New Website Notice for Edinburgh Bicycle

Please note that the Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Operative now has a new website. To visit the new website, please follow this link.

If you have bookmarked a page from the old website, please update your bookmarked page so that you can go straight to our new website. Thank you.

The Edinburgh Bicycle website team.

                 

 


INFORMATION & INSPIRATION


Articles about Bicycle Repair by Sheldon 'Fixit' Brown
A wonderfully crazy looking chap who knows a thing or two about cycle maintenance. Well written prose, supported by purposeful images.


Armstrong
Extracts from Lance Armstrong's book 'It's not about the bike' as well as background information and links to his own site.


lancearmstrong.com
Latest results as well as an archive of his former successes
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BentRider Online Magazine
A recumbent bible - bike reviews, information, cycling tips, event listings.

Bicycling Life
'The Good News about Bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation in everyday life'. News, Views, How tos and considerate advice on riding and safety.



Bicycling On Rails
Part of a travelogue - North Cape to Gibraltar, which looks at bicycling on rails. Some informative photos if you want to see how it works.


Bikehub
Bike news updated every month or so. Best for the gallery section and race reports.

bike
Online version of bike magazine from the US. What's new, online exclusives, archive of articles.



Bike People
The city can be more than just a church for cars. An archive of commentary on cycle related issues.


Bike Reader

Great writing about riding. Sample: 'SIT-UP-AND-BEG. A position in the Kama Sutra. Also, charming derogatory slang for what is often the most comfortable posture for beginning cyclists.
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Bike the World with Ian Burns
'On the first of June 1993 I set off from England on a solo round-the-world trip by bike. The journey covered 13,564 miles in 14 countries and took 15 months. During this time I was drugged, robbed, run over, baked and soaked but mostly I had a superb opportunity to see some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, meet wonderful friendly people and enjoy the culture of widely differing lands.' Need some inspiration, go to this site.


BikeBiz
Keeps you up to date with the latest bicycle trade news.



Bicycle Repair - A Free Internet Presentation
In depth advice, backed by computer drawn diagrams. Dull, but informative.




The unofficial Chris Boardman site

Mainly photos, but also interviews with the man.



Bushgear
Not cycling but a source of interesting outdoors stuff.

City Cycling.co.uk
Lively 'zine about the urban cycling scene.


Cycling Edinburgh
Organised rides in and around Edinburgh.

Not to be confused with the next link.


Cycling Edinburgh . info
Produced by cycle activist (and Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op founder member) Chris Hill, you'll find many interesting articles and links here. Worth checking, even if you're not an Edinburgh citizen.


Cycling news
Road-oriented cycling news from around the globe.



Cycling Plus
Britain's foremost non-MTB cycling monthly's online forum.

dclxvi
Sounds devilish, but a truly inspirational site - 'I have had the privilege of knowing several fascinating wheelmen and wheelwomen in my travels around the block. Most of them aren't the types which are easy to write about, and some would rather I didn't even try. I silently appreciate those, and I pay homage to the others here.




The Daily Peloton
Keep up to date with the latest racing news.



Dempster Highway. Around the Arctic Circle
A long page of text and photos, but stick with it for an apt description of a tour along the Dempster Highway, across the Arctic Circle.



E Bent
A focus on the community aspect of recumbents.



Freewheelin Cycletour
'What a brilliant experience.' Living for a few years out of a suitcase - or panniers, as in my case. A journey through Australasia, Asia, The Middle East and Europe.


Gearhead:
Slick 'zine.


Graeme Obree
Stands alongside Jimmy Johnstone, Jim Baxter and Allan Wells in that elite club - a Scottish sportsman who was truly world class.




Handcycling
An introduction to the impressive world of handcycling. Advice on equipment and Virtual Handcycling.


Ice Bike
Sound advice and encouragement regarding riding the slippery stuff.


In Search Of The Nomadic Lifestyle?
The behemouth is an autonomous mobile information and communication platform, now retired, which toured the US with its creator.


Lajos Jozsa's Expeditions.
He's been to Africa, North and South America on his bike and documented each expedition in words and pictures.


MTB review
US based product reviews by bikers for bikers.

Mountain Bike Borders
Routes, rides, videos, blogs, inspiration and information about great rides in southern Scotland.



Mountain Biking UK
Reviews of bikes and bike stuff from Britain's best-selling MTB mag.


Paris-Brest-Paris
The oldest traditional cycling event, started in 1891 by a Frenchman named Pierre Giffard who thought it would be a great way to promote cycling.


Railbiking in Belgium
A short but sweet article on railbiking in Belgium, including some contact info and prices.


Raging Bike
Raging Bike is run by a small group of people who are tired of being treated like second class citizens by motorists, when travelling to work by bike.



RatPatrol
Chicago (?)-based anarchists roam the alleys by bike.



Rat Patrol UK

Some of the Rat Patrol scurried from Chicago and now reside in Ross-on-Wye. Rat Patrol UK is hosted by Bennitto Chunkolini whose bikes are 'built in deepest Herefordshire on a budget of bog all - all components are recycled i.e. knackered, and average build cost is about 75p.'


Self Propelled City
Not kept brilliantly up to date, but some interesting comment on the role of human powered transport.



singlespeedoutlaw
Riding with one gear, madness or genius. Go to this site and decide for yourself.

Velo Vision
A quarterly dose of cycle inspiration.



Washing Machine Post

One man's discussions about current cycling issues written in an informative and amusing manner. Includes an entire section dedicated to 'Britain's and Scotland's greatest ever pro bike rider' - Robert Miller
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WhatMountainBike?
The Which? of MTB-mag's.

What should I put on the fence?
Simply the funniest cycling-related website I've ever visited


Workbike
The definitive site on human-powered load carrying.