EBC Bike Links
Last Updated 12/25/10

Favorite Links

• Great Lake Randonneurs Manages brevet series for randonneurs in the Midwest area to prepare for Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), Boston-Montreal-Boston (BMB), or any other long distance event.
• RAGBRAI CUBS - Several EBC members do the Iowa ride with CUBS.   Pictures & Journals of the ride.
• Seattle Bike Touring Club - Bike club in Seattle, WA with maps and cue sheets of rides in the area. 
• Windy City Biker  - web journal devoted to bike commuting in Chicago by EBC member Steve O'Reilly.
• Chicago Bike Winter -- Tips for Winter Biking
• LIB Schedule of Rides - League of Illinois Bicyclists list of Illinois rides & invitationals
• MrBike - Dave Glowacz gives tips on urban biking
• Midwest Bike Rides by Mike's Bikes - List of rides and invitationals in the Midwest
• Boca Raton Bicycle Club  - Don Braverman's Florida Bike Club
• Bike Safety for Kids -  Info about children on bicycles and teaching them safe riding. (Thanks to Richard Sloan) .
• Lance Armstrong - Official Lance Armstrong web site
• Northbrook Velodrome - Race Schedule and other information
• Illinois Department of Transportation Bicycling -  Great resource for Illinois bike maps, laws, and issues.
• BikeJournal.com - A resource for tracking your mileage and meeting other bikers.
• North Suburban Complete Streets - A cycling advocacy group coordinating with the Active Transportation Alliance
• Active Transportation Alliance - Chicagoland's voice for better biking, walking, and transit
• The Chainlink - A one-stop resource for Chicagoland cyclists to find rides and routes, share information and connect with other cyclists.
• EBC20MPH - Blog to promote EBC's 20+ mph rides by Randy Pickard
• Course Marking - Biking website, includes an open forum
• A Guide to Bike Racing for Beginners and Competitors - Guide to getting started in tournament racing.

• Chicagoland Cycling Clubs
• Bicycle Rides & Tours
• Bicycle Web Directories

Chicagoland Cycling Clubs

This is a list of recreational and racing cycling clubs in the Chicago area, with links to club websites or email addresses.  To add your site to this list, click here.  For info on clubs not reachable via the Internet, or on clubs outside the Chicago area, check out this statewide club listing.

Chicago:

• Chicago Cycling Club - our touring neighbors in "Baja Evanston"
• Heartland Cycling Club (email for info)

North / Northwest Suburbs:

• Arlington Heights Bicycle Association
• G.S.L.A.M. (Buffalo Grove - email for info)
• Schaumburg Bicycle Club
• Velo Club Roubaix (Highland Park)
• Wheeling Wheelmen

West Suburbs:

• Elmhurst Bicycle Club
• Fox Valley Bicycle & Ski Club (St. Charles)

South / Southwest Suburbs:

• Bike Psychos (Oak Lawn)
• South Chicago Wheelmen (Crete)
• Folks On Spokes Online Clubhouse (Flossmoor)

Bicycle Rides & Tours

• Illinois and Midwest Bike Rides
• National Bicycle Tour Directors Association
• Adventure Cycling Association
• Two Bicycles and a Map (bikewisconsin.com) - Bike Tours in Wisconsin.  They have given presentations to our club on their bike trips.

Bicycle Web Directories

• www.bikelane.com - Links to almost everything about bicycling
• www.mikebentley.com/bike - Good Collection of bike links well organized
• www.chicagobikeshops.info - Links to Chicago area bike shops
• www.cyclemyway.com - A posting of events, cycling clubs, and bike shops in the Great Lake States.