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The Bikes
The Ride
Street technique + safety
Racing
Shops
Bikes, frames and parts
      Messengers
      General bike stuff
      Commuting, advocacy
      Bike Culture
      Other old skool stuff



The Bikes
63xc.com - Webzine for off-road fixed-gear
Dennis Bean-Larson's gallery of fixes, a few track bikes
Fixed-Gear-Fever's gear ratio chart
"Fixed Innovations" page - converting from free to fixed
Greg Goode's "Chains 101" - about track chains
Sheldon Brown's collection of fixed-gear articles
Sheldon's fixed-gear calculator
Taliah Lempert's bike paintings, many track bikes
Track FAQ

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The Ride
Greg Goode's "Fixed Gear 101" - How To
Greg Goode's "No Brakes -- Or, Zen on Wheels"
The fixed-gear Internet e-mail list
How not to get hit by cars. Read it!
Outlaw Bicyclin'
Sheldon Brown's fixed-gear testimonials

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Street Riding Techniques and Safety
Boston-based guide to riding on the street
How not to get hit by cars!
Outlaw Bicyclin'
Road safety skills
Bicycle crash statistics
What to do if you crash
Tough traffic situations

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The Racing Scene
Fixed-Gear Fever - the competitive track scene
U.K. track racing coverage
Another track racing info page
Cycling News' track coverage
Fat Nick's Euro track racing mag Street fix-gear racing w/ Richmond VA's Sprint Club

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Track-Bike-Friendly Shops
Trackstar NYC, 34 E. First St., NYC. 212-982-2553. World's first track-only bike shop?
Acme Bikes, Kansas City, MO. Tallbikes too!
ANewGen Bikes, 212-757-2418 / NYC
Bicycle Habitat, 212-431-3315 / NYC
Bike Works, 212-388-1077 / NYC
Bill Ron's Bikes, great track selection, Redondo Beach, CA
Counterbalance Bicycles, 206-352-3252 / Seattle
Emey's Bike Shop, 212-475-7409 / NYC
Enoch's Bike Shop, 212-582-0620 / NYC
Conrad's Bike Shop, 212-697-6966 / NYC
Bicycle Renaissance, 212-724-2350 / NYC
Larry and Jeff's 2nd. Ave. Bicycles Plus, 212-722-2201 / NYC
Keirin Berlin, in Berlin! Cycle culture cafe. Fixed stuff here.
NYC Bikes, Brooklyn, make their own fix, good price!
R & A Cycles, 718-638-0479 / NYC
Toga Bike Shop, 212-799-9625 / NYC
Bikesmith, 206-632-3102 / Seattle, WA
Bike 101, 858-793-5431 / Solana Beach (San Diego area), CA

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Track Bikes, Frames or Parts
IRO Cycles - several fixed models, Staten Island
David Munson: fixed-gear gear
American Cyclery - frames and parts
AOL's Track bike market
Don Walker Cycles, pro track frames, Hewitt, TX
Lehigh County Velodrome Spring Flea Market
Bill Ron's Bikes, great track selection, Redondo Beach, CA
Bulltek Sports - check the track frames catalog
Business Cycles - obscure parts or entire bikes
Chicagoland Bicycle
Circle-A Cycles - great frames, and anarchism
Competitive Cyclist/equipment
Fixed-Gear Fever's Pista Market
TrackbikeSource.com - supplier for track frames
Sheldon Brown's Harris Cyclery
World Class Cycles - lots of track stuff, close to NYC!
NYC's Bike Works - they love track bikes here
NYC's Bicycle Habitat - track bikes here too
International framebuilders list/some track
Framebuilders by region in the U.S., many phone numbers
Framebuilder e-mail group
Rich Adams Bikes
Fuji
Benotto
Bianchi U.S.A.
Brew Bikes
Brooks Saddles here - Wallingford Bike Parts
Cinelli
Ciöcc
Colnago
Corima
Courtney Custom Cycles
Deeside Cycles
Eddy Merckx
Albert Eistentraut bikes
Ganwell Pro (American Cyclery)
Gitane
Ground-Up Designs
Gunnar
Harry Havnoonian
Hetchins Collectors
Hetchins custom
Innerlight
Bob Jackson
Javelin
KHS
Kogswell Cycles: fixed-gear frames here
Landshark
Marinoni
Masi Bicycles
Mercian
Richard Moon Cycles
Peter Mooney
Moots
Nagasawa Catalog at NYC's Bike Works
Olmo
Olmo importer
Fred Parr, since 1967
Phil Wood
Richard Sachs Custom Frames
Rivendell
Serotta
Seven Cycles
Solo Velo Bikes
Soma Fabrications
Somec
Spectrum
Steelman Cycles
Carl Strong Frames
Sugino
Surly
Tiemeyer Cycles
Tommasini
Torelli
Vanilla Bicycles Track Frames page
Wallingford Bicycle Parts - Brooks Saddles here!
Waterford
Yamaguchi

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Messenger links
Bicycle Messenger Emergency Fund - Please help!

