Doug Meade's Bicycling Information

Table of Contents

• Columbia and the Carolinas
• Clubs and Organizations
• Individuals and Personal Home Pages
• Magazines and Publications
• Manufacturers
• Racing News
• Retail Sales
• Tours and Other Organized Rides
• Personal Accounts from Mt. Mitchell and Bridge to Bridge
• Miscellaneous Information

Columbia and the Carolinas

• Clubs and Organizations
  • Aiken Bicycle Club (Aiken, SC)
  • Augusta Freewheelers (Augusta, GA)
  • The Bicycle Inn (Bakersville, NC) aLI>Bicycle Maps in Central South Carolina (by Mike Adams)
  • Cape Fear Cyclists (Wilmington, NC)
  • Carolina Cyclers (Columbia, SC)
  • Carolina Tailwinds
  • Charlotte (NC) Mountain Biking On-Line
  • Clemson Bicycle Club (Clemson, SC)
  • Coastal Cyclists (Charleston, SC)
  • Electric City Cycling Club (Anderson, SC)
  • FATS (Fayetteville Area Triathlon Society, Fayetteville, NC)
  • Freewheelers of Spartanburg (Spartanburg, SC)
  • Gamecock Cycling Club (USC, Columbia)
  • North Carolina Bicycle Club (NCBC, Raleigh, NC)
  • P.A.C.E. -- Pedestrian and Cyclist Expressways (Columbia, SC)
  • Palmetto Cycling Coalition
  • Piedmont Flyers Bicycle Club (Winston-Salem, NC)
  • Rock Hill Bicycle Club (Rock Hill, SC)
  • Russian Cycle Touring Club
  • SC Cycling Laws
  • South Carolina Cyclist's Handbook (Central SC Parks and Recreation)
  • SC Trails Program Resource Guide
  • USC Bike Shop @ Outdoor Recreation
  • Tarheel Trailblazers (Charlotte, NC)
  • Trail-O-Dex (SC Parks and Recreation)
  • University of Georgia Cycling Club (Athens, GA)
• Rides and Events (and Organizers)
  • Assault on Mt. Mitchell (Spartanburg, SC)
  • Athens Twilight Criterium (Athens, GA)
  • Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG)
  • Blood, Sweat, and Gears (Watauga County, NC)
  • Bridge to Bridge Incredible Cycling Challenge (Lenoir, NC) [Grandfather Mountain]
  • Carpetbagger Tours (Charleston, SC)
  • Cheaha Challenge Century+ (Anniston, AL)
  • Fabulous 4th Metric Century (Columbus, NC)
  • Kid's Crit (Columbia, SC)
  • Blue Ridge Sports Promotions (Taylors, SC)
  • WeeklyRides.com (Carolinas)

Clubs and Organizations

• Aiken Bicycle Club (Aiken, SC)
• Alabama Cycling Touring Society
• Alabama Wheelmen Velosport
• Augusta Freewheelers (Augusta, GA)
• Birmingham Bicycle Club (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Blue Grass Cycling Club (Lexington, KY)
• Bicycling Community Page (Madison, Wisconsin)
• Cape Fear Cyclists (Wilmington, NC)
• Carolina Cyclers (Columbia, SC)
• Carolina TarWheels (Chapel Hill/Durham, NC area)
• Cincinnati Cycle Club (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• Clemson Bicycle Club (Clemson, SC)
• Coastal Cyclists (Charleston, SC)
• College Park Bicycle Club (College Park, Maryland)
• Colorado's Front Range Cycling
• Crescent City Cyclists (New Orleans, LA)
• Dayton Cycling Club (Dayton, Ohio)
• Electric City Cycling Club (Anderson, SC)
• FATS (Fayetteville Area Triathlon Society, Fayetteville, NC)
• Flat City Cycling Club (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
• Fremont Freewheelers Bicycle Club (Fremont, CA)
• Freewheelers of Spartanburg (Spartanburg, SC)
• Fremont Freewheelers Bicycle Club (Fremont, California)
• Gamecock Cycling Club (USC, Columbia)
• Georgia Tech Cycling Team (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Greater Ohioans Area Tandem Society (GOATS)
• Jersey Shore Touring Society
• LA Sheriff Association (NC & SC)
• Lance Armstrong Foundation
• League of American Bicyclists
• MTBinfo
• MTB AUS (Australia's Mountain Biking Internet Directory)
• North Carolina Bicycle Club (NCBC, Raleigh, NC)
• NC FATS (Raleigh, NC area)
• Nashville Bicycle Club
• New Orleans Bicycle Club
• Northeast Alabama Bicycle Club
• Oak Park Cycle Club
• Palmetto Cycling Coalition
• Pazzo Velo Cycling Team (Seattle, WA)
• Piedmont Flyers Bicycle Club (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Plano Bicycling Association (Plano, TX)
• Potomac Pedalers Touring Club (Washington, DC)
• Rochester Bicycling Club (Rochester, NY)
• Rock Hill Bicycle Club (Rock Hill, SC)
• Sacramento Valley Cycling (Sacramento, California)
• Santa Rosa Cycling Club
• Shoals Cycling Club (Florence, Alabama)
• Singletrack (Chicago)
• Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA)
• Stark County Bicycle Club (Ohio)
• Suburban Cyclists Unlimited (Horsham, PA)
• Tampa Bay Cycling Online (Tampa Bay, FL)
• Tarheel Trailblazers (Charlotte, NC)
• Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association
• Tom Yarborough's Bicycle Fun Club (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Tour de Map (an open/free advanced map-sharing network for all cyclists)
• Twin Cities Bicycling Club (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
• University of Georgia Cycling Club (Athens, GA)
• University of Washingtion Cycling Team (Husky Cycling)
• Uwharrie Mt. Bike Assoc (National Forest in NC)
• Valley Spokesman Bicycle Club (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
• Vancouver Bicycle Club (British Columbia, Canada)
• Wabash River Cycle Club (West Lafayette, IN)
• WOMBATS (Women's Mountain Bike and Tea Society)
• WV ATB (West Virginia)

