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ViaMichelin maps, driving directions
Mappy maps, driving directions
Multimap maps to 1:5000 scale (1 cm = 50 m; 1” = ~400’)
Flash Earth interactive photo map from Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth (requires Flash player plug-in)
EU road signs (scroll past text for captioned images)
Oanda currency converter
Travel advice (US State Department)
Travel advisories (US Centers for Disease Control)
Accepted luggage locks (US Transportation Security Administration)
Seat Guru best/worst airline seating
Airline charges for transporting bikes
Bike Friday folding bikes — “Performance that Packs.”
S and S Machine Bicycle Torque Couplings™ for travel bikes, can be retrofit to carbon, steel and Ti frames
Ritchey Break-Away™ folding bikes
Bicycle glossary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish – by Park Tool USA
Lyon airport in French (English version indefinitely “under renovation”)
Vercors photos & videos by steephill.tv bike travelogue
Google Maps France
Tour de France in English
Nice Côte d’Azur airport in English
Viatge d’Oc Occitan cultural tours in Piemonte’s Alpine valleys
Silvio Bessone, one of the world’s best chocolate makers (lives & works in Piemonte)
Vietto, young family winery in Piemonte’s Langhe region making Barolo, Barbera & Dolcetto
Europe and Italy (humor, requires Flash player plug-in)
Slow Food – global organization started in Bra, Piemonte “Think Global, Eat Local”
Google Maps Italy
TuttoCittá Maps and driving directions for Italy (in Italian)
Giro d’Italia
Dorky Pants ‘R’ Us my own non-commercial bicycling-oriented website
Adventure Cycling Association
Bay Area Family Travel a great resource authored by a good friend
Cycling—Made in Italy Veneto (NE Italy) tours in similar format to Agile Compass
Cyber Cyclery, the Internet Cycling Hub
Paumonok Bicycling Advocacy
Pedal OZ Western Australia bike tours
PeteAndEdBooks.com
Quasimundo Bike Tours day tours of Brugge, Belgium; also day trips to nearby Damme