Links to Retailers' Pages

Bike shops, mail-order outfits, and so forth, but not sellers of services. Many of them are great resources for their respective areas.

Local bike shops in our area have their own page.

Wish to see the WWW page describing your business listed (or unlisted) here? Just drop a note to the editor at BCP@danenet.org, or-- better-- use this form. Understand that the Bicycling Community Page is strictly non-commercial, which means on the upside that listings are absolutely free, but on the downside that the editors write the copy that describes the link.

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If you don't find a good local shop below, you might look here:

Bike Shops near Connecticut
Bike Shops near Houston, TX
Shops in the Boston area.
Look up a dealer by brand name.
Locates independent bicycle dealers in U.S. and Canada. Search by postal code/proximity, city or store name. Features include mapping, driving directions, website links and email addresses.
Total Bike Shop - another shop locator.
BikeShops Online , sponsored by the National Bicycle Dealers Association.

Aardvark Cycles: A business name to get to the head of any list! They say "Aardvark Cycles exists to provide the best mountain bike accessories and components in an ever-changing on-line format. We offer high end and hard-to-find components at the best prices around." True? Low-end roadies like me can't judge-- can a mere saddle ever be worth $110-- but they do have a nice-looking site, and plenty of stuff for sale.
Online mostly, with an outlet store in Provo, Utah.
Abacci Bazaar's Cycling Pages: Cycling products and reviews. Featuring Apparel and Footwear, BMX Bikes, Comfort Bikes, Helmets and Protection, Kids Bikes, Seats and Trailers, Mountain Bikes, Road Bikes, Universal Parts and Accessories, Books, Links and HTML for Cycling web sites.; bmx,clothing,trailer,parts; Submitted by: Peter Shanks pshanks@megalong.com; [Added: June 22, 2003. ]
Action Wheels Bike Shop: This shop in Wenonah, NJ sell bikes over the web, but advise you to 'surf globally, buy locally'.
[Added October 14, 1996.]
Adventure Bicycle Company: A bicycle sales and rental company on Columbus Avenue in San Francisco, CA. The site features a few suggestions for where you can ride the bike you just rented from them, with more detailed info available at the store.
[Added October 1, 1998.]
Agee's Bicycles: Retail bicycle sales in the Richmond, VA area since 1910, now with four locations.
[Added August 13, 1997.]
lou: Airbomb (aka Sportslink) is a top web retailer focusing on closeouts and hot deals dished up with excellent customer service. This is a publicly listed company - not some fly-by-nighter Check'em; Submitted by: Lou Velvets@eudoramail.com; [Added: February 13, 2002. ]
Airborne: Mostly internet sales of titanium bicycle road and mountain frames, components, apparel, and complete titanium road and mountain bicycles, but with a retail shop here in Madison, WI, where this Bicycling Community Page is based. Outstanding page.
[Added .]
Alfred E. Bike: Local bike shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan.; [Added: February 19, 2001. ]
All Bicycles: "I am one of the few Pro storesleft that provides services & education for all riders."The owner really has his heart in it. Located in Deerfield Beach, FL.; Submitted by: Richard Cohen allbikes@traci.net; [Added: October 6, 2000. ]
All Weather Sports: This Alaskan retailer and distributor makes Snow Cat rims, distributes and sells Nokian studded bicycle tires (from Finland), and sells various other winter cycling necessities at decent prices. It's also a source of information on the annual Iditasport ultra-marathon, and has a section of winter cycling tips.
[Added November 16, 1996.]
Alpine Cyclery: This shop in Grand Rapids, MI sponsors a number of racing teams, news of which is featured on this page along with the more usual type of stuff about the store.
[Added March 22, 1998.]
Alternative Pedal Sports: A shop in Rancho Cucamonga, CA that sells only recumbents and electric bikes (and trikes). Currently featuring the "top ten reasons not to ride a recumbent."
[web site 404, March 2001]
American bicycle and Fitness: An online bike store. Bikes, parts, clothing, etc.
[Updated March 4, 2001.]
American Cycle Express: Mail-order BMX bikes and parts.
[Added May 5, 1998.]
American Cyclery: Bike shop in San Francisco.; [Added: December 25, 2001. ]
American River Bikes: "Sacramento's number one family bicycle store, since 1974." California, of course. Giant, Ibis, Raleigh...
[Added October 1, 1998.]

