If you are new to the internet please don't join until you own your own web page and are familiar with the way the internet works. Please do not try and sign up using your internet provider's website as your homepage.

What is a Netring?

A netring is a way of linking web sites that have a similar theme, this one being about cycling.

Each member of the netring displays a netring link on their page which allows visitors to link directly to other pages with the same topic. This guarantees that the next site they visit will be of interest to them and will have valuable content. It also eliminates the more annoying aspects of many search engines, that is, slow response times and the many unrelated sites that they come up with.

Netrings also generate more traffic for the page owners and cut down on the time they might spend updating their links pages as new members can join the ring at any time and their site is automatically reachable from any page that is already in the ring.

Searching for Sites

If you would like to search for interesting sites simply go to the ring code at the bottom of this page and click on the appropriate link. These will take you, either to a page that is in the ring or a list of several pages, depending on which link you click on.

 What are the Conditions of Joining the CityCyclers?

To join the ring your site must comply with the following:

1. You must be the owner and/or maintainer of the page you are adding to the netring.
2. You must be over 13 years of age (This is a Ringsurf requirement)
3. Your site's content must be related to cycling and bicycles.
4. Your site may be a private homepage or a commercial site.
5. You must display the CityCyclers netring code on the page that you have signed up. If you do not place the code on the html file listed when you sign up the Ringsurf software will not be able to find it and I will not know you have added it. This is very important! Details of how to add the code are in the next section of this page.

Like to Join the Ring? Read On!

To join the CityCyclers Netring simply fill in the following form. (DO NOT SIGN UP IF YOU DO NOT OWN A WEB PAGE ALREADY CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT CYCLING OR BICYCLES!!!) You will then receive an email with your site ID number and the code you need to add the netring code to your page. After you have added the code to your page e-mail me and I will add you to the ring!

This is the link you will be asked to place on your site. The HTML code will be sent to you via e-mail after you fill in the above form. You can rearrange the code so that the design fits better with your whole website design, but please do not remove any of the links as they are needed by the management software in order to verify that you have the netring code on your site.