Rocky Hillside

Links

Riders & Writers

• Martino's Bike Lane Diary

  Sharp-witted cycling advocacy and photos

• a year of bicycle commuting

  Several Denver cyclists write about their experiences.

• Bicycle Diaries

  Bicycles, books, and other things

• Bicycle Riders Journal

  "Trail Riding Together on a Trek Navigator and a Three Wheeled Trek." Two self-described "casual" bike riders report on what they see and experience as they bike - at a soft pace - around the trails of Nebraska and Iowa.

• BicycleSpokesman

  Misc biking stuff about touring, repairs, pro racing, etc.

• Bike Commute Tips

  Paul Dorn writes about making the streets livable and bikable. A companion to the resources on his Bike Commuting Tips site.

• Bike Year

  Informative posts about utility cycling

• Biking Bis

  News and comments about tours, touring, & racing. Good things not seen elsewhere.

• Carfree Family

  The Journal of One Family's Journey Toward Sustainability Sans Car

• Commute By Bike

  Many reviews, a DIY project or two, and some fun posts about biking.

• Cycle Jerks

  "We write a blog. We throw events. We make videos (sometimes). We are in Denver, CO."

• Cycle-licious

  A great, active blog.

• Cycling Gentleman

  Back in the day, gentlemen dressed in trousers, jackets, and caps. This made cycling practical for transportation and quite stylish. This blog promotes a return to this sense of style for The Cycling Gentleman.

• FatBoyBiking

  The struggles of a fat guy on his way to middle age and the classic battle of the bulge. Against him, the entire agricultural and food production system, American Midwestern attitudes towards food and eating and a lifetime of sloth and drunkenness. His only weapon, his bike.

• Freewheeling Spirit

  Formerly the authoritative site for Danish handball news, now an exhilarating cycling blog.

• gwadzilla

  Lots of photos of city cyclists, a few rants, and (once you learn to read his prose) interesting, encouraging, and charming thoughts.

• It's Just A Ride

  It's not.

• Kent's Bike Blog

  Kent Peterson is Commuting Program Director for the Bicycle Alliance of Washington. Useful, interesting, and fun (though his panniers look as if he didn't get enough cut and paste time in kindergarten.)

• kim west radio cycling show blog

  "I've been riding bikes for over 50 years. by my way of thinking, that makes me an expert on everything relating to bicycles. just ask me." Kim West also has a radio show/podcast and a general purpose/non-cycling blog, today's sermonette.

• KMAX TRAX

  Charming, thoughtful posts from a recovering opera singer (I think.)

• Nichomachus

  Thoughtful posts - columns, really - that often discuss cycling and living differently.

• Planetary Gears

  Jim, of . . . well some other places, is back.

• Sans Auto

  Well-written posts on healthy living, family, and how to live better.

• Urban Velo

  It's a magazine, newsletter, blog, and the mind boggles to think what else.

• Urbana-Champaign Bicycle Commute

  Charming, "fresh" writing about biking in University of Illinois Land.

• Velorution

  Great links from a London bike shop specializing in folders and commuters, with an unnecessary Flash heading.

• Yehuda Moon

  Bikey comic

Colorado

• Bicycle Colorado

  Wrapped up effort to get a "share the road" vanity automobile license plate. In February 2008, failed to raise the maximum fine for running over a cyclist while the driver was failing to yield. (Bicycle Colorado was pushing for $1,000. Radical.) Currently taking credit for getting Colorado up to 22nd on the list of bike friendly states.

• Bike Denver

  After the revolution, doing good work. Thank god.

• City of Denver's Bike Program

  You'll laugh; you'll cry; you'll use a sidewalk.

• Denver Critical Mass - MySpace
• Denver Critical Mass - YahooGroups

  Last Friday of the month. Meet at Civic Center Park at the Seal Fountain pool between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.

Cycling Advocacy

• Bicycle Fixation

  A large collection of articles and links on cycling and sustainability.

• Bike Portland

  Useful, interesting posts from a city that actually is bike friendly.

• C.I.C.L.E.

  (Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange) dynamic site promoting cycling as a viable and sustainable transportation choice.

• StreetsBlog

  The blog of the New York Streets Renaissance - advocacy in action - and as everyone knows, it happens in NYC first.

• Time's Up!

  grassroots group that uses direct action and education to push for a sustainable NYC.

• WashCycle

  Washington Area Bicyclist Association

Writers

• Gezellig Girl

  Though it's about cooking and food, I love the writing - snappy and downright . . . rollicking. Read this.

• Malingering's World

  "The world as it exists." Well, sort of. Photos of Santa Monica with funny, snarky comments.