Links

Caveat

The Southdown Velo is not responsible for the content of any of the following websites. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by the Southdown Velo.

If you find any broken links or would like to suggest a web site, please e-mail us.

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Southdown Velo sponsors and supporters

Geared Bikes and Wear

The Hunter Springs Consultancy

Continental Tyres

Science in Sport

News and information sites

LondonCycleSport.com - despite it's title this excellent website covers the south and south-east with news about all types of cycle sport.

BikeForAll.net is a joint initiative of the Bicycle Association and the Association of Cycle Traders. "Everything you wanted to know about cycling but were afraid to ask."

BIKEmagic is a news and information portal for mountain bikers.

bikeradar.com from the publishers of magazines Procycling, and Cycling Plus.

cycle1st.com claims to be the number one resource for finding quality cycling related websites on the web.

Cycling News is the No. 1 site for cycle racing around the world.

Cycling Quotient is an amazingly detailed rider ranking site.

Cycling Weekly is the site of the weekly magazine. Very good for news.

Renners database is an incredible list of all professional riders worldwide. Jerry Dove and Dick Goodall are amongst those listed.

roadbike review.com is an American site that reviews bikes and equipment.

RoadCyclingUk is an online road riding and racing magazine.

SheCycles is the online magazine for women cyclists.

The Bike Show is an audio (MP3 etc.) blog about cycling.

WomensCycling.net brings you news and results from the world of women's cycling.

XOOMGEAR has review of road and mountain bike equipment.

Road racing

Surrey Cycle Racing League The Surrey League organises races for all categories and ages.

British Cycling The internationally recognised cycling body for the UK.

LVRC The League of Veterans Racing Cyclists organises budget racing for the over 40s.

UCI The English pages of the international cycling organisation, the Union Cycliste International.

Cyclo cross

crosstube.net has lots of cross videos to watch online.

Cycle Chat forums has a cyclo-cross forum.

Cyclocross Magazine

Cyclocrossworld.com is an American site.

European Cyclo Cross videos

London Cyclo Cross League organises cyclo cross races in Sussex, Surrey, London, Kent and Essex.

Mud and Cowbells

Plus One Lap

Sven Nys is the king of cross.

UKCyclocross - Cyclocross news, results, photos, video, gear and forum.

Wessex Cyclo Cross League organises cyclo cross races in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and Berkshire.

Time trialling

South District of the CTT has details of all club and open Time Trials in the South District.

CTT - The Cycling Time Trials Council organises virtually all Time Trials in the UK.

London District of the CTT

West District of the CTT

Mountain biking

britishtrails is a resource for all mountain bikers.

Gorrick organise mountain bike events including cycle orienteering.

Mountain Bike Routes UK sells mountain bike routes for the UK.

MTB Britain has an extensive links section.

SouthernXC - mountain bike racing series in the south.

xcracer.com is for all you XC buddies.

Cyclo sportives, leisure events and touring

Isle of Wight Cycling Festival (September).

Audax UK - the premier long distance cyclists' association in the UK.

Bike Events claim to be the UK's largest organiser of fund raising and recreational cycle rides.

British Heart Foundation organises lots of cycling events in the UK and abroad.

cycle-route.com allows you to create map based routes and to share them.

Cyclosport UK Has information about Cyclo Sportives in the UK and abroad.

Little Lumpy sportive starts and finishes in Haslemere. Organised by Southdown member Rupert Maude.

Rural Rides includes some local ones.

Trail Break claim to be the UK's premier MTB and cycle event specialists.

Local cycling clubs

Bognor and Chichester Cycling Tourists Club.

Bognor Regis Cycling Club - More time triallists. Organise the renowned Goodwood Hilly Time Trial in October. Friendly.

Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club caters for all standards of cycling, from beginner to veteran. The club has a friendly atmosphere and is also competitive when it comes to racing and time trials.

Hampshire Road Club Mainly time trialling club, based around Havant area. Also a friendly crowd. Organise time trials throughout the summer at Funtington.

Portsmouth North End Cycling Club Mostly time triallists, but also organise the Norman Halewood Memorial road race. Based, unsurprisingly, around Portsmouth. Good folk who often help out at other people's events.

Southdowns Mountain Bike club - purely non-competitive off-roaders in the Havant area.

Team Axiom Friendly Portsmouth based crowd.

Training

About Sports Medicine is a very useful site with lots of articles about sports medicine.

Association of British Cycling Coaches - Will find you a coach and provide useful coaching articles.

Portsmouth School of Cycle Racing - runs on Friday evenings from Portsmouth track at the Mountbatten centre. Minimum age 3 years old. Maximum age - no limit.

Sports Coach is an encyclopedia of everything related sports physiology, training, nutrition and psychology. Well worth a browse.

Events and races

Chichester March includes an off-road cycling event starting in Chi and includes the Southdowns way.

Duo Normand An annual two-man Time Trial held in Normandy every year. Open to all categories and ages, from schoolboys to top professionals.

Le Tour The official website for the Tour de France.

Novecolli - A Gran Fondo which starts and finishes in Marco Pantani's home of Cesenatico.

Cycling in Belgium

Crazy About Belgium is the website for fans of cycling in Belgium,and of Belgium itself.

Cyclo Sprint is a Belgium cycle racing magazine.

De Grootste Belg - Meet Mrs Eddy Merckx.

WAOD organises non UCI races especially for veterans.

Wielerbond Vlaanderen is a Flemish site that includes a calendar of races in Flanders.

Photography

Cor Vos is one of the world's top professional cycling photographers.

CTM-images is a Flemish site.

CyclingView.be as the name suggests is a Belgium cycling site.

cyclingpictures.de by Florian and Susanne Schaaf.

Cycling-Pics is a Flemish site.

DGS Cycling Photography is the site of Dennis Sackett who takes pictures of road races and cyclo-cross in the South-East.

Graham Robins takes pictures at Wessex League cyclo crosses.

Graham Watson is the UK's best known cycling photographer.

Mike Anton is a Sussex based photographer who takes cycling pictures.

PJW Photos is the site of Paul Wright.

Wallis Photography is the site of Sussex based Chris Wallis.

Campaigning

Bike Week which happens in June every year.

Campaign for Better Transport Campaigning for a better transport system in the UK based upon sustainable alternatives to the car and lorry.

Home Zones Home Zones are based on the Dutch woonerf system where residents and pedestrians safely share space with cars and cyclists. There were nine pilot schemes in England and Wales at the time of writing.

Fill that hole is a website where you can report holes in the road.

Life Cycle UK is a unique charity that helps people take up cycling.

Road Danger Reduction Forum exists to promote the introduction of road danger reduction policies and their implementation.

RoadPeace exists to end discrimination of road crash victims and leniency towards road law breaking.

Stop at Red encourages cyclists to do just that. Makes sense really.

Sustrans The people behind the National Cycle Network.

Weird Cycle Lanes of Brighton - perhaps this should go under the humour section, except they are just examples of the sorts of things that make you want to cry.