Balle Racing - Downhill Mountain Bike Parts & Tools: Online retailer of downhill parts and tools. Great prices and expert customer service. We use secure online processing.; off-road,parts,tools; [Added: May 11, 2003. ]
Bayview Cycle Centre: Bicycles from Trek Schwinn Raleigh Louis Garneau and Leader Bikes. Accessories from Rockshox Zefal, cateye, IRC, Michelin, Avocet, Kryptonite, Norco, Trace, Louis Garneau, Bell, Rhode Gear. Also do repairs and service to all makes of bikes from kids to adult bikes. In Toronto.; [Added: March 11, 2002. ]
Bicycle Apparel.com: "Your complete source for bicycle apparel". "An educational portal developed and supported by BAMA (Bicycle Apparel Manufacturers Association). The purpose of the site is to provide a single resource guide to bike clothing." So for example, they have a Pad Library, explaing the 'pad' of various bike shorts.
[Added February 2002.]
Bicycle Inter-Community Art & Salvage: A community oriented shop that sells used bikes. They also allow volunteers to do their own repairs. And, they manufacture bike racks and trash can encloures out of used bike parts for the city of Tucson, as well as the bike repair skills, etc. programs.; [Added: March 10, 2002. ]
Bicycles Inc.: A chain of stores in the Fort Worth, TX area. They don't seem to be interested in mail order, just in promoting their retail stores and putting up a bunch of information of mostly local interest-- news, events, advocacy. A big site.
[Updated February 11, 1998.]
Bicycle John: "Kauai's Oldest & Most Experienced Bicycle Shop" That would be on Hawaii, for those of you who think Montana is far away.; [Added: April 28, 2003. ]
bicyclesitalia: Italian road bikes and components, ciocc, coppi. Great prices on complete bikes.
not found, march 2001.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Bicycle Man: Large Recumbent dealer with 50+ recumbent bikes: Lightning, RANS, Vision, Easy racers, Haluzak, Challenge, Reynolds, Burley & more. We encourage test riding and also have TREK & Raleigh bikes.; [Added: June 11, 2001. ]
Bicycle Store, Inc: A retail bicycle store, in Tempe, AZ.; [Added: June 4, 2001. ]
Bicycle Sports: John Cobb's shop. This is the guy that put Lance Armstrong in a wind tunnel. He's got great info on positioning, aero considerations and power. Specializing in high-end Road & Tri, this is the place to go if you want to be fast.; [Added: February 13, 2002. ]
Bicycle Transit Authority: This site has a couple of commercial sections-- bike books, videos, and jewelry, with an apparel section coming-- and a whole bunch of other sections without any clear commercial agenda. The bookstore listed almost two dozen titles for the Midwest, most of which I hadn't heard of. One interesting feature is the ability to specify a variety of parameters with respect to how you plan to use a bicycle, and how much you want to pay, and get recommendations about what to buy. Another section lets you do head-to-head comparisons of various specific models, based upon a big database of technical information on the bikes. All this is based upon very extensive CGI programming as well as deep information on the bikes. They don't sell bikes-- but they do have a database of places that do, searchable by zip code. My searches returned dead-on accurate information on the shops in the areas, without omissions or errors. There is, of course, a links list section, and a repair and maintenance section, and a well-written advocacy column, updated monthly. The "pro shop" sections are devoted to high-end mountain and road accessories, Impressively broad, deep, and also good-looking. Enough so that Yahoo made them a daily pick
not found, march 2001.
[Updated March 6, 1997.]
www.bicycletubes.com: Save big on bicycle tubes... and alot more!; [Added: November 9, 2000. ]
Big Twin Cycling: Langley, BC based canadian distributor and retailer of Pariba tires and tubes and Keywin pedals (some models of which are Ti) and clothing, plus a bit of other stuff.
[Added June 12, 1998.]
Bikes and Beyond: A nice play to rent bikes, tandems etc, in San Diego, California.
[Added Oct, 2001 ]
The Bike Barn: This shop in Ogden Iowa is in a former chicken hatchery. They say "we treat others- both customers and suppliers- the way we would like to be treated." Let's hope they aren't masochists, or suicidal! They do have an 800 number, but don't seem to be particularly pushing a mail-order agenda. Besides information on their products and service, they provide a wealth of information on local cycling, such as a Trail News section, a list of local clubs, and so forth.
[Added June 12, 1998.]
Bikes-swap.com: Free, easy to use Bike Classifieds.; Submitted by: Corey coreykc@aol.com; [Updated: April, 202]; [Added: 08/02/2000:22:50:53 ]
BIKEcentral.net: Your premier online resource for cycling products - We select and gather the finest cycling-related products from the finest online stores over the Internet. Our purpose is to provide to you only the best of the cycling products world.; Submitted by: Marco website@bikecentral.net; [Added: November 12, 2001. ]
Bike Snob, Cycling Apparel With An Attitude!: Men & Women cycling apparel for road and mountain bike riders. Coolest looking apparel you have ever seen.; off-road,road,clothing,accessories; Submitted by: David Carpenter service@bikesnob.com; [Added: June 10, 2003. ]
The Bicycle Chain: local bike shop in Roseville, MN.
[Added Feb. 2002 ]
Bike Club: A retailer in Northeastern Ohio (Broadview Heights) with a site that strives to serve the local community with racing and club information while also selling some bike stuff. Mostly off-road. "Home of northern Ohio's only BBI Certified Mechanic!" They plan to be expanding soon.
[Updated March 6, 2001.]
the Bike Doctor: A bike store and repair services shop in Vancouver.; [Added: February 18, 2002. ]
Bike Empire: Mail order bike parts from Poway, CA, featuring Ellsworth custom bicycles. Specials are online, full catalog is hard copy.
[Added October 14, 1996.]
Bike Garage: A shop in Bloomington IN. A feature of the page is a sort of bicycle-oriented version of Car Talk.
Bike Line: "The nation's largest chain of independent bike and fitness stores"-- 72 stores fifteen states at this writing. It's a franchise scheme, with a concentration of stores in the mid-Atlantic states, particularly Pennsylvania. There is only one in Wisconsin: Bike Line of Racine. At this page you can sign up to get mail about when their next sale is, find the nearest store, and so forth.
[Added October 28, 1996.]
Bike Nashbar: Nashbar is a famous mail-order outfit. Now merged with Performance, so we hear.
[Updated November 20, 1996.]
Bike Path Outfitters Inc.: Full service bike shop specializing in Recumbent and comfort bikes. Shop on line for recumbents and all bike accessories.; [Added: February 13, 2002. ]
Bike Pedalers: A shop whose folks say "I own a bike shop in Lincoln, Nebraska and am trying to provide some information as well as offer some goods for sale. I try to be local in nature, (as I don't like mail order), but for those who need me... I'm there with toll free number and professional question answering." Sponsors, too, of the annual Tour de Nebraska.
[Updated January 28, 1999.]
The Bike Shop: A bike shop in London, Kentucky with evening rides starting from the shop six days a week. They invite us to check their specials.
[Added November 18, 1998.]
The Bike Shop: Yet another site called 'The Bike Shop'.; "We pride ourselves in being a real working bike shop with a large HANDS-ON
parts department for the serious biker. You can go to the other bike shops for
your frew frau but come to us for quality repairs, sales and service
Family owned and operated on the beautiful Oregon Coast since 1986. "; Newport, Oregon; Submitted by: Dawna Chipman dlchipman@earthlink.net; [Added: 08/02/2000:23:24:30 ]
Bikeshop.com: And of course, the 'dot.com' of that:; Bikeshop.com is the only "click-and-mortar" bicycle retailer with a wide