Bicycle Messenger Emergency Fund - Please help!
Keirin Berlin, in Berlin! Cycle culture cafe. Get the messenger DVD Pedal here!
Dan Gladstone's site for messenger news, events and photos
Carlos's Cycle Messenger New York - vids and pix!!
Carlos's Monster Track NYC site - pix!!
Seattle/Cycle Messenger World Championships, 9/03
Kick Ass Track Bikes
Boston Scrambler Race (May 24, 2003)
Seattle Messenger site - lots of fix stuff
NYC Massive messenger site
DC Courier
Intl. Fed. of Bike Messenger Assocs.
New York Bike Messenger Assoc.
Trackbike.com - Messenger track bike site
Veloshop.org - supporting Portland Messengers


General Bike Link Pages
Basis Systeme Network - technical calculations
BikeSutra.com - lots of links
Campagnolo appreciation site
Damon Rinard - things techical
Exploratorium, the sceince of cycling
Rob Nelson - "Full Nelson Bags" - Messenger bags and others
NY Bike Works' link pages
Sheldon Brown's link pages
Mike Bentley's Bike Links
"Nelson's" Bike Links
Waverly Cycles' links page/all kinds

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Transportation, Commuting, Activism
Articles and links on commuting
Bicycle lobbyists, Federal level
Bike to Work.com
Carbusters - International free movement
Carfree.com
Critical Mass Global coverage
Critical Mass hub - Worldwide
NYC Critical Mass info Go By Bicycle - simple beautiful site, fix-friendly!
Handcycling community site
Handcycling company - Off-road cycles
How not to get hit by cars. Read it!
International Bike Fund - about bike advocacy, not money
The International Human Powered Vehicle Association
League of American Bicyclists
Maps for bike-friendly cities
National Bicycle Greenway, for bike paths
National Center for Biking and Walking
NYC's Transportation Alternatives
NYC-based site on car-free street use
NYC - Getting around on a bike
Same Roads, Same Rights, Same Rules
Self-Propelled City
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Time's Up - NYC Environmental Action and Critical Mass
Veloshop - Portland's Vegan Cycling Store
Wheelchair Junkie

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Bike Culture
Trackstar NYC, 34 E. First St., NYC. 212-982-2553. Street-fix urban bike culture!!
Cherokee Spoke Cards and other Cherokee culture. Unique!
NYC's Annual Bicycle Film Festival
Bicycle films
Bicycle Trials
BMX general
BMX Flatland riding
BMX Flatland stuff
BMX vids
Brooklyn Machine Works - heavy metal here!
CARS-R-COFFINS
Choppers on a world conquest
Choppers - Chunk 666
Chopper Riding Urban Dwellers
Cinecycle - Brooklyn-based video/film company.
Fixed-gear artistic cycling, as in the film QUICKSILVER
Fixed-gear Artistic cycling video!
Lovely Lowrider - dealer in the U.K.
Aztlan - Lowrider dealer in Chino, CA
Luxury Lowriders - Custom rides in Orlando, FL
Matt Chester: Titaniums, Singlespeeds, and Fixes
MTB Freeriding
MTB - Retro Grouch Moto Club
Randonneurs USA
Riders of Brohan - bikes and beer in Richmond, VA
Single Speeds Anonymous
The Angry Bitter Single Speed Society
Single Speed Outlaw
Singlespeed.net
Unicycling home page
Unicycling personal home page
Vintage price guide, Sheldon Brown's
Vintage bike parts
Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
Vintage - Classic Rendezvous

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Other Old Skool Stuff
Central Park Dance Skaters Assoc. - old skool music
Lo-Fi Customs - bike and messenger art
The Home of Lowbrow Art
Global Soul - old skool's "today" mixes. The best! And FREE!
Old skool music titles
Skategroove - old skool skate clubs

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