• Washington, D.C. Area Bicycle Clubs:
  
  • Broad Brush
    • Meet-up groups, centered around Alexandria, VA on 1/2/2011.
  • Off Road
    • Mid-Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts. MORE offers riding in DC and beyond.
  • Road Racing Clubs
    • Artemis Racing Team. ART is a women's team in the VA-DC-Balt, MD area.
    • Chesapeake Wheelmen. CW is a Baltimore area racing club.
    • National Capital Velo Club, NCVC,   is the DC area's main road racing club.
    • Squadra Coppi. SC competes mostly in Northern Va.
    • Team Snow Valley. TSV is based in Annapolis, MD.
  • Road Touring Clubs
    • Annapolis Bicycle Club. ABC covers on&off road cycling in Annapolis and surroundings.
    • Baltimore Bicycle Club. BBC offers rides throughout the greater Baltimore area.
      • BBC Facebook Page.
    • Bike & Brunch. B&B rides in & around the DC area. B&B is Jewish oriented, and most rides are in the 20-40 mile range.
    • BBSSU has rides in and around DC. Its other advocacy interests include AIDS/HIV. They also work with WABA
    • Cumberland Valley Cycling Club. CVCC offers rides in Washington County and surroundings.
    • Frederick Pedalers. FPED covers riding in Frederick County and surroundings.
    • Oxon Hill Bicycle & Trail Club. OHBTC offers mostly on-road cycling in PG & Charles County, Md.
    • Potomac Pedalers Touring Club(PPTC). The club offers mostly on-road cycling in DC and beyond.
      • Most of PPTC's "social rides" are listed on Meetup.com.
      • Leading a PPTC ride. To send in a ride description, use the link on item #3. You must first assemble all the needed info - the phone number and E-mail you wish to provide, a ride title, weather wimp-out, etc. You'll soon learn that leading a ride is NOT difficult. You must be logged in for this to work.
            One extra item to bring is a sign-up sheet. They are here on the club web site.
      • PPTC Forums.
      • Facebook
        • PPTC Bike Club
        • Neal's "Home Page"
        • Neal's "Wall"
        • Neal's Facebook notes
    • Reston Bicycle Club. RBC covers mostly on-road riding in Northern VA.
    • VeloDCity does covers mostly on-road riding across the greater DC area.

• Washington, D.C. Area Regional Information:
  
  • Alexandria Biking. This comprehensive site has a trails map and commuter info for feet, bikes, vans, and cars.
  • Biking Book, Washington, DC and surroundings.
  • BikeDC runs a variety of events.
  • Bike Washington, formerly "Urban ATB", has an impressive range of DC area biking info. It covers on and off-road riding with route sheets for both realms. Politics and Metro use are also covered.
  • CAM. Cycle Across Maryland is an annual event that covers a different part of MD each year. Like other state-backed rides, it is about a week, 60ish miles/day, mostly camping, with a hotel option for each night.
  • CPABC. The College Park Area Bicycle Coalition covers pedaling and politics in the College Park( Md) area.
  • Too _cold_ to bike? Hike. Kathy Bilton has info on alternatives such as the C&O Canal and the Appalachian Trail.
  • CulturalTourismDC, helping DC residents and visitors discover, experience and celebrate the city's culture and heritage.
  • DC Area MetroRail Home Page
    • Bringing a bicycle on a Rail Car.
    • Parking a bike at Rail Stations.
    • Rail Map
    • MetroForward.com has maintenance schedules, Q&A, and Lost&Found.
    • Neal's Metro Misc.
  • The bike map page includes a good way to look at the W&OD, a 45 mile multi-use trail. The W&OD was a commuter rail line whose land is now owned by the NVRPA, the Northern Virgina Regional Park Authority.
  • Pedalers Google discussion group
  • Rockville, MD has the "Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee," staffed full time.
    The website has 2 matching URLs, long, and tiny. There is also a facebook page.
    They have E-mail.
  • The Seagull Century, from Salisbury MD, attracts 6,000+ every October. Flat and well-run, it is good for first-time century riders.
  • WABA, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, is a major cycling advocacy group. Many significant accomplishments.

• American Information:
  
  • Bikely.com has a cue sheet library.
    An example, out of Tyler Elementray in Gainesville, VA, is here.
  • BHSI. The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute provides safety information for riders and consulting for manufacturers.
  • LAB. The League of American Bicyclists is biking's national advocacy group, providing both political guidance and enjoyable events since 1880.

• International Information:
  
  • Newsgroups. There are about 40,000 Newsgroups in Usenet. Here is a listing of biking newsgroups.
  • Bike safety information from Australian insurance company Guardian.
    • Another safety item here is the BHSI, listed under American Information just above.

• Tech Information:
  
  • Spoke Guages, from the late Sheldon Brown
  • Drill Sizes, Wikipedia
  • Tap Drill Sizes. inch and metric.
  • Carbon frames can be fixed. A Bicycling Magazine article about fixing them on P.74 recommends 3 places: Calfee, other two tomorrow, 4-20-12.
  • English thread info is here. Similar pages can be found by searching 'screw + 8-32 + major diameter'. Some major diameters: 4-40=0.112", 6-32= 0.138, and 8-32=0.164.
  • Truing Wheels, from Bicycling Magazine. You'll reach a page that discusses wheeltruing, and also has other maintenance topic choices. On the line near the screen top, in highlighted black, look for either "Maintenance" or "Repair" (both are used), then select 'Repair & Maintenance.'

• Retail Sales:
  
  • Bicycle retailers, Physical & Mail-order
    • College Park & Mt. Airy bike stores
    • Colorado Cyclist, mail order & 1 store in Colorado Springs, CO.
    • Excel , mail order & 1 store in Boulder, CO.
    • Nashbar, mail order only
    • Performance Bike, mail order & 80 stores in the US.
    • Proteus Bicycles, College Park, MD
    • Spokes etc, 5 VA stores
  • Bicycle Components
    • Full Speed Ahead bike parts company
    • Tires: Continental, Michelin, Vittoria.
  • Bicycle Manufacturers
    • Litespeed bicycle vendor
  • Euro-Asia Imports has old & new parts. Near LA, CA
  • Loose Screws, AKA Third Hand. Mostly old parts; mail order only.
  • Velo Classique, in Purcellville, VA, mostly parts for older bikes.
  • Specialty items:
    • Hardware chain stores: Fastenal and True Value.
    • My Headlight
    • Webersports.com sells spare parts for Bell & Giro helmets and Blackburn stuff. Also, note that similarly named Weber-sports.com is a typical online bike shop.

• Fun Things. First 6 things from from Bicycling Mag, Jan-Feb 2012
  
  • National Bicycle History Archive of America .
  • Velocipede Cycling.
  • Lovely Bicycle Blog.
  • Big Ring Riding.
  • Bangable Dudes in Pro Cycling.
  • The Bicycle Store.
  • Bike riding organizer.
  • Bike Organizing site.
  • Va Movie house that has occasional bike films.

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