This Cycling category is dedicated to cataloging all the significant cycling resources on the Internet.
The mission statement for the Cycling category is: "Ride more!" To support that we seek to have information on where to ride (touring & maps), who to ride with (clubs and organizations), how to ride ( Road, off-road, track, etc.), and everything else in between that makes cycling more interesting.
Topics such as Triathlon can be found in their own categories. This is because these groups have their own culture and focus.
If you are suggesting a website for a cycling manufacturer that does not provide online shopping, please suggest it to Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Sporting Goods: Cycling.
If you are suggesting a website that provides a means for online shopping via a shopping cart, phone or email orders, please suggest to Shopping/Sports/Cycling.
Major categories with regional interests include:
- Bike Shops - includes subcategories for local bike retailers and dealers.
- Organizations - here you'll find international, national and local bike clubs, racing teams, and advocacy organizations.
- Tour Operators - suggest touring companies that provide bicycle tours to a particular region and country.
This category is for English language sites only.
Websites with no English should be suggested to the appropriate World category.
DO NOT SUGGEST a bike shop that provides online pricing, and ordering (online, phone or fax) of cycling equipment, accessories or components internationally or nationally.
For these "bike shops", please suggest ONLY to the Shopping: Sports: Cycling category.
- In the "Title", please only include the name of the company/bike shop.
- In the "Description", please include a unique description and the location (city, state/province).
- Do not add marketing talk such as "we" and "the best selection" or "the largest selection"
- Please submit to the correct location:
Only suggest websites to this level, if the bike shop is located in the Polar Regions, Caribbean, South America, or Africa. Otherwise, please do 'deeper'.
If the submitted site is for a BMX park or particular local scene, then please submit your site to Sports/Cycling/Regional/ category. Please mention the location such as, "Southern California" or "Vancover, British Columbia".
DO NOT include wording such as, "the coolest", "the best", "and more", "etc.". Also, do NOT include ALL CAPS.
Submissions that do not follow these guidelines may result in large delay or failure to have site listed.
Do not submit your site''s home page, unless the site''s main purpose is an online chat or forum. For example, Yahoo! Groups would be acceptable
For Title include:
- Official name of university (not the team), such as "University of [Name] at [Location].
- Official or slang name of team, such as "The UBA Cycling Club" - Followed by what information is contained on the site such as, "photos, news, local trail guide, results and events calendar, message board, mailing list, and membership information."
- Next, you may want to include conference affiliation, such as "; an NCCA - ACCC member."
Do not submit cycling "events", such as racing events.
Do not submit collegiate cycling conferences or university sites here.
Use for sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of resources covering cycling sport.
Directories is used in place of Guides for sites which provide a straight list of sites, sometimes with a brief description and not, generally, including additional information.
For example, the Curlie is a directory.- Cycle Ball - also known as Cycle Soccer or Radball (German). It is a court game played while riding a bike. It is very popular in Europe and Asia.
- Artistic Cycling - also known as, Cycle Figure. Competitions involve performing acrobatic and artistic move on a bicycle. There are single and pair categories for both male and female.
Re-direct sites that are not in English to the World: category.
For Deutche language sites on radball, please submit to the World: Deutsch: Sport: Radsport: Radball category.
Please submit Informational Sites Only to this category.
Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate region under World
If you are selling a product related to mountain biking, please submit your site under /Shopping/Sports/Cycling/Mountain_Biking/.
If you manufacture a product related to mountain biking, please submit your site under /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Sporting_Goods/Cycling/.
Cycling organization sites should be submitted under /Sports/Cycling/Organizations/.
Sites offering mountain bike travel opportunities should be submitted under /Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Adventure_and_Sports/Sporting_Events/.
When possible, please submit sites to the most appropriate subcategory. If a suitable category does not exist feel free to suggest one to the category editor via the editor feedback link.
Your site may well be more suited to the appropriate Sports: Cycling: Regional category.
Site must be in English. If not, please see Sports: Cycling for a listing of numerous non-English categories in the World: category.
For personal accounts of cycle tours and travel, please submit to the travelogues sub-category.
According to the Bicycle Polo Association of America:
"Bicycle polo combines three key elements: cycling, racket sports, and team play. Most active people currently enjoy at least one of those by itself (e.g. mountain biking, tennis, or basketball)."
For sites in Dutch -Nederlands language.
For sites in French - Fran�ais language.
For sites in German - Deutsch language.
For sites in Spanish - Espa�ol language.
Otherwise, please redirect submissions to the proper continent and country subject subcategories.
This category is NOT for products or services offered or wanted.
For maintenance and repair, please submit to FAQs,_Help,_and_Tutorials.
This category includes entries about bicycle and cycling travel, not specific to travelogues (personal accounts about tours conducted in someone's past) and tour operators (a company that provides cycle and bicycle tours).
This top category would include directories of bicycle travel, chats and forums on bicycle travel, magazines and e-zines on bicycle travel, associations, guides and resources that do not directly sell bicycle travel opportunities.
See the Submission Notice for more details.
Submit cycling-related travel to this category, with the following exceptions:
- For one-day annual tour and ride events (usually 150 miles or less) for charity or some other purpose in a specific country, state or locale, please submit to Sports/Cycling/Regional.
- For tour operators that operate only within a specific state, then it is suggested to submit your request to the same regional category.
- Sites that are
not specifically tour operators or travelogues (personal accounts), such as bicycle travel directories, associations or message boards, then please submit directly to this category.
Thanks and happy touring!
The one-wheeled sport of unicycling has a wide range of possibilities that can be done such as Mountain Unicycling, Long Distance, Unicycle Hockey, Freestyle and many others.