offering of quality brands: Raleigh, Diamonback, Univega. We offer a unique
service to our customers: buy a bike online and we will home deliver it
fully assembled and ready to ride. In order to offer this superior service,
we have established a network of more than 550 bicycle retailers in all 50
states.; [Ed. note: it seems that local empire Budget Bike is affiliated; as are 4 other shops w/in 100 miles Madison].; Submitted by: Pablo de los Santos; [Updated: 6, 2000 ]
bike spot: Pro-Flex bikes and various bicycle parts, with call-them-on-the-phone ordering. Prices reported to be good.
However, they are now all-Flash, and hence not viewable (by me, anyway).
[Added August 26, 1997.]
Bikecology: Also known as SuperGo Bike Shops, a retail chain in Southern California that also does mail order. Very little is up on this site, but reportedly the entire catalog will go online "soon."
[Added October 4, 1996.]
Bikeman: This page for Bikeman/Bath Cycle and Ski, located in Woolwich, ME, has wonderful cartoony graphics and a great attitude. Probably the funnest part is "the 'fridge"-- "it's not what's in it, it's what's on it." What's on it is "all the info we have on cycling in Maine." Of which there is quite a bit-- ride schedules, race schedules, "the reading room"-- where they say "welcome to the bathroom... the only room in the house dedicated to reading." What was there when I checked was a hilarious and insightful article called Last Place Pro, a reminiscence on the 1996 Mt. Snow World Cup.
[Updated October 1, 1996.]
Bikesmiths Bloomington IN: A shop in Bloomington that carries Cannondale, Kona, and Bianchi bikes. All that's here at this writing is a front page with boilerplate information and links to their manufacturers' pages.
[Added December 15, 1997.]
BikeSports: "Bikesport is a high-end, full service bicycle/triathlon store located in the heart of Houston, TX. We carry a complete line of bikes from Cannondale, Trek, Litespeed, Ibis, Softride and more. This page will also carry details on our mail-order service."
www.Bike-Swap.com: A free, database-backed online classified section for bicycles and bicycle parts, quite new at this writing.
Off-line as of March, 2001; perhaps soon to return?
[Added June 5, 1997.]
Bikeville: "An online bicycle retailer specializing in hard-to-find parts and accessories. Don't let the website fool you. If they don't have it, it probably was never made."; We have been in business for 20 years dealing with vintage bicycles. Anywhere from Ordinaries to lightweight 3 spds to Exxon Grafteks. We deal with a lot of products from the 60's and 70's.; [Update January 21, 2003.]; [Added January 28, 1999.]
Bike World: A shop in San Antonio that does a brisk local business in such items as Trek and Klein bikes, and both local and mail-order of such other items as Spinergy wheels. An excellent, very professional look to the page, and-- to their credit-- they also provide some decent copy on their page that will be of use to the local bike folk-- something not true of plenty of retails sites.
The Bikestore: "We're an organized cooperative of local independent bicycle dealers." Madison's Williamson Bicycle Works is one of them. This site has a section with "tips and factoids," a Usenet-like "forum" section, an online drawing for a free bike, and some other stuff. Check the active image on the title page.
Bikology: A shop in Kalispell, Montana, since 1972. Besides bicycle sales and service, they sell canoes and kayaks and run the odd boating trip. They also have maps and advice on planning your biking adventure in their neck of the woods.
[Added June 4, 1998.]
Blood, Sweat, and Gears: A retail store in Lawton, OK that does mail order and sponsors a page for the local club, the Wichita Mountains Bicycle Club. Nice links list, too.
[Added December 11, 1996.]
Bio-Wheels: This is a racing-oriented shop in Cincinnati, apparently with a sister store in Asheville NC. A rare site, that isn't trying to sell anything on the internet- they focus on the LBS concept, going so far as to post a little manifesto on the topic. They even admit in print that they support Planned Parenthood, something that a wimpier outfit in a place like Cincinnati (home of such progressive approaches to freedom of speech as the well-publicized felony prosecutions of their own museum directors) might choose not to reveal. This site has a unique design- with gigantic background images that load quickly, presumably because they consist of large fields of solid colors that compress nicely. For content, there are actually poems, excellent technical articles, and features. Excellent!
[Added April 5, 1998.]
Bill Ron: One of the best (and only) shops that caters to the Track riders and racers in North America; [Added: November 17, 2000. ]
Board -n- Bike: "Bicycle and skateboard shop dedicated to the xtreme activities we all know and love. Located NE of Atlanta, GA in beautiful downtown Suwanee."; [Added: December 4, 2000. ]
Bow Cycle and Sports: This Calgary-based shop is celebrating its fortieth year of continuous operation by going on-line, including online ordering. All the prices are in Canadian dollars, of course. Much of the site remains to be implemented at this writing, but the scope of the thing is impressive.
[Added December 15, 1996.]
Branford Bike: These folks are at this writing brand new to the net, but not to the mail-order bicycle business. The site offers secure, online ordering, and a nice design with good depth of information of the products. Decent pricing, from what I can tell. Reputed to be an excellent source of clothing and road gear.
[Updated March 20, 1998.]
Bra bikes: BMX mailorder site. Bikes, parts, accessories.; Yucaipa, CA; [Added: February, 2002.]
Braun's Bicycle and Fitness: A shop in Kitchener, Ontario that does a catalog business and now has this online presence, with forms for ordering right from the pages. Even if you weren't inclined to order from them, there is a wealth of information on their products-- I was snared by the page for the Adams Trail-A-Bike line, which, like the others I browsed, had photos of the products. They also sell trailers (Greenwave), roof racks, components. Some sections are still being built.; They also specials available through Club Tread; "A small and changing selection of bicycle accessories." From the prices, it would appear that most or all of this stuff is close-outs.
[Updated March 7, 2001. ]
BreakLoose.net: "The best deals in bicycle equipment and accessories. Plus! Cycling information which includes event calendar of road cycling events, mountain bike events, cyclecross and you local bicycle club's events, ..." Classifieds.; [Added: February 18, 2002. ]
Britton's Bicycles: San Jose, CA retailer of Treks, Cannondales, Specialized, Santa Cruz, and other bikes. They sponsor a monthly presentation, detailed here.
[Added October 25, 1996.]
Brompton Folding Bicycles: Put up by a Palo Alto-based company-- C. M. Wasson-- that distributes these famous folding bicycles, a wealth of information is available here for the Brompton fanatic.
[Updated March 7, 2001.]
Bulltek Sports: A fully virtual bike shop, perhaps to become the Amazon Books of bike shops (in fact, their book section is an extension of Amazon Books). They've got a lot of stuff, but photos of the stuff is still forthcoming, and you have to fill out a form to order-- typing in item names instead of, say, simply clicking to add to a shopping cart (probably also temporary). They also offer an email-based news service, with daily racing results. To contact them in real time, use PeopleLink...
[Added August 20, 1997; submitted by Xavier Cintron]
Business Cycles: A one-man bike shop in Miami, Florida: "Sales and service of precision instruments for the competitive cyclist and knowledgeable enthusiast: framesets, components and accessories."
[Update March 6, 2001.]

