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Antique and collectible bicycles include those that are old and have become rare and desirable collectors items, are custom made or are of a limited production run.
DO NOT SUBMIT a bike shop that provides online pricing, and ordering (online, phone or fax) of cycling equipment, accessories or components internationally or nationally. For these "bike shops", please submit ONLY to the Shopping: Sports: Cycling category.The term, "Bike Shops" and the entries in this category refer to bicycle service shops, bicycle repairs shops, full-service bicycle shops, or dealers/retailers that are of interest to a regional (or local) community. Please try and submit you site to the correct subcategory within BMX. Please submit personal pages to the appropriate category.BMX (aka, Bicycle Motorcross) and BSX (Bicycle Supercross) include a variety of cycling disciplines and areas such as street, flatland, vert and dirt jumping. Please submit the exact URL of the "chat or forum".Use for cycling-related groups of sites that include links for interactive, real-time online chat rooms, bulletin boards, discussion groups, and message boards.
This section is for bikes that are constructed for reasons other than performance or utility. The usual versions are choppers, but the category also includes species such as tallbikes, battle wagons, and amphibious pleasure craft.
For Title include:College and university web sites dedicated to cycling, including regional conferences. For commuter and cycling advocacy organizations, groups and coalitions, please submit your site to the appropriate Sports/Cycling/Regional/ area.Category contains cycling related sites involved in transportation methods (commuting) and safety (advocacy) of cyclists within their community. Use for formal and informal conferences, meetings, trade shows, and workshops, and associated events related to cycling. Use for sites containing alphabetical or classified lists of resources covering cycling sport. Directories is used in place of Guides for sites which provide a straight list of sites, sometimes with a brief description and not, generally, including additional information. For example, the Open Directory Project is a directory.
Some cyclists have disabilities which may affect the way they ride. For example, blind cyclists sometimes partner with sighted cyclists to ride tandem bicycles.
Only submit sites that contain maintenance tips that are provided online. In other words, bicycle shops that simply perform maintenance would not qualify.This category contains collections of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about bicycling. Most are from the various rec.bicycles.* newsgroups.
The following is an excerpt from HPV Deutschland e.V..
"Human-powered vehicles include land, air and aquatic vehicles. These vehicles are powered solely by human muscles. They don't use any form of stored energy."
HPVs can be divided into three main categories:
Air = Human Powered Aircraft (HPA),
Sea = Human Powered Boats (HPB),
Land = Recumbents and Handcycling.
Sites MUST be in ENGLISH. It is known that these sports are often played in Germany, Switzerland and Central Europe and may not have English language sites associated with them. Please do NOT submit a site unless it has English language content. Please submit Informational Sites Only to this category.
Please do not submit single news or press releases.Magazine and e-zines, publications, books, professional journals directed towards the cycling community, including road, tandem, human-powered vehicles, recumbents, handcycles, choppers, and lowriders. Sites with large repositories of articles. This category is mainly for organizations that represent cycling on a National or International level. Other categories exist for personal pages directed towards mountain biking and BMX.Collection of web pages about an individual or group and their interests in cycling, except for mountain biking and BMX (which have their own categories). Do NOT submit sites here, if the participant is on a horse, in a kayak or in the water! :) According to the Bicycle Polo Association of America: "Bicycle polo combines three key elements: cycling, racket sports, and team play. Most active people currently enjoy at least one of those by itself (e.g. mountain biking, tennis, or basketball)." This category only contains English language sites.
Railbikes are chain-driven cycles that are ridden on railroad tracks.
NO Sites should be submitted to this level unless related to the Polar Regions.Includes links to continental categories related to bike shops, tour operators, travelogues (personal travel accounts), and organizations, such as clubs and teams. Sites directly listed within the regional branch of cycling are usually restricted to general resource sites such as local bicycle laws, along with annual events held within a local area. Please submit products and services that teach children to ride a bicycle to http://freshlinks.net/odp.aspx/Shopping/Sports/Cycling/Children''s/Sites or pages dedicated to the education and promotion of bicycling safety. Also includes information from manufacturers of cycle safety products (e.g. helmets and lights). Sites offering techniques of engineering, construction, calculation maintenance and repair of bicycles and ancillary equipment. Please submit tandem clubs, teams, groups and organizations to the appropriate regional subcategory of the Sports/Cycling/Organizations category.Tandem bicycles enable two riders to share a bicycle. They usually have two sets of pedals so that both riders contribute to moving the bike.
This category includes entries about bicycle and cycling travel, not specific to travelogues (personal accounts about tours conducted in someone's past) and tour operators (a company that provides cycle and bicycle tours). This top category would include directories of bicycle travel, chats and forums on bicycle travel, magazines and e-zines on bicycle travel, associations, guides and resources that do not directly sell bicycle travel opportunities. See the Submission Notice for more details. Please do NOT submit anything with more than one wheel. :) The one-wheeled sport of unicycling has a wide range of possibilities that can be done such as Mountain Unicycling, Long Distance, Unicycle Hockey, Freestyle and many others.
Includes links to resources related to cycling in cold weather or winter.
Sites may include, but not limited to: sites of informative nature, support groups and organizations, discussion forums, and personal pages.
Manufacturers of women''s cycles and cycling equipment should be directed elsewhere.Category includes features, issues, articles and web sites dedicated to cycling for women.
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