Useful Web Resources
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General travel
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)European train schedules (German State Railway, in English)
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
Seat Expert best airline seating
What airlines really charge you
Orbitz’ airline luggage charges table
Airline charges for transporting bikesbikeflights shipping, airfares, travel insurance for cyclists
Bike Friday folding bikes — “Performance that Packs.”
- S and S Machine Bicycle Torque Couplers™
for travel bikes, can be retrofit to carbon, steel and Ti frames Ritchey Break-Away™ folding bikes
- Ravello Go Light aluminum bikes, can be retrofit to carbon, steel and aluminum frames
Bicycle glossary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish – by Park Tool USA
European Cycling Lexicon
France
Lyon airport in English
- Vercors photos & videos by steephill.tv bike travelogue
Google Maps France
Italy
- Nice Côte d’Azur airport in English
Genoa airport in English
Turin 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
Baladin craft-beer microbrewery in PiozzoEurope and Italy and Italian vs. Germans (humor, YouTube)
Slow Food global organization started in Bra, Piemonte “Think Global, Eat Local”- Fausto Coppi’s home (click La Casa) in Castellania, now a museum about the legendary cyclist
Museum of Champions cycling museum in Novi LigureTuttoCittà Maps and driving directions for Italy (in Italian)
Reciprocal links
Dorky Pants ‘R’ Us our 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
Cascade Bicycle Club Seattle, WA
Paumonok Bicycling Advocacy- PeteAndEdBooks.com
Quasimundo Bike Tours day tours of Brugge, Belgium; also day trips to nearby Damme- Vertacoo French site of links to Vercors-related sites