Cambria Bicycle Outfitter: A bike shop in Cambria, CA, that specializes in mountain bikes and equipment, claimed-to-be (and, apparently so) deep inventory at claimed-to-be low prices. Online ordering NOT. Cambria is on the central coast, near San Simeon.
[Added August 28, 1997.]
Calhoun Cycle > Recumbent Specialists: Minneapolis bike shop that exclusively sells recumbents and folding bikes. One funky shop.; "inneapolis,MN; [Added: October 5, 2000. ]
Cambria Bicycle Center: Formerly Bicycle Center USA. Custom mountain bikes from a guy who says "I personally don't like to spend money for stuff that is overpriced or doesn't work, and I don't like to sell it." Based in Redondo Beach, CA. Now featuring an interactive custom bike design page.
[Updated March 6, 2001.]
[Updated September 19, 1997.]
Canary Cycles: Trek/Specialized retailer in Newfoundland, Canada "where bicycles are not a sideline."
[Updated March 14, 1998.]
Cartecay River Bike Shop: A full-service bicycle store located in the North Georgia Mountains not far from the Tennessee and North Carolina borders.; [Added: February 18, 2002. ]
CHAIN REACTION BICYCLES: We've got one of the more extensive sites on-line, with a lot of info on where to ride, what to ride, how to have more fun on a bike, killer squirrel stories and a whole lot more.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Chicagoland Bicycle: "Chicagoland Bicycle, a Chicago-based company, caters to road riders looking for top quality road frames, components and cycling accessories. We offer extensive information regarding the items that we sell. We ship anywhere in the USA."
[Added February 17, 1999.]
Cycles International: Cycles International is a bicycle shop with 30 years experience in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a shop with experience and enthusiasm for all kinds of riding, from family jaunts to road racing. (The next time you see the movie "American Flyers" with Kevin Costner, look at the van, it belonged to Cycles International at the time. We also lent bikes and support for the movie. You could say we helped launch Costner's career!)Happy Riding!918-663-5252800-257-2453; [Added: January 16, 2001. ]
Cycle Smithy: "Cycle Smithy is Chicago's high-end bicycle specialist featuring mountain, road, triathalon, leisure model bicycles, bicycle parts, clothing and a full service shop." Besides info on their offerings, there is a "museum" featuring photos of vintage bicycles.
[Added August 26, 1998.]
Cyco-path Bicycle Shop: Full-range Bicycle shop in Temecula California, off the 15 Freeway.x-large selection of bicycles. check for coupon. Schwinn, GT, Haro,Powerlite, Robinson, Redline, Bianchi And Cannondale. Stocked with men's wear, women's wear and bmx! Lot's of equipment and accesories! We build custom Wheels and do lots of repairs daily.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Cyclestore: An on-line ecommerce cycle store in the UK offering cycle accessories for Road, Touring, BMX and ATB riding. Deep selection.
[Updated March 7, 2001.]
[Added March 13, 1999.] xxx
cx-sports: bmx bikes and skateboards and parts; [Added: April 14, 2002. ]

