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Best Cycling Websites??!!

Arequipa · 2011-06-29 08:49:56

Good morning! I have a new laptop & am bookmarking various cycling websites; ie for -purchasing cycling gear -review of bikes, accessories, gear etc -mapping routes, checking various routes etc -Tour/racing websites. -Diary of bike tourers and racers. Could you list your favourite websites? Thank you!

29-06-2011 8:49am

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Arequipa

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Good morning!

I have a new laptop & am bookmarking various cycling websites; ie for

-purchasing cycling gear
-review of bikes, accessories, gear etc
-mapping routes, checking various routes etc
-Tour/racing websites.
-Diary of bike tourers and racers.

Could you list your favourite websites?

Thank you!

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#2 29-06-2011 9:32am

Beasty

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Try this one

Definitely my favourite and a mine of useful information ....

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#3 29-06-2011 9:36am

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Arequipa wrote: »

-purchasing cycling gear

Just to start off:

http://www.bike24.com/
http://www.evanscycles.com/
http://www.jedi-sports.de/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/
shinybikes.com
http://www.highonbikes.com/
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/

Irish Sites:
http://www.wheelworxbikes.com/
http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/home.asp
http://www.cycleways.com/store/
&
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1205

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#4 29-06-2011 11:43am

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A few I like:

cyclingnews.com for cycling news
memoire-du-cyclisme.net great archive of results
parktool.com good for bicycle repair info
prendas.co.uk good place for team issue jeresys
sheldonbrown.com lots of useful articles on bike maintenance

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#5 29-06-2011 11:52am

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bikeradar.com

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#6 29-06-2011 12:43pm

feck sake lads

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crazyguyonabike.com excellent site touring.
bikeforums.net american

travelling light ,lightweight camping and touring forum
cyclechat
ctc,
thorn forum ..

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#7 29-06-2011 10:18pm

Arequipa

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Hermy wrote: »

A few I like:

cyclingnews.com for cycling news
memoire-du-cyclisme.net great archive of results
parktool.com good for bicycle repair info
prendas.co.uk good place for team issue jeresys
sheldonbrown.com lots of useful articles on bike maintenance

Hey thank you for your responses: they're all being bookmarked!!

Arequipa.

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#8 29-06-2011 10:24pm

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Arequipa wrote: »

Hey thank you for your responses: they're all being bookmarked!!

Arequipa.

You're most welcome - thank you.:)

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#9 29-06-2011 10:36pm

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Another German online shop which can be good value: http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/

For funnies: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/

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#10 30-06-2011 11:16am

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heres the sites i use in order of what ones i go to first etc -
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/
http://www.evanscycles.com/
http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/
http://buildabike.ie/(they are still building there online shop so i ring them atm!)
http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/ (dont use this much)
https://www.sub4.ie (sometimes has cheep tops i use)
http://www.timetorun.co.uk/ (sometimes has cheep tops i use)

And then some MTB sites but im not going to list them all just look at google!
http://www.cyclingireland.ie/Home.aspx
http://www.mbi.ie/
http://www.irishxcmtb.com/

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#11 30-06-2011 4:43pm

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http://www.dublinbikeman.com/

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#12 30-06-2011 6:05pm

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Beasty wrote: »

Try this one

Definitely my favourite and a mine of useful information ....

Link doesn't work

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#13 30-06-2011 7:12pm

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studiorat wrote: »

Link doesn't work

Works just fine for me.:)

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#14 30-06-2011 8:26pm

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Hermy wrote: »

Works just fine for me.:)

Me too.

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#15 30-06-2011 11:57pm

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For funny pictures and articles I check the following :

http://fu*ckyeahcycling.tumblr.com <- remove the * to see the page
http://cyclocosm.tumblr.com/

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#16 01-07-2011 1:44am

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You could add these links to your homepage list...

http://www.bikeradar.com/
http://www.cyclingnews.com/
http://velonews.competitor.com/
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/
http://www.bicycling.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/default.stm
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=410

Buf if you don't want all those pages opening up everytime you start your browser you can do this...

Copy the text below into a file and call it something like my_cycling.js (it has to have .js)
Just double click that file to launch your browser with all your links in a seperate tab.
var navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000;
var oIE = new ActiveXObject("InternetExplorer.Application");
oIE.Navigate2("http://www.bikeradar.com/");
oIE.Navigate2("http://www.cyclingnews.com/", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Navigate2("http://velonews.competitor.com/", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Navigate2("http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Navigate2("http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Navigate2("http://www.bicycling.com/", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Navigate2("http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/default.stm", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Navigate2("http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=410", navOpenInBackgroundTab);
oIE.Visible = true;

Works with Internet Explorer, if it doesn't work on your particular browser, you're on your own!

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#17 01-07-2011 11:39am

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Bikehugger is worth a bookmark too.

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