Cycling Links

BICYCLING ORGANIZATIONS, TOURS, AND OTHER LINKS

"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle."- Ernest Hemingway,

Rail Trails in Massachusetts on the North Shore and in the Berkshires:

Danvers Bi-Peds is a non-profit group advocating conversion of an abandoned railline from Danvers Massachusetts to the New Hampshire Border to a rail trail.

The Ashuwilticook Rail Trail is a paved bike path running from Lanesborough to Adams, Massachusetts. and will eventually connect all the way to the Vermont line in Williamstown.

Border to Boston, an eight-community recreational path.    The Border to Boston Trail is a proposed, 30-mile rail-trail linking eight Essex County communities. Numerous neighborhoods, schools, parks, recreation facilities, commercial and transportion centers lay along the trail. When completed, this non-motorized, multi-use trail, with links to many more miles of trails, will be one of the region’s most outstanding recreational assets.

Topsfield Rail Trail    Service for the Danvers to Newburyport line ended in 1981. The Topsfield Rail Trail Committee’s thoughts for what we call Topsfield Linear Common (TLC) includes a stone dust surface that will provide a safe way for Topsfield’s children to go to the Proctor School and for all to get outside for recreation. Our expectations for the trail is that is will become a "linear common"; a place for people to meet and greet one another.

Bicycle Clubs in Massachusetts

North Shore Cyclists   The North Shore Cyclists (NSC) is a recreational bike club which draws its membership primarily from the North Shore area of Massachusetts. Most of our bike rides are routed along the back roads and shorelines north of Boston. In addition to our scheduled weekly rides, the club holds cookouts, weekend excursions, and special rides (including our century in August). Our 200 plus members span the spectrum from beginning cyclists who join to learn more about the sport to advanced cyclists who participate to be challenged by fast paceline riding.   ALL RIDES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Essex County Velo, based in Essex County, Massachusetts. In addition to social group rides and competition in road, cyclocross, mountain bike and kids' racing, ECV is involved in all forms of bicycle advocacy and has sponsored numerous trails cleanups and work projects.

Northeast Bicycle Club NEBC is one of the oldest bicycle racing clubs in the Boston, MA area. We serve as a developmental club for new racers, support expert level racers and welcome cycling enthusiasts of all levels.

The Narragansett Bay Wheelmen is a bicycle club serving Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut and Southen Massachusetts. http://nbwclub.org/ Bicycling Life online magazine   We intend this site to focus on the Good News about Bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation in everyday life.

Recommended Bike Touring Links:

North Country Tours: Introducing cyclists to Vermont's "Northeast Kingdom", with beautiful, rewarding riding at a reasonable cost.

Active Holidays in Transylvania and over The Carpathian Mountains of Romania. Package tours or individual travel. Walking/trekking, cycling, mountain biking, skiing, horseback riding,   rock climbing or cultural trips in the country. http://www.activeholidays.ro

Adventure Cycling:   No one knows more about bicycle touring than Adventure Cycling and its 42,000 members, providing instruction for the novice, training for the natural-born leader, events for the enthusiast, and excursions and expeditions for the purist.

2 Wheel Treks : England and Europe   We have personally selected some fabulous locations for you in England and throughout Europe to give you the opportunity to experience first hand different countries, landscapes, people and food, with offerings for those who rarely cycle, to more challenging rides for those wanting to stretch themselves a little.

Alaska Bicycle Tours : Guided bicycle tours of spectacular SE Alaska and NW Canada.

CANUSA Cycle Tours Canada and US. Canusa Cycle Tours has been conducting road tours for nearly 20 years and is one of the major bicycle tour companies operating in the Canadian Rockies. Pete Sutcliffe, the owner of Canusa, started the company to share his love of the mountains with his guests. All Canusa’s expeditions are mountain rides, experiencing this vast wilderness in a first-hand and fantastic way.

Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization, is based in Seattle, Washington, and serves 7,400 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Our vision is to Create a Better Community through Bicycling. Cascade is operated by a nine-member volunteer Board of Directors, thirteen professional staff, and thousands of volunteers.

