L I N K S

RAIL-TRAILS and other bike trails in the area

West Virginia Rails to Trails Council http://www.wvrtc.org/

National Rails to Trails Conservancy http://www.railtrails.org/

Monongahela River Trails Conservancy (MRTC) http://montrails.org/

North Bend Rail-Trail State Park
http://www.wvparks.com/northbendrailtrail/

Coopers Rock Foundation, http://www.coopersrock.org/

Handy Site! Search for a Trail by Keyword, State, Region, or Activity http://www.traillink.com/

Youghiogheny River Trail, Pennsylvania, cycling along the Youghiogheny River http://www.youghrivertrail.com/ 

Ohiopyle State Park, Pennsylvania http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/ohio.htm

Allegheny Trail Alliance, Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA,http://www.atatrail.org/

C&O Canal, the official National Park Service site http://www.nps.gov/choh/

Greenbrier River Trail, West Virginia, cycling along the Greenbrier River http://www.greenbrierrivertrail.com/

Allegheny Highlands Trail, Elkins to Parsons and some day (?) to Thomas, West Virginia, http://www.highlandstrail.org/

American Trails http://www.americantrails.org/

The Ohio and Erie Canal Coalition http://www.ohioeriecanal.org/

The Kentucky Rails to Trails Council, Inc. http://www.kyrailtrail.org

A1 Trails Guide http://www.a1trails.com/




CYCLING ORGANIZATIONS, CLUBS, AND TOURISM

Appalachian Bicycle Racing Association http://www.ABRAracing.com

League of American Bicyclists http://www.bikeleague.org/

Adventure Cycling Association http://www.adv-cycling.org/

International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) http://www.imba.com/

Mountain State Wheelers Bicycle Club, based in Charleston, West Virginia http://www.mountainstatewheelers.org/

West Virginia Tourism: bike links in Wild & Wonderful West Virginia http://www.callwva.com/bicyclelinks.cfm/

The Bicycle Exchange: http://www.Bikexchange.com/ Keep an eye out for Jim Joyce's upcoming book (Spring '06?), which will feature 40 cartoons and 38 articles, tentatively titled 'The Bicycle Book of Wit, Wisdom and Wanderings,' to be published by www.thelocalhistorycompany.com, and featuring at least two WV writers, including second-to-none mechanic-columnist Andy Wallen.

Tandem Club: http://www.tandemclub.org/

USA Cycling: http://www.usacycling.org/

Ultra Marathon Cycling Association, Inc., http://www.ultracycling.com

Race Across America, http://www.raceacrossamerica.org

Velonews http://www.velonews.com



ANNUAL RIDES IN OUR AREA


Tour of the Scioto River Valley is held around the second weekend in May http://www.tosrv.org/

Calendar of Ohio Rides including the Marietta River Rendezvous at Marietta Ohio is usually held for two days in early June. See more information about this and other rides in Ohio on the Calendar of Ohio Rides at http://www.ohiocycling.info

Bike Virginia is usually held for five days around the third week of June (different part of the state each year); well organized www.bikevirginia.org/

Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure is a seven-day ride in mid-to-late June. See a different part of the state each year. http://www.goba.com

Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival: two days of cycling in mid October in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia http://www.shenandoahbike.org/

Sea Gull Century around Salisbury, Maryland is held on a Saturday in mid October with optional rides on Friday and Sunday http://www.seagullcentury.org/


WEATHER IN THE AREA

West Virginia weather http://www.wvweather.net/startpage.asp

West Virginia weather from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/wv/wv.html


MORE LINKS

Cyber Cyclery (formerly Velonet) has more cycling links than you’ll know what to do with. http://www.cycling.org/

Bicycle West Virginia http://www.bicyclewv.com/

Pedestrian and Bicycling Information Center, http://www.bicyclinginfo.org