Useful Cycling Links
Here is the Chester Cycling Campaign’s list of the top cycling resources on the internet. We hope you find the list interesting and informative!
Chester Cycling Links
Cheshire West and Chester Council: Cycling homepage containing information about the council’s cycling strategy, the Cheshire Cycleway, cycling for people with disabilities, and leaflets of recommended cycle routes around Cheshire.
Chester and North Wales CTC: Part of national CTC – website boasts news, rides, events, development,
and extensive, detailed local cycling information.
Chester Cycle City Forums: Here is where you can get in touch with others in the Chester cycling community. Forums on a wide range of topics which you are welcome to use for free.
Chester Easy Riders: An independent cycling group which runs a variety of mid-week on-road rides (usually on Thursdays) from starting points in and around the City of Chester.
Chester Fabulous Ladies Cycling Club: Cycling club for women which meets one Saturday a month for a 15 to 25 mile ride.
CTC Cymru – North Wales: Rides, photo gallery and very extensive news section -
your first stop for all cycling news in North Wales.
Eureka Cyclists Cafe: Probably the best and one of the very few cyclists cafes in the U.K.
The Mickle Trafford Railway Virtual Stroll: Steve Howe’s excellent guide to the Millennium Greenway and its planned extension to Mickle Trafford – including history, trivia, photos, etc.
Other Cycling Links
20’s Plenty For Us: Campaigns for the implementation of 20 mph as the default speed limit on residential roads in the UK
BikeBiz Infozone: Public news and information section of the excellent and informative Bicycle Business website
Bricycles: Brighton Cycling Campaign
Camden Cycling Campaign: Working to improve road conditions in Camden to encourage more people to benefit from the accessibility, fitness and time saving that comes with regular cycle use
Carfree UK: Experts promoting the creation of car free urban areas
Carplus: Encouraging car clubs and car sharing
Cheshire Cycleway: Detailed guide to National Cycle Route 70, the Cheshire Cycleway, a 176 mile circular route around the county
Cyclenation: the UK national federation of cycle campaign groups, supporting cycling locally, regionally, nationally and in Europe
Cycle City Guides: Bike route maps for UK cities
Cycle-route.com: A UK bike route database – find cycle routes and mountain bike trails that have been tried and tested. Add your own routes and comment on other routes.
Cyc-O-Vision: A commuter-cycling website featuring a “database of shame” – video recordings of the roads from the cyclists perspective.
Environmental Transport Association: Information on organising a Car Free Day and much more
European Cyclists Federation: The world’s biggest international bike advocacy group
Friends of the Earth: Transport Campaigns
Israel Critical Mass: Bikes coming together in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem etc.
John Foresters Home Page: American guru of bike activism
Living Streets: National charity that works with supporters, professionals and politicians to create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets
Macclesfield Borough Bicycle Users Group: Campaigns on behalf of cyclists in Macclesfield, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Poynton, Mobberley, Disley and Bollington
New York City Right of Way: NYC bike and pedestrian rights group
One Way Streets: Position Papers from Cambridge Cycling Campaign
Probicycle: America’s first choice for news and views about onroad bicycling advocacy.
Reclaim the Streets: “The street, at best, is a living place of human movement and social intercourse, of freedom and spontaneity”
Roadpeace: Supports road traffic victim and educates about road danger
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: “Are you going to…?”
Seattle Critical Mass: Sponsored by….?
Spokes: An informal network for NHS staff who cycle to work or use a bicycle for work purposes
Sustrans: Sustrans is the charity behind practical cycling projects, including the award-winning National Cycle Network, Safe Routes to Schools, Bike It, and TravelSmart.
Tynebikes: Newcastle-on-Tyne cycling campaign
Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition
The Vehicular Cyclist (Ontario Coalition for Better Cycling): Excellent Canadian campaigning website, full of facts and figures
Warrington Cycle Campaign: Home of the renowned ‘Facility of the Month’ feature, which provided source material for the excellent ‘Crap Cycle Lanes’ book
Why Cycle?: Impartial advice for potential and new cyclists in the UK
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Cycling Website
World Transport Policy & Practice: A high quality quarterly journal dedicated to the publication of original and creative work in the field of world transport. Free copies available as PDF downloads.
Yahoo’s Cycling Page: Search for anything on bikes across the web