Individuals and Personal Home Pages

• Eric C. Anderson (Washington University, St. Louis)
• Jorn Dahl-Stamnes (Norway) (including Velocipede, a Windows-based training log)
• Joel Froese's Cycling Page
• John Greiner (Carnegie Mellon)
• Ed Herdegen (aka The Bicycle Touring Wizard, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Mike Lanham (Atlanta MTB information)
• George Marshall (lists of manufacturers and catalogs and shops)
• Bill Mitchell (Newcastle, Australia)
• Pete Ruckelshaus (including Pete's BikIndex)
• Bob Sheffield
• Seamus Shortall's Irish Cycling Page
• Brent Soderberg (somewhere in Washington state?)
• Mike Taffe (San Diego, California)
• Roger Thomas (England)
• Michael Wright (MTB Home Page)
• Robert Way (Zimbobway's Cybercyclery)

Magazines and Publications

• BicycleTest.com
• Bicycle Guide
• Bikeshop
• Cycle St. Louis
• Fixed Gear Fever (The Online Journal of Bicycle Track Raacing)
• GearHead Mountain Bike Magazine
• Road 'n Grime
• Single Speed Bike News (UK)
• VeloNews
• webcycle (an on-line magazine from Cyber Cyclery)
• Zen Mountain Biker

Manufacturers

• Alex Moulton Bicycles
• Boone Techonlogies and Total Exposure
• Cherry Bicycles
• Cyber Cyclery
• Fat City
• GT Bicycles
• Quintana Roo
• PR Bar
• Rivendell Bicycle Works
• Shelford Design
• Softride
• Specialized Bicycle Components
• Spongy Wonder
• Syncros
• ToeJam Products
• Third Eye Mirrors
• TREK Bikes
• Vredestein Bicycle Tyres
• Waterford Precision Cycles

Racing News

• Events

  • Athens Twilight Criterium (Athens, GA)
  • Brian Piccolo Park Velodrome (Cooper City, Broward County, FL)
  • Cycling Event Calendar (from Team Internet)
  • Kid's Crit (Columbia, SC)
  • Pacific Northwest Cycling (Washington, Oregon and Idaho)
  • Race Across America (UltraMarathon Cycling Association)
  • Tour de France
    • CNN/SI - 1999 Tour de France
    • Le Tour de France 1999
    • TdF - USA TODAY
    • VeloNews
  • Tour de 'Toona (Altoona, PA)
  • Tour of Texas
  
  

• Organizers, Publications, Promoters

  • Blue Ridge Sports Promotions (Taylors, SC)
  • CNN/SI
  • Narional Collegiate Cycling Association
  • USA Cycling
    • USAC
    • USCF
    • NORBA
    • USPRO
  • VeloNet
    The Global Cycling Network, an electronic information desk for bicyclists.
  • VeloNews
  • VeloNews
  
  

• Teams and Individuals

  • Banesto (in Spanish)
  • Bobby Julich
  • Lance Armstrong On-Line!
  • Team EDS
  • Team Saturn
  • Team Internet
  • UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale)
  • US Postal Service
  
  

Retail Sales

• The Bike List (in UK)
• Bike Nashbar
• BikePro
• Bruce Gordon Bicycles (e-mail: bgcycles@wco.com)
• Cycle Center (Columbia, SC)
• Cycle Path Bicycle Shop (e-mail order bike parts)
• Cycle Smithy (Chicago, IL)
• Fox Firestone Bikes
• TJ Frisbee Bicycles (Ridgecrest, CA)
• GNP Classic Cycles
• Gibraltar
• Harris Cyclery (Newton, MA)
• Idealo Bikes (United Kingdom)
• KMR Cycles (Canada)
• Mud, Sweat and Gears (Lawton, OK)
• Peddler Bicycles On-Line
• Performance Bicycle Online
• Steve's Multisport
• Team Estrogen (women's cycling and triathlon apparel)
• Vera Ann Bean's "Bike Jewelry" Site
• Western Cycle (Edmonton, CANADA)
• Z-bicycles Bikes