Countryside Castles Cycling Holiday . Cycle the largest sign posted cycling network of its kind in the world, with over 4000 km of gentle cycling paths, this magical area of Germany can be explored at your own pace.

Fernando Carvalho Training Tours Portugal   Fernando Carvalho is an ex pro-cyclist; he won the Tour of Portugal in 1990 and has competed all over the world in various pro-teams.   Fernando Carvalho Training Tours are aimed at serious cyclists who want to train hard in an ideal cycling environment at affordable prices. Our clients include touring cyclists who want to avoid the hassle of organising their tours themselves, club runners in search of something different and regular club racers who want to spice up their conditioning programme.   See our team clothing site here .

Independent Bicycle Tours New Zealand. . Why go on a guided cycling tour costing $100's per day when you can bike the same spectacular routes, with a personalized itinerary, for a fraction of the cost? We offer self-guided cycling tours and quality bicycle rental at competitive prices, to meet the needs of anyone considering New Zealand as a cycling destination. http://www.cyclehire.co.nz/

Italian Cycling : The Italian Cycling Center offers an inexpensive and flexible European bicycling vacation for tourists, fitness riders, and racers. http://www.italiancycling.com/

Pedal Oz Pedal OZ offer gentle bike tours of Perth and the south-west corner of our state, which luckily happens to be very flat! White sandy beaches, bio- diverse forests and picturesque towns, not to mention great food and world renowned wine. http://www.pedaloz.com.au/

Sockeye Cycle: Guided bicycle tours of spectacular SE Alaska and NW Canada. www.cyclealaska.com , Toll free 877-292-4154.

Special Tours       Active vacations in Hungary: cycling, walking, cave, castle, wine tours, and World Heritage Site.   http://www.specialtours.hu/ email mail@specialtours.hu

Timberline Adventures   Fully supported, inn-to-inn bicycling and hiking adventure vacations throughout western U.S. & Canada, including 34 national parks & monuments. www.timbertours.com

Trailblazer Tours .   Grenada. Trailblazers will be your host, not only with mountain biking, but also swimming at your choice of three beaches, sun-tanning, snorkeling (optional), and a sumptuous lunch at one of the island's "untouched" and secluded Guest Houses http://www.grenadajeeptours.com/trailblazers.html

Van Gogh Tours . Van Gogh Tours is an owner operated company offering Bicycle & Walking Tours in Vermont, Holland, France, Italy, Austria and Greece with enthusiastic guides, distinctive lodgings, superior service, small groups and great prices. Also bike barge tours in Holland, Belgium and France.   Van Gogh Tours offers several short, self guided Bike Tours in Vermont with stays in charming inns. . http://www.vangoghtours.com/

Cycling Resources

Adventure Cycling Assocation   USA Founded in 1973 as Bikecentennial, Adventure Cycling Association is America's premier nonprofit organization dedicated to bicycle travel, with 41,100 members nationwide.   http://www.adventurecycling.org

The Bicycle Paper   The Northwest's Source of Cycling Information Since 1972. http://www.bicyclepaper.com

'Bama Cyclist Mike Munk's site for those of the road persuasion. http://www.bamacyclist.com/

League of American Bicyclists Representing the interests of the nation's 57 million cyclists. With a current membership of 300,000 affiliated cyclists, including 40,000 individuals and 600 affiliated organizations, the League works to bring better bicycling to your community. http://www.bikeleague.org/index.cfm

Mass Bike    The purpose of Mass Bike is to promote the bicycle as a safe, healthful, enjoyable, efficient, and environmentally sound means of transportation, to seek to establish an atmosphere which enhances those desirable qualities of bicycle transportation, and to serve and protect the interests of the bicycling public. http://www.massbike.org

Harris Cyclery; Newton, MA, with Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Links http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/bikes.html

HikingAndCampingStuff.com is a family owned and operated business dedicated to people who love the outdoors. Years of experience with hiking and camping equipment makes them one of the premier outdoor websites on the internet. http://www.hikingandcampingstuff.com

Russian Cycle Touring Club - Promotion of bicycle touring in Russia, information and cycle tours in Russia http://www.rctc.ru/

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