Mountain Bike Magazine
News, feature articles, gear reports, tours, advice, and more from this popular periodical.

Mountain Bike Search and Rescue
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, mountain bike patrols perform SAR duties

International Police Mountain Bike Association
IPMBA trains and certifies police and EMS personnel for patrol duties.

MassBike Online - Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition
Advocacy, legislation, trailways.

MassBike Pioneer Valley
Here's a lot of news about biking in the Valley: rail trails and more.

Franklin-Hampshire Freewheelers
Cycling club's calendar of rides and tour routes with mileages.

Franklin County Bikeway
The proposed bikeway is envisioned as a 46-mile network of off-road trails and rural lanes, reaching from Leverett to Northfield.

Ride NOHO
Bicycle trips in the Northampton area.

Northampton Cycling Club
Coaching, clinics, races, rides, discounts.

Springfield Cyclonauts Club
Trip schedules, tours, classified ads.

Putney Bike Club
Road tours, races, and tech stuff.

Bicycles Unlimited
This Greenfield bike shop hosts a newsy web site for the cycling community. The Trip Reports are chatty, detailed descriptions of trail and road rides, good resources for planning your own trips.

West Hill Shop, Putney, Vt
See Neil Quinn for maps of nearby mountain bike trails.

The Spoke
Williamstown Bike shop with trip ideas and hill-climb race results.

Adventure Cycling Association
Maps, trips, maintenance info and more for the long-distance cycle tourist. Home to Adventure Cyclist Magazine.

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Leaders in advocating policy to support a national network of recreational trails built on abandoned railbeds.

Montague Plains
View the cycling trails on this map of the Montague Plains. Warning: large file (1.2 MB)!

The Norwottuck Rail Trail Online
Information about this rail trail so popular with walkers, cyclists, skaters, and skiers: directions, access, map, rules, history, and more.

Manhan Rail Trail
Here are updates on the status of this coming trail in Northampton. Be sure to click “Photo Gallery” and “Maps”.

Cheshire County (NH) Rail Trail I and II
Pretty good information on this NH rail trail between Keene and Hinsdale. Includes mileages and historical information. The links appear to be clones of each other.

Ashuelot Rail Trail
Here is a nice description of the trail south from Keene to Winchester.

“Rubel Western Massachusetts Bicycle Map”
Covers the Quabbin and west. Acclaimed and locally available in most bookstores, bike shops, and outdoors outfitters.

“Western Massachusetts Pocket Rides” by Laurie Breitner
Pocket card-maps of rides starting from the Norwottuck Rail Trail in Northampton and Belchertown.

“Bicycling the Pioneer Valley ... and Beyond”
Gorham. 28 bike trips. New England Cartographics.

“Mountain Bike! Vermont”
Subtitled, “A Guide to the Classic Trails.” Kate Carter describes 61 rides with photos, maps, mileages, and estimates of aerobic and technical difficulty. 250 pp, Menasha Ridge Press, 1998.

“Mountain Bike! New Hampshire”
Jeff Faust describes and maps 62 rides in the Granite State. 205 pp, Menasha Ridge Press, 1998.

“Bike Rides in the Berkshire Hills”
Lewis C. Cuyler guides the rider to 30 rides. 200 pp, Berkshire House Press, 1991.

East Coast Greenway
ECG is a proposed corridor connecting cities from Maine to Florida. Why anyone would want to go to Florida is beyond me.