Here are a few national and local links to which we will add to from time to time.

Bikes

• Bicycle Doctor
  A cycle shop run by a co-operative in Rusholme. They carry our rides on their website
• Decathlon
  Good range of bikes with knowledgeable staff. They support our skill sessions.
• Why Cycle?
  Impartial advice and information on buying bikes, sizes etc.
• Woodsons Cycles
  Another of our supporters – good advice and bargain cycles. Club members have 10% discount here.

Clothes and Accessories

• Bicycle Storage Solutions
  Project Timber gives ideas on how to store your bike at home
• Minx Girl
  That rare thing – fabulous cycle clothing for women

Cycling Blogs

• Cycalogical
  Widespread blog
• Cycleit2
  Perhaps the best place to get a flavour of, and keep up-to-date with, the most recent SCCC events. Re-live (nearly) all the rides and more via this photoblog run by two of our club members
• Cycling Embassy
  Website aimed at the non-regular cyclist with an accompanying blog
• Guardian cycling blogs
  Guardian newspaper comments on cycling matters
• War on the motorist
  Not as attacking as it would appear

Local Cycling Organisations

• Greater Manchester Cycling
  Everything you wanted to know about cycling in Greater Manchester
• The Stockport Cycle Users Group
  Liaison route to the Council as well as plenty of cycling campaign news

National Cycling Organisations

• British Cycling
  The foremost competitive cycling body in UK
• British Schools Cycling Association
  Provides competition and award schemes for youngsters
• CTC
  The premier non-competitive cycling organisation including cycle campaigning issues. A key benefit of joining the CTC is the free insurance it offers.
• Sustrans
  Sustrans makes smarter travel choices possible, desirable and inevitable. A leading UK charity enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day.

Routes and Mapping

• Cycle Routes
  Offers information on routes within the National Cycle Network as well as the NCN itself and the people behind it. Includes information on the Manchester Cycleway/Fallowfield Loop Line and the Coast to Coast.
• GM Cycle Route Planner
  Interactive route planner for cyclists in the Greater Manchester area. Include on and off road routes.
• National Cycle Network
  The Network is made up of 12,600 miles of walking and cycling routes across the UK. This includes a mixture of quiet lanes, on-road routes and traffic-free paths that are often a great way to get to work, school, the shops or just for exercise and fun.
• Trans Pennine Trail (TPT)
  Information on the long distance route from Southport to Hull passing through Stockport