Handy Internet Links

Local Bike Shops

• Bike Shop List – List of shops in central Oklahoma area.

Tour Operators

• Oklahoma FreeWheel – Annual week-long tour across our great state.
• Adventure Cycling  –  Bicycle Maps, Tours & Resources for the Adventure Traveler. Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. We help cyclists explore the landscapes and history of America for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
• Escapades – Great values on tours in Arizone, Texas, Maine, Hudson River Valley, France.
• Summer Feet – Two- to six-day tours in Maine.
• Timberline Adventures – western U.S. bicycling and hiking adventure vacations.
• Breton Bikes – cycling tours in France.
• Imagine Tours – affordable cycling tours in the United States, Canada and overseas
 Western Spirit Cycling – a mountain and road bike tour company based out of Moab Utah. Winner of Outside Magazine’s ‘Trip of the Year’ 2005
•  Second Summer Tours – Adventure tours to exotic locations.
• Katy Trail Missouri Tour Operators - Ride from Kansas City to St. Louis along abandoned rail lines. 
• Erie Canal Bike Tour - Buffalo to Albany along the Erie Canal tow path

Books and Maps

• Adventure Cycling  –  Bicycle Maps, Tours & Resources for the Adventure Traveler. Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. We help cyclists explore the landscapes and history of America for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
• Bikenomics - How Bicycling Can Save the Economy - By Elly Blue 
• Biker’s Barbecue – Very entertaining story of two young Austrians who discover the incredible hospitality of Americans while cycling coast to coast across the US.
• Katy Trail Guide Book – A must-have for anyone considering a trip on Missouri’s Katy Trail!
• Cycle Logic Press – Great books about cycling in unusual spots around the globe.
• Metal Cowboy – Joe Kurmaski’s book about cycling around the world, plus other books.
• Pete & Ed Books – Great resource for books related to bicycles, bicycling and other out-door sports.
• The Roads of Oklahoma – A detailed map set of all counties in Oklahoma. All roads in existence at time of publication are shown. Scale: 1? = 2.5 mi (also available at some book stores and WalMarts)        

Cycling Merchandise

• Bicycles in Glass – Bicycles exquisitely hand sculptured in glass.
• Adventure Cycling  –  Bicycle Maps, Tours & Resources for the Adventure Traveler. Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. We help cyclists explore the landscapes and history of America for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
•  BicycleGifts.com – Some very unique items, all cycling-related. Check it out!
•  Spongy Wonder Bike Seat – Check this out. It just may be the answer to your bike seat woes.

Travelogues & Cycling Stories

• WyOkies.com – Stories and pictures of the cycling adventures with Jim and  Laurie Allshouse,  a couple of fun-loving Wyoming natives transplanted to Oklahoma.
• Emigrant Trail Report – Travelogue of a bicycle ride retracing the trail taken by the Mormons in their movement westward to Utah. Chimney Rock Nebraska and going to Salt Lake City.
• Jim Foreman's Favorite Stories – A collection of bicycling and other stories written by OBS member, Jim Foreman. Take a look; lots of laughs. This site now also includes several FREE full-length books.
• Ducky’s Banff Trip – Well written and interesting account of Kaitlin Duck Sherwood’s adventure in Canada. Also links to her even more interesting account of cycling in New Zealand.        

General Cycling Information

• Healthy Cycling: A Beginner's Guide - lots of suggestions for the new rider
• A Beginners Guide to Cycling
• Bicycle Touring 101 – New site with lots of great touring information, especially for anyone just getting into cycle touring.
•  RoadBikeRider – On-line cycling magazine.
• Travel With Bikes – Extensive information on air carrier rules regarding bikes, how to box a bike for travel, etc.
• Maintenance Guide and Riding Tips – A wealth of great cycling information.
• The Cyclists’ Yellow Pages – Positively, unequivocally, beyond doubt, indubitably, and unquestionably the premier bicycle-tour planning resource in existence – really! In print for 23 years, but on-line for the first time in 2002.
• Mike’s Mega Bicycle Links – TONS of bike info and interesting links.
• Bicycling Life – Another very informative site with lots of excellent information on touring.
• BikeMap – National guide to bikes on public transit.
• Learning to ride a bike - Balance – A unique approach to teaching a child to ride a bike.
• Kansas Cyclist - one of the best sources of cycling info for all states.
• Costs to bring your bike on an airplane
• The Bicycle Garage: A Guide For Bike Riders
  

Bicycle Safety and Cycling Laws

• Oklahoma City Bicycle Ordinace – (PDF) – know the law!  OKC Laws State Laws
• Bicycle Transport Institute – A website promoting the idea of driving a bicycle rather than riding. Worthy of a read–it’s what most experienced road riders do.
•  Bicycling Street Smarts – Excellent, fantastic, easy to read on-line book on how to ride a bicycle safely. A MUST READ for ALL cyclists.
• Riding in Pennsylvania – Some great cycling safety information. Most of it applies anywhere, not just in Penn.
• Oklahoma Bicycle Manual  – Oklahoma laws governing cycling AND numerous safety tips.
• University of Oklahoma Police Department Bike Safety Notes – Some good safety and bike security tips here.
• On The Road: Bicycle Safety – geared toward teaching children to ride safely.
• Proper Helmet Fit – Does your or your child’s helmet fit properly? If not, it won’t give the protection it should in a crash. This is the best helmet fit information we have found.
• Is a Helmet Worth It? How Brain Injuries Affect Different Body Functions

Miscellaneous

•  Quote Garden – Quotations about bicycling
•  BikeKatyTrail.com – Great Katy Trail resource site.
• Oklahoma Bicycle Coalition – Statewide advocacy group.
• OKC Trails – Master Plan 2008, maps, etc.   Oklahoma Bike Trails
• Get Moving OKC
• Adventure Sports Promotions – New web site promoting “Adventure Racing”, mountain bike races, trail running and triathlons in Oklahoma, Kansas & Arkansas. This is kewl, check it out!!
  
• National Bicycle Tour Directors’ Association – Listings/calendar of rides three days or longer in the US, Canada, Mexico and France.
• Report a Trail Problem– Notify your city of trail and route problems.
  
• Bicycle Reviews, guides and How-To

Cool Links

• League of American Bicyclists – National cycling advocacy organization.
• Rails to Trails Conservancy – National rail-trail advocacy and development organization.
• Adventure Cycling  –  Bicycle Maps, Tours & Resources for the Adventure Traveler Desc: Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. We help cyclists explore the landscapes and history of America for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
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• Oklahoma City Visitor’s Page – Great non-business site with lots of facts and info about OKC.
• Travel Oklahoma – New site for Oklahoma Dept. of Tourism
• Bicycle Hospitality Lists – People willing to provide camping space or beds to touring cyclists. Includes the Warm Showers list…the only list available on-line.
• LakeHefner.org – A new organization dedicated to the preservation of Lake Hefner for nature and recreation.