Cycling Collector

About Cycling Collector

Please note that these webpages are under construction. For now these webpages only offer:

1. A page with a map that shows flags that indicate where one can find the CRIs in the public space.
   When you click on a flag that represents a cycling related item then you can see:
• Numeric value which is the topID and that can be used to find additional information in the Excel file.
• Type of CRI (statue, mural, plaque, etc.).
• Name of the CRI.
2. Download links, see below, for:
• An Excel file with additional information on all of the CRIs that have been found so far.
  
• A GPX file with waypoints of all of the CRIs that have been found so far.
3. General information.

The available files date from 2026-08-30 and currently contain 855 CRIs.
22 were added (old value 833) since the previous upload (2026-07-29) and new CRIs were reported by:

• Erwin Dekkers (NED)
• CRI 844: Monument for the fallen cyclists
• Wouter Deruyck (BEL)
  https://www.redbit.be
• CRI 854: Vloek van Zingem
• Jaap de Jong (NED)
  https://www.jaapdejong.nl
• CRI 834: Helena
• CRI 835: Metal Bicycle Lelystad
• CRI 837: Dorpsomroeper
• CRI 839: Hommage aan de middenstand
• CRI 840: It Feintsje fan Menaam
• CRI 841: Staphorst
• CRI 843: Penny-farthing bicycle with binoculars
• CRI 851: Windfietser
• Kirsten Michels (NED)
• CRI 848: Road Cyclist 03
• Claudio Montefusco (ESP)
  https://roadcycling.barcelona
• CRI 852: Quebrantahuesos monuments
• Ard Oostra (CHE)
• CRI 853: Wood bicycle
• Rob van der Westerlaken (NED)
• CRI 855: Cyclist statue 03
• Dirk Vissers (BEL)
• CRI 849: Garin 02, Maurice (ITA)
• CRI 850: Monument Giro d'Italia 13
A big THANK YOU to the above persons for the received tips!

Map Page

• ID of the CRI which can be used to find more detailed ionformation in the Excel file as this is the topId in column A.
• Indication of the type CRI. E.g. Statue, Mural, Plaque, etc. This indication is based on column E of the Excel.
• Actual name of the CRI or for who the CRI is based on column C of the EXcel.

Click HERE to go to the map page.

Help Wanted Page

The Help Wanted page shows where I could use some help from you to find out where certain CRIs can be found.

Downloads

What is a Cycling Related Item (CRI)?

So what is a CRI? A CRI is one of the following:

• Memorials like statues, plaques or murals for:
• Professional Cyclists (e.g. Jan Janssen, Tom Boonen, etc)
• Races (e.g. Tour de France or Liège-Bastogne-Liège)
• People who are involved in cycling (e.g. Pierre Lallement, etc)
• Statues that related to cycling in general.
• Plaques that related to cycling in general.
• Murals that related to cycling in general.
• Streets, Cyclingpaths and Squares named after cyclists or that relate with cycling.
  Note that these are not a primary target to cycle to but if they are near where I cycle then I'll include them in my route.
• Museums that relate to cyclists or cycling.
• Bicycle attention figures
• Bicycle stands in a bicycle form

Please note that a CRI must be in the public space. I.e. it must be possible to reach the CRI to take a picture without asking permission to reach that location.
So CRIs that are on private property and that cannot be viewed from a public location are excluded.
It is OK in case there are opening hours so the CRI can be reached when the location is accessible to the public.
Tombstones on cemetaries are excluded as CRI.

What is in the Excel and GPX file?

So wat information is in the Excel and GPX files?

1. The Excel file contains the following information for every CRI that has been found so far:
• An ID for each CRI.
• Labels that show what kind of CRI it is (Statue, Mural, Plaque) and for who it is too.
• Who reported the CRI to the Cycling Collector (the source).
• Who visited the CRI and when so it is clear on what date a CRI was still present at that location.
• Ascent where the CRI is located on.
• Postal Address of the CRI.
• Text on the CRI (not yet present for all CRIs).
• Detailed information on the CRI (not yet present for all CRIs).
• Artist who made the CRI in case this information is available.
• GPS location (latitude & longitude) of the CRI
• Google Streetview url of the URI if available so one can see the CRI and its surroundings.
2. A GPX file with waypoints of all of the CRIs that have been found so far.
   These can be used to plan a ride to the CRI.
   

Planned improvements for the Cycling Collector webpages.

The Cycling Collector pages will add in time the following functionality in order of priority:

1. A "Help Wanted"page.
   As I would like some help to locate certaion CRIs of which I am unable to retrieve the location.
   Status: Done.
2. I have added a column in the Excel that will show in time the amount of stars (similar to like the michelin stars
   for restaurants) each CRI has.
• 0 Star: When you pass the CRI then have a look.
  For me these are for instance the CRIs not made by artists or cycling attentionfigures.
• 1 Star: Worth to stop and have a good look at the CRI and take a picture.
  For me these are for instance the CRIs made by artists or special cycling attentionfigures.
• 2 Stars: It's worth it to cycle a detour to see the CRI and take pictures.
  For me these are for instance the CRIs that relate to professional cyclists or cycling races.
  These CRIs often have a story behind them which is interesting.
• 3 Stars: It's worth it to only cycle to this specific CRI and take pictures.
  For me these are CRIs that commemorate cyclists (professional and non-professional) who have died tragically.
  These CRIs also often have a story behind them which is tragic but interesting.
3. A download page with GPX files that contain a Track and Waypoints of the CRIs that the route passes.
4. Clustered waypoints on the map.
   To be able to get this to work I need to convert the data in the Excel file a MySQL Database.
   Which I am working on.
5. Filters so one can show on the map e.g. only statues or only murals or only memorials that relate to professional cyclists.
   To be able to get this to work I need to convert the data in the Excel file a MySQL Database. Which I am working on.
   All the subIds and the first 20 topIds have been imported into an SQL database. For now the Excel file can be used to filter by using the category columns.
6. For now the Excel must also be used to get additional information on the cycling related item and when one clicks on a flag no detailed information is shown. The plan is to change this so when one clicks on a flag one immediately sees:
   • topID value, type of CRI and name of it (this is what is offered right now).
   • a picture of that cycling related item (new).
   • the information on that cycling related item (new).
7. That one can login and upload which CRIs were visted by yourself and you can see on the map which CRIs were visited by you (green flag) and which CRIs have not yet been visted (red flag) or which were visited by someone else (blue flag).
8. A form to report new CRIs (for now please use mail to report new CRIs).
9. A form to report CRIs that are on the map but that are no longer there (for now please use mail to CRIs that are gone).
10. A more mobile/tablet friendly webpage
11. Adding a Cycling Collector logo.

Contact

New CRIs can be reported via the contact form which als can be used to reach out to me: