU Ride Until Sunset Chart estimates riding distance for start times of 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30 PM for riding speeds of 12-20 MPH. Updated for 2011 Daylight Savings Time. (revised 7/15/11)
U.S. Naval Observatory - print a 1-year table for any location (named city or town) that is in the USNO database. (updated 10/22/10)
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
SunriseSunset.com - Print your own custom sunrise and sunset calendar. A shareware product, Sunrise Sunset Calculator, is also available. It is a 'System Tray' application that provides you with the daily sunrise and sunset data for your location. (added 10/22/10)
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, Italian and Swedish from Park Tool Company. (updated 6/08/11)
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)
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)
National Bicycle Tour Directors Association (Added 11/26/04)
Pedal PA runs local tours (Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) including the only cross-Pennsylvania tour. (updated 10/23/10)
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
TravellingTwo - "Bike touring inspiration" (Added 4/30/11)
Trilingual Cycling Glossary - Léxico trilingüe sobre el ciclismo - English / French / Spanish (updated 10/22/10)
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
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. You must own Microsoft Excel, or an equivalent program, to use any of the XLS-format logs. PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF 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 2012 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 12/20/11)
Dr. Arnie Baker Cycling logs: Free, XLS-format Basic Log is a one-month chart good for any month and year. $5.95, 2012 Robust Version is XLS-format with 11 worksheets for logging additional training data. (Updated 12/20/11)
Beezodog's Place 2012 Log: PDF with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Sunday. 2013-2015 logs are also available. (Updated 12/27/11)
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)
Jersey Shore Touring Society log: XLS format updates its calendar for any year. Provides automatic summation of weekly, monthly, and YTD mileage. Color-coded, unusual format includes cells to log mileage and duration (time) of rides. First day of week = Sunday. No charting of data. (Added 1/07/11)
Kingsport Bicycle Association 2012 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 12/20/11)
League of American Bicyclists (LAB) 2012 Log: XLS format with entire year on one page, provides weekly, monthly, and annual totals and calculates average mileage per day and per month. No charting of data. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/03/12)
Mark Pankin's 2012 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 12/20/11)
NYCC 2012 Mileage Log: XLS format with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Monday. Provides automatic summation of weekly and YTD mileage. No charting of data. (Updated 1/14/12)
Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club 2012 logs: PDF and XLS with entire year on one page in portrait orientation. The Excel-format log provides automatic summation of weekly and YTD mileage. No charting of data. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/01/12)
ProLog Cycling 2012 log: Excel-based log offers many features including month-to-month stats, maintenance logs, charts, and more. $10. Requires Microsoft Excel. (Updated 1/01/12)
Southern Bicycle League 2012 mileage logs: PDF and XLS formats. Each week is one row in a 53-row table, identified by "week starting" date. The Excel-format log provides automatic summation of weekly and YTD mileage and charting of data. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/17/12)
Western Jersey Wheelmen 2012 logs: PDF and XLS. XLS version provides weekly, monthly, and yearly totals, but no charts. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/07/12)
Bill Cotton's 2011 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 12/08/10)
These are stand-alone Windows applications available for download and installation on your computer. With these programs, you own your data and there is no uploading to a website. 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)
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 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). Free trial version or $35 for full-featured Version 3. (Updated 1/16/11)
Ye Olde Bicycle Log is a free program with separate logs for road rides and off-road rides, and indoor training. You select what you want to log; e.g. heart rate, climbing, power, cadence, etc. (Added 7/28/11)
These online applications allow the user to access the log from any computer with an Internet connection.
BikeJournal is an online 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 online log. Access your log on the Internet from any computer. $25.00 per year. (Added 1/13/03)
GarminConnect is a free site that supports direct uploading of data from the newer Garmin products. Users of older Garmin GPS's can use GarminConnect by uploading GPX files. GarminConnect can generate reports (distance, ave. speed, elevation gain, etc.) for weekly, monthly, and yearly time periods. (Added 12/29/11)
My Cycling Log is a free online diary for recording your rides. The goal of My Cycling Log is to make this process quick, clean, and easy. My Cycling Log also supports teams and groups. When you join a group you can quickly compare recent rides and contribute to the group's overall statistics. (Added 1/06/11)
Strava allows users to compare GPS ride data with previous rides, and other riders. 2011 Velo award winner. (added 12/23/11)
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)
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