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Clubs News and Information Rides Cycle Manufacturers (Tandems, Recumbents & Trikes)
Here are some sites we use and recommend to keep up on news and information about cycling.
Clubs News and Information Rides Cycle Manufacturers (Tandems, Recumbents & Trikes)
Clubs
Redmond Cycling Club
Our home club, organizer of RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day), Cannonball and S-2-S ultra-marathon events. Motto: "Where Hill is not a four letter word..."
Evergreen Tandem Club
Cycle with friendly tandem riders on tandem-friendly rides in the Northwest.
Randonneurs USA
Wanna go on a really long ride? RUSA is the US organization for the sport of randonneuring.
Seattle International Randonneurs
Our home randonneuring club, hub for all things rando in Washington.
Oregon Randonneurs
Great routes with beautiful scenery and we swear most rides end at a brewpub.
BC Randonneurs Cycling Club
You can go a long way north of the border and the natives are friendly.
Online Resources
Sheldon Brown's Website
Sheldon left us a treasure trove of information and digressions on bicycling gear and topics both common and obscure. Check out the Bicycle Humor section!
Tandem@Hobbes
THE international listserv for tandem riders. Subscribe (free) to daily message digests and access searchable archives of past discussions.
The Tandem Link
News and information and links to almost everything 'tandem'.
'BentRider Online
Great resource for happenings in the recumbent bike and trike world.
Recumbent & Tandem Rider Magazine
News and reviews of tandem and recumbent gear and happenings.
Alex Wetmore's HPV listserv
A discussion list for human powered vehicles of all types - land, sea and air.
VeloNews
"The Journal of Competitive Cycling" Race and gear news from around the world.
Cycling News.com
"The World Centre of Cycling" The Aussie slant on bikes and bike racing.
Steephill TV
Bike travelogue and links to race info and TV/Internet coverage.
Rides
TourBC
Our favorite bike tour. Hard riding, spectacular scenery.
Adventure Cycling
See America by bicycle! Routes, maps and guided tours from the people who created Bikecentennial in 1974.
American Lung Association of Washington - Trek Tri-Island
We support health research and go on a great ride all in one! Contact your local American Lung Association for similar opportunities.
Co-Motion Classic Tandem Stage Race
Think you're fast? Prove it! TT, criterium and road racing over a fine August weekend in Oregon.
Eastern Tandem Rally
Since 1973, one of the oldest gatherings of tandems in the US.
Human Power Challenge
Annual gathering for HPV speed demons since 1999. Hosted at the Portland International Raceway.
Northwest Tandem Rally
Annual summer tandem weekend in the Pacific Northwest.
Midwest Recumbent Rally
Summertime rides and more for 'bents and trikes, hosted by Hostel Shoppe of Wisconsin.
Midwest Tandem Rally
See the great Midwest on a bicycle built for two.
Southern California Recumbent Rally
Rides and more in sunny SoCal, hosted by BentUp Cycles in Van Nuys.
Southern Tandem Rally
Thirty years of two-fers touring the land of southern hospitality.
Tandems
Co-Motion Cycles
Tandem and touring bikes, handmade in Oregon, ridden all over the world.
Concept Technology
Custom tandems and monotube singles from Southern California.
Davidson Bicycles
Titanium singles and steel tandems from one of the Northwest's premier builders.
daVinci Designs
Road and off-road performance tandems with their exclusive Independent Drive system.
Rodriguez
Sport and touring singles and tandems since 1973. Strong steel bikes even lighter than Ti, Al or carbon.
Santana Cycles
Builder of top-quality tandems for over 30 years.
Recumbents
Bacchetta
Innovative shaped mono-tube frame design in SWB and LWB recumbent bikes.
Easy Racers
Building CWB and LWB recumbents since 1979.
Rans
CWB/LWB and recumbent tandems and exciting crank forward designs.
Trikes
Catrike
Made in USA manufacturer of high performance aluminum tadpole trikes.
Greenspeed
Trikes from the Down Under pioneer of three wheelers.
Hase Bikes
Performance delta trikes and the innovative Pino semi-recumbent from Germany.
HP Velotechnik
Performance tadpole trikes and recumbent bikes featuring fine German engineering.
Inspired Cycle Engineering Ltd
Trice tadpole trikes, and now recumbent bikes, from the UK.