Ken Kifer's Bicycling Pages
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Definitely one of the top personal cycle touring pages on the net.
Tragically, Ken Kifer was killed by a drunk driver in September 2003.
No one knows what happens to us after death, but I'm sure Ken will
journey through it on a bicycle. RIP, Ken. You will be sorely
missed. (Ride in Peace)
"Articles on bicycle camping (bikepacking) and touring, cycling
health and fitness, bicycle safety in traffic, and bicycling
advocacy, plus travelogues from ten bike trips, cycling humor, and
cycling links.
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Mike Vermuelen's Bicycle Tours
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Mike has taken more bike tours than anyone I know He has toured
in many US locations, in Alaska, across Canada, in Hawaii, the
Netherlands, completely around Australia, New Zealand (North Island),
Tasmania, India, and in Russia. He documents his tours quite
well, many with pictures and maps, on his Fiets tocht (bicycle tour)
web site.
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Per and Elisabeth Löwdin
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A very adventurous couple from Sweden, their site has many fine
journeys to tell you about: Himalayas, Alps, Asia, the US, and of
course, Sweden. They prefer to travel with their MTBs, in search of
single track. Photos and presentation are superb.
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Ken Brown's Cycle Tour Photos
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Ken Brown's photos demonstrate very well how causally one can tour
the river systems in Germany, France and Austria. His photos
instantly take me back to the time I have spent on river trails in
Austria and Germany. Click on his links to photos from Austria,
Germany, and France.
The focus of his web site is on Ontario Rails Trails; "to encourage
the use and development of these trails. It has been my [Ken's] quest
over the past two years to seek out the best rail trails and canal
towpaths in the northeastern USA, Ontario and Quebec, principally
from a cyclist's point of view."
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Mark Boyd's Bicycling Stuff
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Mark has done a lot of riding, and put together some straight forward
ride descriptions with good pictures. He's cycled across the
USA. He also cycled a big loop from North Carolina to Tennessee
to Oklahoma, up to Colorado, to South Dakota, back through
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, upper new York, and down to
North Carolina. He also journals rides in North Carolina and my
home state, Colorado (some of my favorite rides, with good
descriptions).
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Bob Kastigar's Bicycling Pages
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A fellow cycle tourer who's style of touring is much like mine.
"I like to ride, and often go off by myself for a little
touring. Here's some information on a couple of rides I've
done, and some links to other sites you might find of interest
as well. — Chicago to Biloxi, San Francisco to LA,
Chicago to Wisconsin Dells, The L.A.T.E. Ride through
Chicago, O'Hare Airport: How to get into and out of - on a
bike."
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Wade Anderson Key West to Alaska
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In 1999, after consulting in rec.bicycles.rides, Wade rode from Key
West, Florida to Alaska towing a BOB trailer. He sent home daily
accounts which were all posted, with photos, on his website.
"This journal was written as I pedaled my way from Key West,
Florida to Tok, Alaska. What I wrote in my journal is what I was
thinking and feeling at the time, it's just a reflection of who
I am. And though I'm not perfect, and I didn't write to please
anyone, these are my own personal opinions, my own perceptions,
and written exactly as I saw the world around me at that
particular moment."
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Bicycle Fish of Adelaide
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Information from a bike tourist "down under."
"An independent and sometimes iconoclastic personal home page,
low on graphics, high on useful information - and just about
bikes. Bicycle Fish values the individual cyclist's needs for
simplicity, economy and authenticity."
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Paul Jeurissen & Grace Johnson
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The site uses a Java applet to present slide shows of brilliant and
thoughtful images from bicycle tours in the southwest U.S., Nepal,
India, and Indonesia.
"We met each other in 1981 on a Bikecentennial
Transamerica bicycle trip. Since then we travel together
with camera and film.
Via slide shows we try to visualise the feeling of travelling
by bicycle. In the future we hope to add more travel
impressions to this website."
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Vilmar's Great Cycling Adventures
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"If you are the type of person that enjoys cycling, or are planning
a long distance bicycle trip, or likes to read about other people's
adventures (or all of the aforementioned) then you've found the best
web site there is!"
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Pavel Protopopov •Bicycle Touring
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Pavel lives in Russia and has gone on many bike tours. He has
been a member of the Cyclists' Touring Club Orion in Russia since 1980
(and is the club webmaster).
"Our club is an inter-regional Russian non-commercial public
organization including cycle tourists, randonneurs and recreation
cyclists (no racers). We organize self-supported trips in Russia,
CIS countries and all over the world.
I have made more than 50 long-distance trips in many countries.
I have many stories and descriptions of my trips but they are almost
all in Russian. Right now I am preparing a list of my trips in
English and a story about the international Russian-British-Australian
MTB-expedition in Caucasus (the first in Russia) in 1991."
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The Rec.Travel Library
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Inspired long ago by articles and posts to the news group
rec.travel, this vast site contains a wealth of information and
personal experiences from all over the world.
