BICYCLE ADVOCACY GROUP 1

America Bikes
The America Bikes organization is a political group focused on getting public policy to encourage more cycling as a means of alternative transportation.

Bikes Belong
Bikes Belong is a group of leaders in the bike industry who have the straight forward mission of "putting more people on bikes more often".

International Bicycle Fund
The IBF promotes cycling as a form of sustainable transportation. Their website also has an extensive list of cycling links covering everything from the history of biking to bike engineering and metallurgy.

BICYCLE ADVOCACY GROUP 2

Adventure Cycling
Adventure Cycling promotes cycling for fun and fitness but also produce maps for cycling routes and trails across the country.

Bicycling Info
The Pedestrian and Bicycling Information Center contains info on bike safety, bike engineering, biking for health and fitness, and bike outreach programs.

BikesRNotToys
Bikes R Not Toys is an information resource for those looking to buy a bike. It details the differences between buying a bike at a bike shop or buying one at a department store or toy store.

P.E.4Life
This is not a cycling website, but it is dedicated to promoting physical activity in youth for lifelong health.

BICYCLE SAFETY
Many of the advocacy groups have information on safety, but here are a few resources dedicated to safety.

BicyleSafe.com
Here is a detailed article on how to navigate traffic on a bike. This is a MUST read. Have a family? Print it out, talk about it with them now!

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute (BHSI)
An extensive resource with articles on how to buy and fit a helmet, helmet laws, standards, statistics and educational materials.

Bike Safety Tour
Here is an online bike safety tour designed to teach kids.

Bike Safety Cartoon
The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh online cartoon about bike safety.

Police Notebook - Bike Safety
A University of Oklahoma Police Department Web site with safety tips and links to articles.