Travels with a Tin Donkey

A Website dedicated to cycletouring, racing and other good things two-wheeled.

Friday 18 December 2009

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.---Robert Louis Stevenson

On the road near Cefalu, 2001

Bob Hovey's Masi site
Cicli Berlinetta: a very trendy shop with lots of retro in Berlin-Prenzlauerberg
Classic Lighweights, covering Italian and UK makes
Classic Rendezvous, with lots of info and a very active forum, for bikes up to 1983
Eisenherz-Bikes: Life is too short to ride an uncool bike.
Ray Dobbins (who has now moved out of the hobby and to Peru): stunning photos going back to 2015
SpeedBicycles in Switzerland: Stefan has some great stuff!
Steel Vintage: dealers in retro bikes in Berlin with a cool shop
Velobase is a comprehensive website about vintage bike parts
Vintage Bicycle: a blog with a special emphasis on French bikes

Anjou Velo Vintage: wonderfully organized event in the Loire region
Cino Heroica: one of the few US retro rides, this one is held over two days in September in Montana, of all places.
In Velo Veritas: A Wonderful Event in Austrian Wine Country
Italy has exploded with Retro Rides. The best place to find them listed is at a publication, Giro d'Italia d'Epoca
L'Eroica: the one that started everything, with international reach now
La Mitica: riding in the shadow of the Coppi brothers
La Pedals de Clip: a Spanish retro ride, located in Catalonia
Retropedal: a modest but lovely event near the Opel-city, Russelsheim
The Retro Ronde: Ride with the Flahutes of Flanders!

Cycles Marinoni: excellent value in beautiful bikes
Ellis Cycles: Dave Wages brazes masterpieces
Excellent cycling stories from Rapha, the makers of high-end cycling clothing
Jered and Ashley Gruber's excellent cycling photography
Officina Battaglin: Exclusive Custom Steel Road Bikes
Richard Sachs: A Dean of American Framebuilders and Not Lacking Interesting Opinions
Tommasini: beautiful bicycles from Tuscany

Adventure Cycling Association: an excellent source for US touring
Club des Cingles: climb Mt. Ventoux 3 times in one day and you get a certificate!
Cycletouring in Austria: excellent government website
Cycling Camp San Diego: a great training experience
Cycling in Münsterland: the best-planned cycling infrastructure anywhere?
Eastern Townships of Quebec: good cycling info
Far and Away Cycling: interesting destinations, reasonable prices, good people
The German National Tourist Board Cycling Routes
Trento Bike Pages: the Mother Lode of European cycletouring information
VeloLand Schweiz: comprehensive site for touring in Switzerland

A Fast Descent from the Croix de Fer

Bicycle Quarterly: a first-rate publication devoted to randonneur bikes
Fahrstil: an excellent quirky German magazine covering all aspects of cycling
Pezcylingnews: the absolutely best website for training info, race coverage (including atmosphere!), equipment tests and Negroni recipes (not to mention my book reviews)
Rouleur: probably the most stylish magazine on bike racing. Ever.
TOUR: Germany's top road bike magazine

Sprocketboy: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; After I cycled from London to Munich at 18 years of age, I decided I always wanted cycling to be a part of my life. It is a pastime that lets you get fit, see the world at your own pace, enjoy exotic machinery and make new friends. You can contact me at l_reissner@hotmail.com

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