Dave's used bicycles: A.K.A. 'onelesscar.com'. Rebuilt and used bikes.rentals, sales,parts ,service. From a store that proudly flaunts its advocacy role.; [Added: July 21, 2001. ]
Discount/Net: "Good source for cheap bike stuff." Online mail-order place in the UK.; [Added: February 13, 2002. ]
Discount Cycling Clothing: Discount Cycling Clothing 75% Off Retail Pro Quality Apparel; [Added: February 13, 2002. ]
Discount Sports: "We have a large slection of Jeep mountian bikes at discount prices."; [Added: August 25, 2002. ]
Discover Bicycles: A retailer in Hood River, Oregon that sells Cannondale, Fisher, LeMond and Proflex-- but only on site-- and used bikes, of which they have a nice selection, all with photos-- mail order. Also new and used scooters, and accessories. One of the best-looking retail pages we've seen-- usually these guys are on a tight budget-- but the page was designed by Stink Bait Communications, who with a name like that probably can't attract the big bucks clients.; Their web site has a few trail guides. Thats nice.; New address:
205 Oak Street, Hood River, Oregon 97031. Phone is (541)386-4820
[Updated October 5, 2000.]
[Added December 4, 1996. Submitted by Dave Kalousdian.]
Door County Bikes: Rent a bike in Wisconsin's lovely Door county! They have tandem, Burleys, and trail-a-bikes.; [Added: March 25, 2002. ]
DownTube: The business side of this site seems to be "cheap bike parts." They offer a sort of shopping cart, but go on to recommend against using it yet. Other parts of the site are a variety of CGI-based applications, such as a stolen bike database and, perhaps most interestingly, a registry of bike parts that one is willing to let go for the cost of shipping. The business side is bolstered, at least in theory, but a web development business with a focus on economy, but one suspects that they attract little such business, because their site is littered with gratuitous animated GIFs and misspelled words that scream, at least to me, "amateur!" OTOH, the site has a bunch of good ideas, and offers such fuzzy-headed lefty resources-- such as, besides the aforementioned bike part database-- free web sites to bicycling-oriented community organizations that one is tempted to say "what's so great about properly-spelled text if it says nothing you want to hear?" and "maybe plentitudes of animated GIFs are a matter of taste?" and lighten up a bit. On the other hand, their subtitle is "Best Cycling Site," and anybody that's been to my site knows that can't be true!
[Added February 13, 1998.]

