With all this amazing weather we’re having at the moment, now is the perfect time to get on your bike and spend your weekends exploring the amazing countryside Englandshire has to offer (if you’re not doing so already that is). With the help of a few other keen cyclists, I’ve compiled this list of handy websites & apps that any keen cyclist needs to know about. If there are any more that you think we should know about, please feel free to drop us a line.
News
It doesn’t matter how you like to stay on top of your cycling news, we’ve got all the best resources right here:
Official Associations
Magazine
Mapping & Routes
If you’re a real cycling nerd, you’re going to want to keep track of where you’re riding and how fast you were shooting down that hill. These sites will help you do that. Some of them even have apps that’ll do it for you via your fancy iPhone. Others will be able to tell you where to find that gentle Sunday afternoon ride in the park you’ve been looking for.
- Cyclemeter – straight to the app
- Walk Jog Run – straight to the app
- GMaps Pedometer
- Map My Run
- Cycle Maps
- Bikely
- Cycle Route
Technical
Don’t know a derailleur hanger from a crankarm? You’re never going to want to get stuck with a puncture and not know how to fix it, so make sure you hone your bike fixing skills before you leave the house:
Shopping
Want to know where to pick up that new full suspension mountain bike from? Or maybe you’re just after some new accessories – whatever you’re after, check out the sites below:
- Wiggle. Make sure you check out their reviews first
- Halfords Make sure you check out their reviews first
- Cyclestore Make sure you check out their reviews first
- Evan’s Cycles Make sure you check out their reviews first
And now that you’ve got all of that sorted, I want to see you out cycling like this. Don’t forget to check out our bike reviews neither.
Check out http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/ run by the CTC and very easy to use to report road defects