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Useful Links
A quick search on
google using the words "bicycle" or
"cycling" turned up over 1.3 million web pages. We can safely tell you we did
not review all 1.3 million in compiling this listing of links, and we may have
missed some very good sites (by the way, if you want to suggest a link for us
to add, email info@mrpbike.com).
These links are sorted within their sections
alphabetically by URL (that's the web site address).
We thought many of these sites would be useful
to the type of cyclists that tend to be interested in our products. Enjoy, but
don't spend all day on the computer. Get out and ride!
Link Sections: General Cycling |
Other Good Links Pages | Finding a
Trail | Suspension-Related
General Cycling
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| Assorted Sundry Sites |
| Primal Wear Clothing |
Ecyclingstore.com is a great supplier for a variety of bicycle clothing lines, including Primal Wear. |
| www.bikescape.com/ |
Over 15,000 pages of content, all about cycling. |
| www.mtbinfo.com/ |
General purpose web site |
| cycling.org/ |
Includes sections on events, clubs, discussion groups, classifieds, news, even job offerings. You can post info regarding your event, etc. |
| About mountain bike section |
If you're familiar with "About", you know that they try to create sites about everything. This one about cycling is pretty good, pretty basic. |
| www.bicyclesource.com/ |
A bit rough, but tons of content and lots of different subjects. Caution: some of the info is pretty dated. |
| www.bicycletrader.com/ |
Sell or swap. |
| www.biketrials.com/ |
Very comprehensive site devoted to the quirky, intensely watchable sport of observed trials. |
| www.trialsworks.com/ |
Another trials site with tons of content, this time from the UK. |
| www.dirtworld.com/ |
All the usual topics. Good list of cycling news items, at least when we visited. They also sell product. |
| www.icebike.com/ |
Brrrrr. It takes a real man or woman to ride when it's that cold. Here's how to minimize the risk of early death. |
| www.mtbinfo.com/ |
MTBR junior. |
| Primal Wear Clothing |
One of the more popular brands. |
| www.mtbr.com/ |
The dominant general interest mountain bike site. Still a regular must visit for us. |
| http://www.bikes-bicycles-guide.com/index.htm |
A bit different. Has an emphasis on streaming videos on an assortment of topics. Entry level information, good for newcomers to the sport. |
| http://www.bikeforest.com/ |
Canadian general interest cycling site. Emphasis on bikes as transportation and human powered vehicles. |
| Online Magazines |
| mtbike.mountainzone.com/ |
One of a whole family of online sports mags by quokkasports. |
| www.bikemag.com/home.html |
The online version of Bike Magazine. |
| www.dirtragmag.com/ |
The online version of Dirt Rag magazine. |
| www.gearhead.com/home.htm |
An online-only magazine that emphasizes creating a cycling community centered around their site. |
| www.mbaction.com/ |
The online version of MTB Action. |
| www.mountainbike.com/ |
The online version of Rodale's Mountain Bike magazine. |
| www.recumbentcyclistnews.com/ |
The recumbent magazine. This site lets you subscribe on line. |
| www.velonews.com/ |
The online version of Velo News, the journal of bicycle racing. |
| Organizations |
| ipmba.org/ |
International Police Mountain Bike Association |
| http://www.adv-cycling.org/ |
The Adventure Cycling Association started life as Bikecentennial. These folks are focused on touring by bike, and have been for a quarter of a century. |
| www.bikeleague.org/ |
The oldest cycling organization in America, the League of American Bicyclists started what we now call "advocacy." But why did we have to get rid of the original name? "League of American Wheelmen" suited me just fine. |
| www.bikesbelong.org/ |
The "Bikes Belong Coalition" is an industry group dedicated to promoting cycling legislatively. |
| www.cascade.org/ |
Pacific Northwest cycling group. |
| www.imba.com/ |
International Mountain Bike Association. Dedicated to keeping those trails open, lord love 'em. |
| www.nbda.com/ |
National Bicycle Dealers Association |
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Other Good Links Pages
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Finding a Trail
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| www.imba.com/ |
International Mountain Bike Association. If you want to keep your trails open, sign up. |
| www.dirtworld.com/trails/ |
National. Pretty good database. |
| www.gearhead.com/trails.htm |
Big selection, includes an international section with a fair amount of Canadian stuff. |
| www.mountainbikeaz.com/trails2.htm |
Focus: Arizona |
| www.mountainbikenj.com/ |
Mainly New Jersey. Has info on regional trail work. |
| www.mtbinfo.com/trails/ |
The root site is something of a smaller mtbr. |
| www.mtbr.com/trails/ |
Speaking of mtbr... |
| www.mybikesite.com/index1.htm |
You can link to states all over the country, but heavily focused on SoCal |
| www.singletracks.com/html/trails.shtml |
Covers all states, you can add your own trail, lots of content. |
| www.singletracktreks.com/ridelist.htm |
Focus: Utah |
| www.trailmonkey.com/ |
Utilitarian, lots of trail maps, not a lot of verbage. |
| www.trails-edge.com/ |
Focus: Michigan |
| www.trailsource.com/ |
Another multi-sport trail site, plus bunches of international trails. |
| www.trails.com/explore/ |
The biggest, slickest, and everything in the site works. Not just biking, trails for everything. Easy to navigate, pretty cool site. |
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Suspension Related
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| dougal.8m.com/framesetb.html
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And here's another Internet labor of love. Dougal's site is very in depth on rear suspension design. If you're interested in the techy details of rear suspension, you owe this site a look. Otherwise, you can click on his index, look at his photo albums, and wish you lived in New Zealand. |
| www.angryasian.com
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Focused on front suspension, the Asian runs probably the best suspension-oriented website not tied to a particular company. Great technical advice. |
| www.answerproducts.com/
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Answer/Manitou factory site |
| www.math.chalmers.se/~olahe/Bike/
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Another individually-run suspension site. Covers front and rear. |
| www.ridemozo.com/
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Mozo factory site (formerly RST USA) |
| www.rockshox.com
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Rock Shox factory site |
| www.whitebros.com/mtb.html
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White Brothers factory site |
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