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Urban Outfitters Bike Shop: Design Your Own Bike Online

Kaly — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:37:47 +0000

Here is another interesting site for bike enthusiasts. It lets you to design your own bike and then order it online. You can customize almost any part (frame, grip, chain, tire, Rim… etc.) with the color combination of your own choice, different frame sizes are also available.

All bikes come at fixed price of 399 $ (shipping fee is not included). If you decide to order a bike it takes them 7 business days to build it prier shipment.

The bikes currently shipped to US only.

Features:

Design your own bike online.
Customize almost any part (Frame, Grip, Chain, Tire, Rim… etc.) with the color combination of your own choice.
Frame size can be also customized.
All bikes come at fixed price of 399 $.
The shipping is done with in US only.

Go to Urban Outfitters Bike Shop @ http://bikes.urbanoutfitters.com (via Technospot)

MotorTopia: Social Network For Bike, Boat & Car Enthusiasts

TehseenBaweja — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:19:08 +0000

MotorTopia in an online portal where motor vehicle (bike, boat, plane and car) enthusiasts can meet and discuss their passion. It has everything from cool photos of classic cars, to blogs about the auto industry. Users can get updated on latest news, upcoming events, read opinions of others, join specific groups and participate in challenges.

Additionally users can watch or share motor vehicle related videos, ask questions through the discussion forum, browse through the listing of auto parts for sale or list their own items.

Features:

Social network for car, boat, plane and bike enthusiasts.
Meet and share opinions with others.
Get updates on upcoming events.
Join groups or participate in exciting challenges.
Section to share photos and videos also included.
Buy, sell or trade vehicles or parts.

Check out MotorTopia @ www.motortopia.com (Added by Tehseen RechargeYourMind.com)

RideTheCity: Find Safe Bike Routes in NYC

azim — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:40:31 +0000

RideTheCity lets you find the safest and shortest bike route between any two points in New York City. Unlike other mapping applications such as MapQuest or Google Maps, RideTheCity only includes the roads that are meant for biking and tries to find a route that maximizes the use of bike lanes and greenways.

To find a safe bike routes in NYC first type your starting and finish points and then hit on the Enter button to get the safest route. Routes include detailed directions, total distance and travel time estimates. If you don’t know the exact address of route start/end points then simply drag-and-drop the bike icon through the map and RideTheCity will generate the route for you.

Features:

Finds safe bike route between any two points in New York City.
Get detailed route directions, total distance and travel time.
Excludes roads that are not meant for biking.
Get bike directions on your mobile phone via SMS.
Share safe bike routes with friends.
Bike routes for Chicago and Austin coming soon.
Free, no sign up needed.
Similar websites: Bikely.

Check out RideTheCity @ www.ridethecity.com

Bikely: Discover Bicycle Routes across America, Europe & more

azim — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:46:48 +0000

If you like cycling then you should definitely bookmark Bikely. It lists bicycle routes across America, Europe and other countries shared by other cyclists. Currently you can browse close to 100,000 routes, with new bicycle routes added daily. You can search for bike trails by country, by specific location and filter results by length of the route. If you know of any bike trails, you are welcome to share them on the site by signing up.

Features:

Discover good cycle routes in Europe, USA, and other countries.
Lists near to 100,000 bike trails and routes from over 40 countries.
Search for bike trails by country or by specific location.
Filter bicycle routes by length of the route.
New routes added daily.
Sign up to add and share your own routes.

Check out Bikely @ www.bikely.com