Pezcyclingnews is running my latest book review, which covers Andrew Ritchie's interesting (and quite massive!) book about racing's early days: "Quest for Speed." You can read the review here.
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An Apt Quotation
Cycling in Sicily
On the road near Cefalu, 2001
Advocacy, because we all need safe streets
Blogs You Might Enjoy
- Bicycle Design: fascinating blog about new products and concepts
- Bicycle Specialities--Mike Barry, Toronto's Great Cycling Guru, has an excellent blog.
- Bike Snob NYC: strong opinions, amusingly expressed--beware, fixie riders!
- BikingBis: US West Coast focus, but lots of interesting news
- Competitive Cycling: Groover's take on riding in Oz
- Cycling Challenge: Will--a nice guy--lives and rides around Geneva, Switzerland
- Cycling Revealed: digging deep into the history of pro racing
- Dave Moulton's Blog: thoughts of an ex-framebuilder
- Donald's Daily Draft, from sunny and hilly North Carolina
- EasyCycling: Rebecca Ramsay, pro-racer-turned-mama and now Swiss resident, returns to cycling with good advice
- Fahrrad-cast: English legal alien Nick blogs near Bonn
- Fat Cyclist: not really fat, but fun.
- Gerard.CC: Gerard Vroomen (co-founder of Cervelo) writes about pro cycling from inside
- In-the-Saddle: Damien's interesting blog from the UK
- Italian Cycling Journal: a new favourite about Cycling's Promised Land
- Jamie Smith on racing
- Jered Gruber takes great cycling photos
- Le Grimpeur: everything about climbing
- Lily on the Road: la femme sportif!
- Miles and Madness: Judi's blog about going from drug addiction to exercise addiction
- Off the Beaten Path: BQ editor Jan Heine's blog
- Ready to Ride: good suggestions for long-distance riding
- Remembering Jaron: Damon Taafe (a DC lawyer) writes about the tri-life
- The Cozy Beehive: cycling engineering comments by Ron in Indiana
Classic Lightweights: My Latest Passion
- Bicycle Classics: helpful advice and great parts from Greg
- Bob Hovey's Masi site
- Boston Retro Wheelmen
- Cirque du Cyclisme: a fun event held in June in Virginia
- Classic Lighweights, covering Italian and UK makes
- Classic Rendezvous, with lots of info and a very active forum, for bikes up to 1983
- Deutsche Rennradboerse: swap meet and show June 16/17, 2012
- Eisenherz-Bikes: Life is too short to ride an uncool bike.
- Klassikerausfahrt: a new retro ride in the Dusseldorf area, currywurst included!
- L'Eroica: Chianti's great cycling event (October 2, 2011 next)
- Masini's Breaking Away Blog: Rory Mason is Cannondale's Man in Italy but loves the oldies.
- Ray Dobbins' collection: stunning photos
- Retro-Ronde: The Tour of Flanders for Oldies
- Ricci-Sports in Dusseldorf: passionate about the sport
- SpeedBicycles in Switzerland: Stefan has some great stuff!
- The Wool Jersey: old bike porn
- TI Raleigh Team Pros Yahoo Discussion Group
- Velo-Orange, reviving some nice parts
- Velobase is a comprehensive website about vintage bike parts
- Vintage Bicycle: a blog with a special emphasis on French bikes
- Vintage Bike Life: Eddie Albert's Collection
Commercial Links of Interest
Touring Companies and Information
- Adventure Cycling Association: an excellent source for US touring
- Augustin Reisen: a bus, some hotels, great mountains and even better experiences!
- 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
- Eastern Townships of Quebec: good cycling info
- Far and Away Cycling: interesting destinations, reasonable prices, good people
- German Tourism Office: excellent cycling information
- Krol-Active: dramatic tours in the mountains of Switzerland and Italy
- Markgraeflerland: An excellent list of routes in Southwest Germany, near Freiburg
- Route des Grandes Alpes: a challenging route, indeed
- Trento Bike Pages: the Mother Lode of European cycletouring information
- VeloLand Schweiz: comprehensive site for touring in Switzerland
At The Tour de France 2006
A Fast Descent from the Croix de Fer
Publications
- Bicycle Quarterly: a first-rate publication devoted to randonneur bikes
- Pezcylingnews: the absolutely best website for training info, race coverage (including atmosphere!), equipment tests and Negroni recipes (not to mention my book reviews)
- Red Kite Prayer: news and reports
- RoadBikeRider: excellent e-newsletter sent every other Thursday
- Rouleur: probably the most stylish magazine on bike racing. Ever.
- The Ride Journal: UK-based but global, covering all types of cycling
- TOUR: Germany's top road bike magazine
- VeloPress: where you need to go for cycling publications
Food Links: Because You Need Fuel to Ride!
Cycling Podcasts Worth Subscribing To
Your Humble Wheelman
- Sprocketboy
- Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- 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
The Glorious Azzuri
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