Help centre
At MAXXRAXX we believe that using your bikes should be fun, easy and part of your everyday life. Here is a list of links and resources we have found useful and which we hope will help you get even more pleasure from your bikes. If you have a favourite place for cycling in the UK or abroad which you would like to recommend, please send us an email with the link and we will be pleased to include it here.
SUSTRANS the UK's leading sustainable transport charity 
Sustrans is leading the way in promoting cycling and walking as healthy forms of transport. Co-ordinated the expansions of The National Cycle Network to over 10,000 miles in last decade. Find routes, maps and other information on where to cycle.
SAFEROUTES safe routes to school 
Part of the Sustrans charity, their aim is to create a Safe Route to School for every child in the UK. Help and information for parents, teachers, pupils, local authorities and governors.
A superb online collection of links for all things bike. These links are many and varied and ranges from a link to a single page of drawings showing how to wear your helmet through to detailed advice and guidance regarding riding at night or in city traffic. The links are aimed at people living in the USA but most are just as relevant to UK cyclists, especially parents of young children ready to start cycling in the world beyond their drive or garden.
NTTA National Trailer and Towing Association 
An online resource centre for up-to-date trailer and towing information. Includes guidance on safe and legal towing, details of towbar centres and mobile towbar fitters including NTTA "Quality Secured Accredited Towbar and Trailer Centres"
The website of British Cycling, the internationally recognised governing body of cycling in Great Britain. Includes Everyday cycling, an online cycling resource where you can find out everything you needed to know about leisure cycling; places to ride, leisure events, charity rides, what to ride, advice on kit. Also includes Go-Ride, a cycling programme run by British Cycling for the young.
"All you ever wanted to know about bikes but were afraid to ask"
Bikeforall.net is a joint initiative of the Bicycle Association and the Association of Cycle Traders.
The website of BIKE BIZ, the leading cycle trade magazine. This is a password-free, daily, cycle news page on the site, access open to all.
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