Gems from the www

Interesting, informative or just quirky. Here's our stash of wonderful cycle related web content from every corner of the virtual world.

PEDALMAFIA: PEDAL ID, a great way to waste a couple of hours of your life!

CHAINWHEEL KALEIDOSCOPE: A lovely little procrastination tool from the folks at Bike Works NYC.

TANDEM UNICYCLE: sometimes youtube really does come up trumps.

BIKEHACKS: Hack that whip! For all bike culture addicts, lots of neat stuff. Check out the cycle commuter dictionary, f'r'instance.

THE BIKE SHOW: London based radio program and podcast about cycling. OK so its not entirely 'web content' but we found it on the web so we think it counts.

BICYCLE TUTOR: Excellent website about cycle maintenance and repair, with video tutorials and how-to guides

OLDBIKE: for anyone interested in vintage bicycles and trikes, a great resource.

BICYCLE PORTRAITS: a lovely photographic gallery of South Africans and their bikes, with bios

THE BICYCLE INFO PROJECT: a cataloguing project for old manuals, indexed by manufacturer.

BICYCLE FIXATION: a celebration of bicycles and bicyclists; loads of brilliant articles and photo essays and what have you.

THE RECUMBENT & HPV INFORMATION CENTRE: does pretty much what it says on the tin ;)

CYCLOFIEND: massive gallery of bikes

SHIFT TO BIKES: A taste of Portland's Bike Culture scene with a nifty calendar of events - if you don't live in Oregon, you can get ideas for some similar fun in your own town.

BIKEPACKING: long distance trail riding website (mainly US) with loads of information, advice, routes, reviews and a forum.

BICYCLE TRAVEL NETWORK: packed with stories, photos and experiences of inpirational journeys by bicycle in all areas of the world

BIKERECYCLING.NET: a directory of bicycle recycling projects

1LESSCAR: purveyors of finest counter-cultural mens- and ladies-wear, stickers, patches, buttons and awesome coffee-carrying bike crates.

Not to be confused with its UK counterpart 1LESSCAR and their high-viz cycle gear.

A BILLION BIKES: video podcast series about bicycling lifestyles around the world

CARGOBIKE CULT: website dedicated to all things cargobike. We love it.

OLD BIKES IN CANBERRA: formerly the Canberra Bicycle Museum. A wealth of historical info.

CARGOCYCLING.ORG: Also all things cargobike. And trike. And quad. Tons of great related links too.

VELOWALA: rich compendium of media about the bicycle salesfolk of india

CYCLING BOARD GAMES: a (collection, archive, gallery, museum, download centre) of bicycle games.

CIRCLE A CYCLES: Snappy answers to stupid questions. Go on, click.

HANDMADE BIKES: dot net. A beautiful, beautiful craft.

WEIRD BIKE STUFF: an admirable collection of crazy ideas (or visionaries... you decide)

KINETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: a 42 mile bicycle race across land, mud, sand, and water. 'The triathlon of the art world'.

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