Here is a list of bicycle-related links.
First of all, you should really go visit Sheldon Brown's
site. It's a mecca for
all things bike-related, featuring a huge glossary of terms, detailed
maintainance instructions, and a mountain of other stuff.
- Advocacy:
- Fixed/SS stuff:
- Whole bikes and frames
- Surly: they make a nice beefy
hub (what I have on my current fixed gear). They also make some
nice-looking frames.
- IRO Cycle: inexpensive
aluminum and steel fixed/ss frames. I have a Jamie Roy, and it's
taken all the abuse I can dish out.
- Fort Frames: Czech frame
builders
- Breezer Bikes: City
bikes by Joe Breeze (the mountainbiking legend)
- Soma Bikes: steel track
frame
- Kogswell: lugged steel frames
- Products/Shops
- Some bike blogs
- Loose
Nuts, Chris and Ryan, down in Athens
- The
New York Bike Snob
- Red Kite Prayer
and Belgium
Knee Warmers, great pro cycling commentary
- Fyxomatosis,
cheesecake photography from Australia. Someday I want to
buy a vintage, pretty frame from them.
- Cycling
Tips, also from the land of Oz
- The
Fat Cyclist: I don't want to hear you complain that you're fat.
- Watching
the World Wake Up, bikes and botany.
- Bad
Idea Racing, courtesey of team dicky
- Jill, up
in Alaska, at least most of the time.
- Epic Eric,
more Alaska
- Darkness
and Creepy Friendly,
crosstastic brothers in WI
- Mike
Curiak, riding and lacing big wheels
- Sasha Eysymontt
- Single Speed Outlaw
- Kent Peterson's blog:
this guy goes on 500+ mile self-supported tours on a fixed gear.
And you thought you were tough.
- Miscellaneous