"Personal travelogues, trip reports, and worldwide tourist
information."
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Cyber Cafes in Europe
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Want to know if you'll can find Internet access where you are going?
Forget the post cards. Keep those for your photo album. This is the
way to let your friends know how you're doing ... today. When I
spent 3 1/2 months in Europe, I found cyber cafes a great comfort, as
they let me stay in touch with loved ones.
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European Rail Information
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"On this page you'll find links to the WWW servers of the
European national railways, to on-line timetables and
travel planners, and to rail fan pages with lots of
information on a national railway."
Some sites offer fare information, and with a little digging you'll
find information on bicycle transport. I find this server
unavailable some evenings. Best to Bookmark the web site of the
European Rail site(s) you are interested in.
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The Deutsche Bahn Home Page
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This site has BY FAR the most useful and informative pages for not
only German rail information and reservations, but for all of Europe. The German rail system is the most bike friendly rail system I have ever experienced, and this web page demonstrates that.
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Boulder Community Network
Bicycle Links
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Links to Boulder and Colorado bicycling organizations.
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Bicycle Colorado
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Everything you've always wanted to know about
bicycling in Colorado, but were afraid to ask.
"Bicycle Colorado’s mission is to encourage and promote bicycling,
increase safety, improve conditions and provide a voice for
cyclists in Colorado. Established in 1992, BC is a non-profit
501(c)3 organization working for you, the road, mountain and
touring cyclist in Colorado."
This site has excellent maps (click on BOOKSTORE) and information
(click on VISITING COLORADO TO RIDE) for those wanting to tour in
Colorado.
If you live and bicycle in Colorado, you should really become a
member, and help out these hard working volunteers.
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Trento Bicycling Pages
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A vast and complete collection of travelogues and information about
bicycle touring and mountain biking in Europe. A must-see site.
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Travel with Bicycles (Air/Rail/Other)
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A very useful site! — put together by George Farnsworth.
"A thorough collection of experiences taking bikes on planes,
trains, buses, boats, etc. There's lots of stuff on rentals,
folding bikes, boxing, airlines, and railroads around the world and
how to ride in/out of about 120 airports."
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Airline Baggage Regulation for Bikes
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A very complete and easy to read chart detailing the different
airlines' baggage regulations for bicycles (at ibike.org - The
International Bicycle Fund).
"Airline baggage regulations for bicycles are a moving target and the
airlines can be very inconsistent. ...."
"The following is the best information we have. The airlines
don't notify us when they raise their tariffs or change rules. If
you have information that differs from the chart please forward
it to us at ibike@ibike.org.
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Mike's Mega Bicycling Site
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Many, many links to all things concerned with cycling, including a
guide to bike trails in Northern Illinois, and many local US state
links.
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Bicycling Life
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"We intend this site to focus on the Good News about
Bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation
in everyday life."
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Sheldon Brown's Bicycling Articles
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Expert and detailed information about nearly every aspect of cycling,
including riding, mechanical adjustments and tools, wheel building,
parts, equipment, touring (in Europe), and even some fiction.
Sheldon is a real down to earth kind of guy and all of his stuff
seems to be the straight dope.
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Bike Katy Trail
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"The Katy Trail is a 225 mile (365 km) bike path stretching across
most of the state of Missouri. Over half of the Katy Trail follows
Lewis and Clark's path up the Missouri River, where you can ride
beneath towering river bluffs while eagles circle overhead. After
leaving the river, the Katy Trail meanders through peaceful farmland
and small-town Americana.
-- I plan on doing this ride myself someday. It looks fantastic!
Also, note that there are excellent AmTrak connections for getting to
and from either end of the trail and anywhere along it.
- Chuck
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New:
21 Wheels
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New Mobility for the Twenty-First Centrury
"Our idea is to expand the imagination of what you can navigate around
a community. We are committed to the very essence of smart mobility at
21 Wheels. This includes an integrated approach with mission specific
vehicles utilized in mobility systems. People are clamoring for
lifestyles that take them out of the fast lane and parking lots and
into a world of convenient and hassle free transport.
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Vienna Live Cam
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If you've ever been to Vienna, you're going to like playing with
this Live Camera on Vienna. You (and who ever else is
connected) can point and zoom this live video camera at your
favorite downtown Vienna landmark. The picture is updated every
second or two, so you can see traffic, trolleys, and even people
walking by. I've taken some beautiful snapshots with the
capture feature.
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City of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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This is, by far, my favorite city in Germany. If you are
going to Bavaria, to see Munich, or you are following the Danube
River, you must take the time to visit this city. It is
one of the oldest cities in Germany, surviving WWII intact, and
it dates from Roman times. It has the Gemütlichkeit of a
small Bavarian town, but is a also a good sized, progressive
college town. You must visit the old part of town, and you
absolutely must spend an evening at the Kneittinger Biergarten,
overlooking the Danube, the ancient stone bridge, and the old
medieval city. Leave the large crowds behind in the
tourist towns, and enjoy Regensburg.
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