Incipient, uncategorized, rough list.

Don't worry, I'll separate the lists into something manageable soon so this page isn't ten feet long...

But for now:

1. Information for UP bicycle tourists:

• The Superior Region - East Road and Trail Bicycling Guide, from the Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Planning and Development Commission. A good bicycling map, with some errors, which is also available in paper for free at visitor centers et al. (but get a few, since the paper comes apart immediately in use!). See other resources on their website of interest to bicycle and route planning in the EUP.
• The Superior Region - Central, Road and Trail Bicycling Guide, from the Central Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Regional Commission. Another map in the series, and with the same caveats and availability, as above. See other resources on their website of interest to bicycle and route planning in the CUP.
• The Superior Region – West, Road and Trail Bicycling Guide:Front side and Back side, from the Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region office. Another map in the series, and with the same caveats and availability, as above. See other resources on their website of interest to bicycle and route planning in the WUP.
• The maps above, and others, are also available here, at the MDOT website (try that link then search in case of 404 on the bike maps, as they have an unstable and complicated URL 'system'). They have other bicycling information of variable utility here.

2. Information on some interesting possible UP bicycle routes:

• The excellent and indispensable Michigan Highways website, where you can read the history of the roads you ride.
• The U.P. Hidden Coast Recreation Route, from Menominee to Gladstone; 64 miles along the western shoreline of Lake Michigan in the central UP.
• The M-123 Scenic Heritage Route, in planning, but read about it in the documents for ideas!
• The M-134 Heritage Route, in planning, but read about it in the documents for ideas!
• US Bicycle Route 35 in Mackinac & Chippewa Counties, also in planning as part of a larger US-wide set of suitable biking roads.
• The Roads & Rides page, with descriptions of interesting routes (and roadhouse recommendations), from "U.P. Cruising, a motorcycle rider's road map to cruising Michigan's Upper Peninsula". Motorbikers often look for the same things as velotourists (but they don't care so much about wind and hills...) Other stuff on the site also useful. Remember, good bicycle tourists and motorcycle riders wave to each other as fellow two wheel travelers! it.
• Info on the 2011 MUP (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) Bicycle Tour, an organized pay to ride event by the League of Michigan Bicyclists. Some route information ... you could ride it yourself and save the $325 fee, spending it lavishly instead at the roadhouses and inexpensive motels!

3. Media articles relating to UP and region touring:

• "Sightseeing on $20 a day: see the best of the Midwest from the seat of a bicycle" on MidwestWeekends. Discusses
• "Biking and Summer Travel Planner - pedal power lets you stop and smell the flowers", article in Lake superior magazine, April/May 1999 Volume 21 Issue 2. (the April-May 2009 issue also has an article on bicycling around LS, but it's print only.)
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4. Specific tour stories and so forth:

• Coast To Coast in 93 Days - nice downloadable pdfs with pictures - including across the up!
• "Clare to the Upper Peninsula"; good photos. This is a report on crazyguyonabike, which has tons of touring stories!
• A short cycle tour in Upper Peninsula, Michigan from the same site. Search for others!
• Pics from Our First Bike Tour, 1979... short article with a few photos of an adventure, including fishing with John Voelker! From out your backdoor, a pretty good source of Michigan-based adventure, philosophy and living.
• Touring the western UP of Michigan, see "Mike's Bicycle Touring and Travelogue Links" to look for more!
• Wisconsin Biking
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5. General touring information that's good:

• Bicycle Touring 101
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6. Useful bicycle touring discussion sites:

• http://search.bikelist.org, a very good bicycling discussion group.
• this link should search above for "upper peninsula"
• Adventure Cycling Association Forum; search UP and find a couple postings.
• http://www.bikeforums.net/, generally useful for touring and other topics; some UP posts (search)

x. Uncategorized:

• Pete & Ed Books - books on outdoor recreation, including Bicycling
• Cyclotour Guide Books written Harvey Botzman - an actual, experienced cyclotourist who rides the routes. He's working on a forthcoming book on circum-Lake Superior touring! Plenty of other useful information on the website too!
• Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the single best source for UP travel information. Biased only by experience (not advertising), it has a wealth of detail on the UP place by place. The print edition is well worth 'Hunting" (pun intended) down second-hand.
• League of Michigan Bicyclists
• Biking in the Great Lakes Region, from glin.
• U.P. Mountain Biking website.
• information on bicycling in Wisconsin from the state tourism website.
• Information on bicycling in Michigan from the Michigan DOT. Unfortunately their website has a really screwy URL system, so you might need to search for this if anything changes on their website.
• http://wibikeroutes.net, a site with lots of good information on bicycling touring routes in Wisconsin and neighboring states.
• Traveling by bike by the Wisconsin DOT
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Like lists of links? be sure to check the all lists on the above listed sites for more ideas!