Friends of the Shop

We couldn't be the shop we are today without the help of these fine folks and institutions. You decide if that's good or bad.

Shenandoah Mountain Touring - Home of the Wilderness 101 and Shenandoah 100, Mumbles only puts on first class events. Now, if we could just understand him.

Shenandoah Bicycle Co. - Tim and Thomas showed us the way to running a community based shop. If you are ever in Harrisonburg VA. Stop by and pet Ruby for us.

Athens Bicycles - Pete and Meredith are good folks with a great shop. Ohio pride all the way.

Otto's - Barley pop at its best.

State College Flights - Locally-based internet travel agency.

Purple Lizard Maps - Herm doesn't even live here anymore and he still knows more about Penn's woods than most people ever will. His trail maps are the best resource for your Rothrock adventure.

Independent Fabrication - Yes they are one of our bike lines as well, but since day one the kids at IF have been behind our efforts. Making your Ti and Steel dreams come true since 1995.

Freezethaw - The local chapter of the Dumpster Liberation Front, good people with a great philosophy.

Local Links

Nittany Mountain Biking Association - The local mountain biker club, join us for meetings at the shop and trail work, not to mention the rides. Don't be shy, join today.

Center Region Bicycle Coalition - Just as it sounds, a coalition of bike clubs and groups joining together to advance cycling in the Centre Region. Also a great site for info on local rides.

Penn State Cycling Club - MT. Nittany Wheelworks is proud to sponsor PSU Cycling, that is until they embarrass us.

Trips For Kids- Central PA - Bringing the disadvantaged youth in Centre County to the woods, one pedal stroke at a time.

Cycle Southern Alleghenies - A coalition of local county governments promoting cycling in the Southern Alleghenies area. The site has excellent cue sheets for both road and mountain rides.

PA's own Rails To Trails site - DCNR leads us through the state on old rail beds.

Bike Culture Links

It seems a little bit odd showing the way to these sites since they'll give you the secret handshake to get in to the "club".
Whatever that means.

Dirtrag - Those wacky kids from Pittsburgh, kickin' it live, keepin' it real.

Cars-r-Coffins - Hurl Everstone's Marlboro-fueled ramblings against the powers that be.

Single Speed Outlaw - Lives on MTBR and puts out an online 'zine. Hiw does he find time to ride? Reportedly he even manages to hold down a job.

SurlyBlog - All the random thoughts that pass through the minds of Surly, organized chronologically.

Swobo - Tim Parr and Steve Smith. Be very afraid.

Bike Tech Links

Websites for the secret engineering geek in us all. These definitely go to eleven.

Angry Asian - not a fetish site, but rather a very detailed suspension tech site, with attitude.

Gear Calculator - a very interesting and actually useful calculator for figuring out cassette and chainring options, goes far beyond the typical tire size multiplied by chainring, divided by rear cog.

Analytic Cyclist - the ultimate bike geek, I mean tech site.

Scott Nicols know a thing or two about frame material. This paper is kind of old but is very interesting for those who want to know way too much about material properties.

Racing Links

Road racing in Pennsylvania - Nothing more needs to be said.

Same day race coverage from all around the world - Cycling News takes much of our time, get caught up or just read a bit.

Mountain bike racing in the mid-Atlantic - Proving mountain Bike Racing is not dead- it just hurts alot

Mid-Atlantic Super series home - Even more racing dates...

MidAtlantic Cyclo-Cross - The home of the Mid Atlantic Brotherhood and other cross non-sense

Bike Advocacy

League of American Bicyclists - working for us all in DC and keeping the tallest man in hardcore employed.

America Bikes - coalition working hard in '03 in Congress.

International Mountain Bicycling Association - The mountain bike lobbying group. Join.

Bikes Belong - because they do.

Western PA Wheelmen

Rails To Trails (National Organization) - Learn about the Rails To Trail projects and where they are.