Links

Useful cycling history resources and databases that complement our archive.

Historical Archives & Libraries

National Cycle Archive (UK)
UK's largest cycling archive with 11,000+ items from the 19th century onwards, including club records and race results.

Library of Congress Digital Collections
Primary source materials including bicycle manuals, advertisements, and newspapers from the 1890s "bicycle craze."

Internet Archive
Massive digital library with 34,000+ magazines including complete runs of historical cycling publications.

Chronicling America
Searchable historic American newspapers (1789-1963) with extensive coverage of early cycling culture.

Museums & Collections

Online Bicycle Museum
Virtual museum with 1,600+ pages covering Victorian and Edwardian bicycles, tricycles, and cycling culture.

Smithsonian Bicycle Collection
Digital tour of historic bicycles from 1818 onwards with detailed historical context.

Northwestern University Bicycle Catalogs
71 illustrated U.S. bicycle manufacturers' catalogs from 1890-1932.

Race Results & Statistics

BikeRaceInfo.com
Complete Tour de France stage results plus Giro, Vuelta, classics, and Olympic cycling history.

ProCyclingStats
Comprehensive professional cycling database with race results, rider profiles, and historical data.

FirstCycling
Extensive cycling database covering road, amateur, cyclocross, MTB, and track cycling results.

Heritage Organizations

Cycling UK
World's oldest national cycling organization (1878) with 140+ years of cycling advocacy history.

U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame
Preserving American cycling history from the 1880s with inductee database and artifact collections.

Reference Resources

BicycleHistory.net
Comprehensive coverage from early velocipedes to modern competition and technological development.

Journal of Science and Cycling
Open access academic journal for cycling and triathlon research articles and reviews.