eCyclingstore.com: Bicycle Apparel & Accessories at the best prices you'll find!; [Added: January 13, 2002. ]
Edinburgh Bicycle: Based in Scotland, the utility of this site to shoppers here in The Great Satan isn't obvious. Besides a lot of information about what they have for sale, though, is information of local utility-- such as their recommended cycling routes in the region-- that would come in handy for the touring visitor (wish that was me). The Edinburgh Bicycle Resources section is probably that of most general interest. Check out, for example, Why Cycle?, worth a visit just for the graphics.
[Added October 9, 1996 (which they would call 9/10/1996).]
Encino Cyclery: Purveyors of Marin mountain and city bikes, "championship wheels by Kevin Casey," and sponsors of the Encino Cyclery Cycling Club, which is NORBA and USCF affiliated. There is also quite a bit of public service type information up on this page, including some advocacy stuff. We liked this quote from the "our approach to cycling" section of the page:
All our employees ride bicycles to work, even though in the San Fernando Valley there is no shortage of automobiles. Ever since miners pedaled safety bikes from Nome to Dawson over 1,000 miles of the frozen Yukon, bikes have been practical transportation. So we can easily manage the few miles from home to work in temperate Southern California.
[Added October 31, 1996.]
Emerys Online: An online retailer, with Wisconsin sites. They sell a variety of bikes, including recumbent and special needs bikes.
[Added January, 2002.]
Enduro Sport: "Canada's Multi-sport Pro Shop! Enduro Sport specializes in Road and Triathlon bikes and accessories including running, swimming and snoeshoeing." Based in Toronto.
[Added February 8, 1998.]
Energy Conservatory: "Florida's largest bicycle shop," located just off the Pinellas County Bike Trail in Dunedin, which is near Tampa. Sales-- e.g. Gary Fisher and Giant-- and rentals.
[Added August 20, 1997.]
Erik's Bike Shop: Erik began his business in Minnesota at age 13. We only discovered him when opened a shop in our area.
[Added May 5, 2002.]
Excel Sports Boulder: They offer a 64-page catalog, and have recently put it online. A search tool is coming "soon." Online ordering is here now. Did you know that a cone wrench is an item of apparel?
[Updated December 6, 1996.]

