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Cycling Advocacy

Indiana Bicycle Coalition

The Indiana Bicycle Coalition (IBC) is "the statewide voice of the Indiana bicycling community. The Coalition serves all those involved in bicycling by providing information, education, organization, promotion and advocacy."

League of American Bicyclists

The Bloomington Bicycle Club is affiliated with the League of American Bicyclists, the leading national organization of bicyclists. The LAB sponsors bicycling rallies and supports work at the federal level for laws, regulations, and attitudes favorable to bicyclists. The LAB supervises the nationally known Effective Cycling course, an intensive program in safe knowledgeable cycling.


Touring

Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association, founded in 1973 as Bikecentennial, is America's largest organization of recreational cyclists. The organization's mission is to "inspire individuals to use the bicycle for exploration, discovery, and adventure."

Bike Rides in Indiana

Bike rides in Indiana is a site maintained by Michael Heyes which lists rides in Indiana and surrounding states.

Bike Rides in the Midwest

Bike rides in the Midwest is a site maintained by Mike Bentley which lists monthly tours in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

deCycles Indiana

DeCycles Indiana is a nonprofit Christian-oriented youth organization offering lengthy summer bicycle trips for teenagers and young adults.

National Bicycle Tour Directors Association

The National Bicycle Tour Directors Association (NBTDA) is a group of ride coordinators and directors of tours which are three days or longer.

The Trento Bike Pages

The Trento Bike Pages give information on touring and mountain biking in Europe.

Randonneurs USA (RUSA)

This the website of RUSA, the official organization for randoneurring in the US. A randonneur is "a hard-riding bicycle enthusiast who is trying to complete sanctioned long-distance bicycle events inside a certain time allotment."


Road and Track Racing

American Bicycle Racing

American Bicycle Racing (ABR) is dedicated to grassroots cycling. The organization offers race sanctions, race insurance to promoters, membership licenses, educational services, and quality racing.

Bloomington High School South Solar Bike Teams

The Bloomington High School South Solar Bike Teams build and race bikes partially powered with solar energy.

Indiana University Student Foundation

The Indiana University Student Foundation (IUSF) provides information on Indiana University Bloomington's famous Little 500 race.

Team Tortuga

Team Tortuga is a team of students at Indiana University and professionals in the Bloomington area, run strictly through the efforts of its own athletes.

United States Cycling Federation

The United States Cycling Federation (USCF) oversees road and track bicycle racing in the United States.


Mountain Biking

DINO Series Mountain Bike Races

The DINO series is Indiana's oldest and largest mountain bike racing series. The series is under new ownership and management as of 2001.

International Mountain Biking Association

Founded in 1988, the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) promotes "environmentally sound and socially responsible" mountain biking.

Wapehani Mountain Bike Park

Wapehani Mountain Bike Park offers 34 acres of good mountain biking right in the heart of Bloomington, maintained by volunteers.


Indiana Cycling Clubs

Central Indiana Bicycling Association

The Central Indiana Bicycling Association (CIBA) is "a not-for-profit organization devoted to encouraging the use of the bicycle as a means for touring, exercising, and commuting." Visit their site for information on the Hilly Hundred tour and the NITE ride.

George on the ride around Lake Monroe

Calumet Crank Club in northwestern Indiana

Circus City Cyclists in Peru, IN

Evansville Bicycle Club in Evansville, IN

Michiana Bicycle Association in Granger, IN

Richmond Cyclers in Richmond, IN

Three Rivers Velos Club, Inc. in Fort Wayne

Wabash River Cycle Club in Lafayette, IN


Other Area Cycling Clubs

The Cincinnati Cycle Club in Cincinnati, Ohio

Louisville Bicycle Club in Louisville, Kentucky

Central Kentucky Wheelmen in Elizabethtown, Kentucky


Other Resources

Cyber Cyclery

Cyber Cyclery offers a collection of links to bike related resources, services, and information. The site serves as a gateway to listservs, websites, forums, directories, online bike shops, classifieds, events, and jobs.

Ken Kifer's Bike Pages

Ken Kifer's Bike Pages includes information on the cyclist lifestyle, commuting, camping and touring, health and fitness, safety and advocacy, basic cycling skills, statistics, and cycling humor.

Monroe County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau

The Monroe County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau website, Breakaway to Bloomington, Indiana, has maps, information on lodging, and calendars of activities in Bloomington.

UltraMarathon Cycling Association

The UltraMarathon Cycling Association (UMCA) is a non-profit international club with over 1,200 members in 20 countries. The UMCA sponsors a range of events, including the Year Rounder Century Challenge.

Women With Will Triathlon and Multisport Group

Women With Will is Bloomington's triathlon and multisport group for women only, open to all abilities and ages. The group coordinates bike rides Band other fitness training activities.




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