Rather than have hundreds of different links on this page, we are going to limit it to a few tracks and a few sites that have nothing but links - lots of links! Please e-mail the webmaster if you have a problem with any of the links listed below or if you have any suggestions for sites to link to. The webmaster did check out the links below and hope that they are still up and running. As in the rest of this site, this page will be changed as needed. For the USCF links, please go to the home page listed below.

This page was originally set up for Minnesota users. The excellent, world class wooden track at the National Sports Center was not originally included on this page. Not to fear, their excellent website will give the visitor an excellent overview of the track and its exciting and growing program. The track was opened in 1992 in time for the Olympic tryouts and was a duplicate- designed by the same architecht as the Olympic track in Barcelona. For more information kindly click on the "tracks" link and then on the link for the track.

Tracks:

Bike stores:

We do not endorse any specific bicycle store in the Twin Cities area. There are around 85 stores all totaled, including chains. Some of the stores are small "ma and pa" stores that have been in a particular neighborhood for ages. Others are chains that started as ma and pa stores and simply grew. The "uptown" area in Minneapolis has any number of excellent bicycle stores that cater from the very serious road racer to the casual bike rider. We have noticed that most stores we have visited have acknowledgeable staff that are more than eager to help you out.

For the serious racer and rider there is Flanders Brothers on Lyndale. They have a following that cater more to high end cycling gear.  Penn Cycles has several stores in the Metro area and offers a wide range of cycling needs.  Their original store is on Penn Ave around 66th South.  They also have a full feature store on Cedar Run Road in Minnetonka, another store in Bloomington and one in Uptown. 

If you wish to shop in St. Paul there is Grand Performance at Grand and Prior. A small store loaded with great stuff and staff that has a wide range of customers. Up north near the National Sports Center is Blaine Velo, a relatively new store on highway 65 just north of 85th. A friendly staff sells a wide range of cycling gear.

There are, of course, about 81 other stores that are not listed. Some of the ones that we are aware of include: Boehms in St. Paul on Selby, Kenwood in Minneapolis, Erik's (another chain that does mostly civilian types and mountain bikes),and other stores. If you have a particular bike store that you want listed please let us know. While we do not plan to have a page just for bike stores we do want those of you who check us out who might not be familiar with the area to have an idea of the vast number of stores that are out there.

If you are in the Arrowhead Country the leading store is in Duluth: Twin Ports Cyclery. They cater to all aspects of cycling and are the only store that has an extensive offering in road bikes as well as mountain bikes. Other cities have their fair share of stores that can be found in the Yellow Pages or by "word of mouth".