Frankford Bike: Bikes for sale! Primarily off-road oriented.
[Updated March 4, 2001.]
Freewheel Cycle: A shop in Dundas, Ontario with a deep professional page. Mostly mountain bikes
[Added February 15, 1998.]
Ft Myers Schwinn Cyclery Inc.: SW Florida largest selection of Trek & Schwinn Bikes accessories and parts. A full service dealer road, mountain, bmx and cruisers for recreation or racing.; [Added: October 25, 2000. ]
Fox Firestone Bike Shop: Triathalon bike specialists with Klien, Cannondale, and Trek their focus. Free shipping in the continental U.S. Based in Florida.
T.J.Frisbee Bicycles: Retailer (since 1972) based in Ridgecrest, California (which is in the central valley, not too far from Bakersville) that has gone online with this professional-looking page. They must have spent a bundle on this page, because there seem to be photographs and well-written descriptions of each and every item they offer, and the pages are all CGI-served.
[Added November 27, 1996.]

Gator Cycle: "Established in 1989, we offer the largest selection of bicycles and accessories in North Central Florida." The offer GatorCycle Direct, which allows secure online ordering of certain stuff. Besides info on what they have to sell, there are links to local clubs and a chat room.
[Added December 8, 1997.]
Gatto Cycle Shop: Voted Pittsburgh's best bicycle stores by InPittsburgh, Tribune Review, and The City Paper. Voted one of the top 100 bike shops in the USA by Bicycle Dealer News from 1991 to 1999.; [Added: February 14, 2002. ]
Gear To Go Tandems: New York State's largest tandem bicycle shop; New York; Submitted by: Rich Shapiro rshapiro@stny.rr.com; [Added: 08/08/2000:22:42:06 ]
Glory Cycles: Online Retailer of Pro Bike Gear and Clothing. Always a unique Euro something to tweek the interest. Panda Sport Dealer, top notch Team Gear at Very reasonable prices.; Submitted by: Clive de Sousa clive@glorycycles.com; [Added: December 3, 2002. ]
Goatwheels Trials Division: What, you may ask, is "trials"? Well, I did ask, and here's what I learned:
Trials is a type of mountain biking in which competitors attempt to negotiate very technical courses with out putting a foot (or other body part!) on the ground (or tree, etc.). It is scored kind of like golf in that the lowest score wins. There are two classes of bikes: Stock bike (26" wheels....essentially a mountain bike with some alterations) and modified (only rule is that the bikes wheels not exceed 20").
These folks sell all kinds of stuff-- bikes, tools, components, and accessories-- for afficianados of this sport.
[Added February 1, 1998.]
Grinders: Bicycle sales and repair, Go-Kart sales, building and repair, board sports, clothing, shoes, parts and supplies. Accessories. In beautiful Rice Lake, Wisconsin.; Submitted by: Kelly Ann Geiger Webmaster@cybercycleinn.com; [Added: August 25, 2002. ]
Gruene Bikewurks: sales, service, parts, accessories, racing teams and bike rentals in New Braunfels,Tx."It is our intention to provide a carefree, open atmosphere without the constraints of cycling snobbery. "; [Added: May 1, 2001. ]

Habanero Cycles: This Boca Raton-based makers and seller of Ti frames and complete bicycles says "there is a Ti bicycle in your future." They sell such frames for as little as $675, and make a case that these are no cheapy frames with respect to quality. Who are we to argue with that?
[Updated March 6, 2001]
[Added December 13, 1996.]
Handlebars Cycle co.: "Western New York's Premier Cycling Center". A high-end bike shop.; [Added: January 17, 2001. ]
Harris Cyclery: A retail shop in Newton, Massachusetts, recently re-sited. They say: "We are very proud of our problem-solving ability. We can often create custom solutions to your bicycling problems, adapting your bicycle to your specific needs. For advice and information, feel free to email, telephone, or visit!" Almost unique amongst retail sites, there are a variety of decent articles here, written by the proprietor. Quite good!
[Updated July 8, 1997.]
Harry Hall Cycles: Manchesters Best Bike Shop since 1957. For everything cycling.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
helmets4less: helmets4less we sell quality bicycle helmets at low cost to you. Are bicycle helmets come in four sizes toddler bicycle helmet for 1 and 2 year olds, small,medium,large.; Submitted by: Michael Eads meads@helmets4less.net; [Added: July 23, 2001. ]
High Gear Cyclery: High Gear Cyclery, your families professional bicycle shop. We carry Trek, Cannondale, Specialized, Lightspeed, Lemond, Haro and GT. A great big store in Stirling, NJ.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
The Hostel Shoppe: Improbably, Stevens Point, WI has its own recumbent bicycle shoppe of international renown. Currently, offerings from four makers. Besides information on what they sell, there is a wide array of information on recumbents in general, making this site a resource for any pointy-headed recumbent enthusiast! They say "our mission is to introduce everyone to the healthy and enjoyable sport of recumbent cycling and to provide recumbent buyers with exceptional service and the best possible choices in recumbent bikes and accessories." They have a national toll-free number, which suggests to us that one needn't be a Stevens Pointer to buy from them.
[Added February 20, 1998.]
Holland Bicycles: A nice place to rent bikes (among other things) in San Diego.
[Added Oct, 2001.]
The Honest Wrench Bicycle Shop: Full service bicycle shop, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Ebay Internet Auction Consignments; [Added: December 3, 2002. ]
Hub Cyclery: This Cotati, CA based retailer of Cannondale and Fisher bikes doesn't do mail order, but the page does feature a handy bagel recipe, so we had to include it.
[Added December 2, 1996.]

