Links

Links

Riders & Writers

• Martino's Bike Lane Diary

  Sharp-witted cycling advocacy and photos

• Urbana-Champaign Bicycle Commute

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

• Bicycle Diaries

  Bicycles, books, and other things

• 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 a some fun posts about biking.

• Cycle Jerks

  "Bi-Weekly Short Films on Cyclists and Couriers in Denver, CO." But cool bike events, too.

• Cycle-licious

  A great, active blog.

• Freewheeling Spirit

  Great reading: "Hop on, I have room for one more on the handlebars. This is going to be a fun ride."

• gwadzilla

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

• 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.)

• KMAX TRAX

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

• Nichomachus

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

• Sans Auto

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

• Velorution

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

• Wheel Revolution

  Chronicling the cycles of love, loss and learning on the path toward a sustainable life.

Colorado

• Bicycle Colorado

  Currently advertising a velo-swap. Last item on their statewide advocacy list is from 2004. Recently wrapped up effort to get a "share the road" vanity automobile license plate.

• Bike Denver

  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.

• Derailer Bicycle Collective

  A community-run, completely FREE bike shop with an all-volunteer staff. Open shop, loaners, etc.

• DriveLessDenverBlogs

  A blog by people trying to go carfree for the month of May.

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

• Don To Earth

  Don Crowdis, a nonagenarian (90+), ponders life, the universe, and aging in a soft-edged, wise way.

• Eric Shackle's E-Book

  A monthly collection of stories and odd things put together by a gentleman who says "life on the internet begins at 80."

• 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.

• Ultrabrown

  Sharp, thoughtful, snarky, and/or erudite posts about India here and there.