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Bicycle Clubs and Advocacy
Groups (Revised 4/19/08)
Bicycle Films (Revised 9/15/07)
Charity-Ride
Sponsors (Revised 9/27/04)
Cue Sheets
(Revised 12/25/05)
Event Calendars (Revised 12/18/06)
Gifts and Gadgets (Revised 2/10/08)
Mailing List and News Group Archives
(Revised 6/13/05)
Miscellaneous
(Revised 3/07/08)
Magazines and Newsletters
(Revised 10/11/07)
Product Reviews
(Revised 2/09/04)
Shopping
(Revised 4/9/07)
Touring
and Travel (Revised 5/18/07)
Mileage Logs (Revised 4/27/08)
All non-SCU links will open in one new window without the SCU "frame".
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 12/25/05)
CBBC cue sheet library (Added 12/25/05)
Bike This Way - Requires free registration to access cue sheets.
Bicycle Trips in Central New Jersey (Added 4/24/04)
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 - click on Bicycle Films to see a list.
CueClip - cue sheet holder.
DeLorme Topo USA - mapping software with elevation profiles.
GPS with mapping - the Garmin 60CSx and eTrex HCx series are highly recommended, and bicycle mounts are available, but the new bicycle-specific Edge 605 and 705 will be available in March 2008. Also consider the new Garmin Colorado with double the screen resolution of previous units.
Halo Headbands - thin, light weight, and very absorbent.
Medical Information Carrier - fits in your helmet.
Ultimate Map Clip - cue sheet holder.
Seat Shield - waterproof car seat covers.
Weather Warrior - base layer bib, very easy to put on and take off.
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) blog (Added 3/05/05)
Philadelphia Bicycle News - BCGP blog (Added 3/05/05)
Phl.bicycles News Group or http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=phl.bicycles
rec.bicycles.misc News Group or http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=rec.bicycles.misc
rec.bicycles.rides News Group or http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=rec.bicycles.rides
rec.bicycles.tech News Group or http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=rec.bicycles.tech
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 (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 located in Trexlertown, PA.
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)
New York City Bicycle Show is held annually in April or May. (revised 11/16/05)
Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports offers sporting activities for people with disabilities. 215-765-5118 (Added 5/29/06)
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.
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. (Added 7/09/03)
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)
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)
Bicycletest.com (added 2/9/04)
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 and a few more-distant tours.
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 of data, weekly, monthly, and/or yearly, 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 are free with one exception 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 2008 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. (Updated 12/06/07)
Listed in alphabetical order:
Beezodog's Place 2008 Log: PDF with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 12/09/07)
Bicycle Touring Club of North Jersey 2008 logs: PDF or XLS with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. XLS version provides weekly and yearly totals. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 1/2/08)
Bill Cotton's 2008 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 11/24/07)
CycleStats 2008 log: elaborate XLS version offers many features including month-to-month stats, maintenance logs, and much more. Pivot table enables advanced Excel users to compare any stats they choose. Mac version also available. Free download; optional $5 registration offers support and unlocking for customization. This is a 3.81 MB file. (Added 1/04/08)
Dr. Arnie Baker Cycling logs: XLS-format Basic Log is a one-month chart good for any month and year. 2008 Robust Version is XLS-format with 11 worksheets for logging additional training data. (Updated 12/26/07)
Johnson County Bicycle Club - 2008 Training Log: XLS provides monthly and yearly mileage totals, weekly and monthly averages, goal tracking, and a maintenance log. Data is entered by weekly total. A bar chart automatically displays your week's riding accomplishments. (Updated 1/13/08)
Kingsport Bicycle Association 2008 log: XLS format with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Sunday. Does not provide automatic summation of data. (Updated 12/09/07)
League of American Bicyclists (LAB) 2008 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. (Updated 4/27/08)
Mark Pankin's 2008 Excel log provides automatic computation and totaling of weekly, monthly and cumulative miles and number of rides for the year to date. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 12/09/07)
NYCC 2008 Mileage Log: PDF with entire year on one page in landscape orientation. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 1/04/08)
Orange County Bicycle Club 2008 log: XLS with entire year on one page in landscape orientation; provides weekly and YTD totals. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/10/08)
Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club 2008 logs: PDF or XLS with entire year on one page in portrait orientation. XLS version provides weekly and YTD totals. Also available is a XLS with daily, weekly and monthly miles and AMS. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 1/1/08)
Potomac Pedalers Touring Club (PPTC) - Chris Moriarity's 2008 log: PDF format with entire year on one page and space for weekly and monthly totals. First day of week = Monday. (Updated 12/09/07)
Rapid Wheelmen 2008 Mileage Log: Excel log with graphics (305kB zip). 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. To download this file, you must subscribe to the Rapid Wheelmen list on Yahoo Groups (you can unsubscribe afterwards). (Updated 2/24/07)
Western Jersey Wheelmen 2008 logs: PDF or XLS. XLS version provides weekly and yearly totals. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 12/09/07)
Listed in alphabetical order:
Elmhurst Bicycle Club - Marty Kotecki's 2007 Mileage Log: XLS with entire year on one page in portrait orientation. First day of week = Sunday. (Updated 12/09/07)
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.
BikeIT is a fully-configurable software training diary that allows you to enter both personal and ride details, and provides analysis, graphs and reporting. A free trial version is available; it is the full version of the software that has been set to only allow twenty (20) rides to be entered. The full version is $30 to $65 depending on how many of the features you want to activate. (Added 12/30/03)
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)
The Training Diary provides several display and report formats, statistics, and tools. Imports Acumen, CrossTrak, CatEye, Polar, and CardioSport heart rate monitor files. Shareware, free trial, $29 to register, $35.95 for CD-ROM. (Added 1/17/03, updated 12/18/05)
These on-line applications allow the user to access the log from any computer with an Internet connection.
Bike This Way is an on-line log that also provides cue sheets and event listings. Free, but registration is required. (Added 1/4/03)
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)
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, revised 4/27/2008)
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