Tours and Other Organized Rides

• Assault on Mt. Mitchell (Spartanburg, SC)
• Back Country Bike Excursions in Maine
• BasqueMTB Mountain Bike Holidays where the Pyrenees meet the coast in Spain
• Bicycle Beano Cycle Tours (cycling vacations in Wales and England)
• The Bicycle Inn (Bakersville, NC)
• Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG)
• Bike the Sites, Inc. (Bicycle Tours of Washington, D.C.)
• Bike Vermont
• BicyclingWorld.com (large collection of bicycle tours and a cool customized search tool to find your perfect cycling tour)
• Bike Across Florida
• Bike Tours France Unique and personalized bike tours in France.
• Black Bear Adventures Bicycle Tours (NC)
• Blood, Sweat, and Gears (Watauga County, NC)
• Bridge to Bridge Incredible Cycling Challenge (Lenoir, NC) [Grandfather Mountain]
• Brindisi International Biking and Hiking (guided biking and hiking tours in France, Norway, Italy, Austria, Spain, Chile, Easter Islands)
• Carolina Tailwinds
• Carpetbagger Tours (Charleston, SC)
• Cheaha Challenge Century+ (Anniston, AL)
• The Chain Gang Cycle Tours (guided cylcling tours in France)
• Ciclismo Classico (guided cycling tours)
• Cinderella Training Rides (sponsored by the Women of the Fremont Freewheelers Bicycle Club)
• Coastal Biking Adventures (fully-supported bike vacations in southern New England and eastern Long Island)
• Cycle Holidays Ireland (touring in Ireland)
• Cycle the Dordogne (self-guided tours in Dordogne and Lot departments of SW France)
• CYCLEVENTS On-Line (from Jackson Hole, WY)
• Cycling Sideways (touring in Wales and the UK)
• Digngo (luxury and customized bike tours in France and Tuscany)
• Fabulous 4th Metric Century (Columbus, NC)
• French Pedals (UK, independent cycling holidays in France with the Normandy and Ardennes experts)
• Great Gulf Coast Cycling Classic
• Great Ohio Bike Adventure (sponsored by Columbus Outdoor Pursuits and Bob Evans Farms)
• Headwater Cycling Holidays (UK)
• International Bike Route Directory (IBRD, by Cycle America)
• Mercurio Bike Travel (Guided cycling holidays in Germany and Austria)
• Pedal Pennsylvania
• RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa)
• Russian Cycle Touring Club
• Rides in Columbus, OH
• Ride of Love (Alabama)
• Six Gap Century (Dahlonega, GA)
• 2 Wheel Treks (self-guided and group cycling holidays in the UK, Europe, and New Zealand)
• t.c. tours (formerly known as St. Louis Bicycle Touring Society)
• Tour de Peach (Gaffney, SC
• Tour de Wings (Minneapolis, MN)
• USA Ride Calendar (from Performance Bicycle)
• Vail Valley Guiding Companies (MTB Tours in Colorado)
• Velo Echappe
• Wide Open Road (Group tours in Europe and Australia)

Personal Accounts from Mt. Mitchell and Bridge to Bridge

Miscellaneous Information

• Bicycle Maps in Central South Carolina (by Mike Adams)
• Bicyclopedia (sponsored by the Oak Park Cycle Club)
• Bicycle Web
• Bike'alog (including Complete Bicycle Specs)
• Bike Highway
• Comprehensive Handbook for Bicyclists: Rules, Laws, and Safety Measures (from BikeKidShop.com )
• The Bike Path
• Pete's BikIndex
• Bike NW
• Bicycle Transit Authority (comprehensive bike information)
• Boston Brevet Series (BBS)
• CHAINGUARD-Online (bicycle advocacy info from Georgia Bicycling Federation)
• Biker Girls Forum (a discussion group about cycling for women, sponsored by CyberCycle.)
• Cycling Accident Database
• Cycling Performance Tips (Nutrition and Athletic Performance)
• Difficulty of Climbs
• Crank (an on-line MTB magazine)
• Cyclic Systems (including a self-locking bike)
• Cycling Training
• Gear Inch & Shifting Pattern Calculator
• Guide to Bicycle Safety (by PartsGeek)
• International Human Powered Vehicle Association
• KOM Cycling Mountain Climbs (for SC and NC)
• Low-Key Hillclimbs (Bay Area, CA)
• MassBike Bicycle Activity in Massachusetts
• Mountain Biking
• MTB Review (Product Information)
• MTB Ultimate
• Multi Sport Training
• Outside Online
• Pete & Ed Books (Books and Maps for Outdoor Activities)
• Races, Runs, & Rides (The Endurance Sport Site) (Ottawa, Canada)
• rec.bicycles FAQ archive
• Spinning
• Spoke Length computations and explanation
• SportSite
• Stolen Bike Registry
• Support Lance Armstrong (information about Lance's medical condition, etc.)
• Trail-O-Dex (Central SC Parks and Recreation)
• U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame (Sommerville, NJ)
• The Virtual Peleton
• West Virginia
• Bicycle Repair
• WWW Bike Mechanic
• WWW Bike Repair Shop
• WWW Tandem Tour
• World-Wide Web of Cycling