Useful Links
Bicycle organisations / campaigns
- CTC - The UK's national cyclists' organisation.
- Newcastle Cycling Campaign - Campaign for improved cycle provision in Newcastle
- Sustrans is a charity that works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport.
- British Cycling is the National Governing Body for cycling in the UK
- IMBA - The international mountain bicycling association.
- International Bicycle Fund
- Cyclenation - cycle campaigning
Local cycle clubs
Cycle shops
There's a list of cycle shops throughout the North East on the cycle-routes website.
- Benton: Cyclelogical
- Byker: Edinburgh bicycle co-op
- Byker: Cycle Centre
- Cowgate: The Bike Place
- Gosforth: M Steel Cycles
- Metro Centre: Evans in Allison Court (behind Marriott and Ikea)
- Newburn: KB Cycles
- North Shields: tyne cycles
- Prudhoe: Bicycle Repair Man Look out for the big blue sign on the back of the shop from the road.
- Tynemouth: Whiptail cycles
- Whitley Bay: Dixon Cycles
Recyke y' bike is a charity in Byker which accepts donated bikes and reconditions them for sale or for shipping to Africa.
Norman Fay specialises in repairing folding bicycles. He can pick up, repair and return the bike.
Non local/online shops
Cycle Rental
ScratchBikes have bikes around the campus that can be rented for single journeys (from Oct 2010)
Cycle Transport
For transport of you and bike to somewhere nice to start cycling from
Training
Training for new, returning, (and even experienced) cyclists is offered by:
Other links
- Go Smarter - Transport options (cycling/walking/car sharing/public transport) in Tyne and Wear
- Walkit.com - Route planning for pedestrians
- Why Cycle - Advice for potential/new cyclists
- Tyne and Wear local transport plan. This page has downloadable cyclemaps, and links to local authority cycling webpages.
- Newcastle University's travel plan and cycle to work webpage.
- Newcastle Council's cycling in Newcastle page
- Cycle Gateshead is Gateshead Council's excellent website, from which you (amongst other things) can download Cycle North East - a guide to cycle events in the region.
- Bike for all - General cycling resource
- The Highway Code rules for cyclists
- A recommended book on safe cycling is cyclecraft
- Sheldon Brown's home page has a mass of bicycle related information
- Tips for anyone wanting to cycle on snow on ICEBIKE
- Trento Bike pages Collection of descriptions / reports of cycle touring in many countries
- Round the world cycle tour in aid of orphanages Better Life Cycle
- Webpage stats on these pages from www.statcounter.com
If the university pays your salary, you can use this scheme
to buy a new bike free of tax ( !!CURRENTLY SUSPENDED!! until some time in 2011. Some details on the university cyclescheme webpage
)