Jax Bicycle Center: A chain of SoCal-based bicycle "superstores." They claim to have "secure online ordering, but it doesn't use SSL, and when I asked about that they said "... can't tell you the specifics but what I am allowed to tell you is that you are more than welcome to view our secure digital certification at securewebsite.com." The concept of a site secured without SSL is not one I'm grasping.
[Added February 17, 1999.]
Jenson USA: Based in Yorba Linda, CA, a "mountain bike superstore" that will "beat any advertised price." Online ordering. Quite a bit more extensive since our initial 1996 listing.
[Updated: April 2003.]
[Added November 18, 1996.] Submitted by Jeff Bolkovatz.
Jerry's Bike Shop: A shop in the Topeka KS area, selling Mongoose and Diamondback bikes. Not that much there yet, save a nice graphic of Jerry's desk and a few out-links. We suspect that it's brand new.
[Added October 17, 1996.]
Jack Johnston Bicycles: "The Irish bikes store at White Rock lake". that's near Dallas. They also sponsor a club.; [Added: November 12, 2001. ]

KMR Cycles: "KMR Cycles is proud to now offer an Internet based Canadian Mail Order catalog for Bicycle Parts and Accessories. Have a look around and see if our prices are not better than most retail shops in Canada."

Lickton's Online: A bike shop in Oak Park Illinois that says "on every item that we sell, we guarantee that we have the lowest price. In the event that you find a lower price advertised by one of any of our major competitors, we will lower our price by 111% of the difference." Online ordering not. The online catalog, based upon line drawings for navigation followed by photos of most products, offers good depth of information and is itself quite deep, and the prices do seem to be competitive.
[Added April 20, 1998.]

I. Martin Imports: "Southern California's finest bike shop since 1971." Featuring the (claimed) lowest gruppos prices in the nation. Somewhat under construction at this writing.
[Added February 17, 1999.]
Menotomy Vintage Bicycles: New web site!; This Massachusetts-based business sells vintage bicycles, "city" bikes, and bike parts of particular interest to vintage bicycle enthusiasts. Offerings are generally pretty affordable. Oddly enough, there is also a nice collection of computer-generated MPEG movies available here, for example of a snowboard ride from the 'boarder's perspective.
[Updated July, 2000.]
Midwest Cyclery: Wheaton, IL retailer of GT, Diamondback, Cannondale, and, more recently, BikeE bicycles. At it for 40 years.
[Updated October 1, 1998.]
Mountain Maniacs: A shop for off-road enthusiasts in Welches, OR. 503 622 3561, hours by appointment.
[Updated March 4, 2001.]

Naults: Three bike shops in New Hampshire-- Concord, Nashua, and Manchester. They don't do mail order, but put up this site to share some information about their product line, locations, and hours. Also, a stolen bike registry of sorts.
[Added November 30, 1997.]
Bicycle Rentals New Zealand: Bicycle, mountain bike and touring cycle rentals and hire in New Zealand.; [Added: October 4, 2000. ]
Island Bike Company , Nantucket Island MA: This is a new shop to the island and a great addition. The shop has a great selection of GT mt. bikes for rent and sale. Also has a killer repair shop.; [Added: February 14, 2002. ]
New Zealand GT Bikenet: "A collection of stores around New Zealand, who all concentrate on selling the GT range of bicycles." To that end, there is a list of shops and information on GT bikes. Also, an events list, links-- of course, a tips section, clubs list-- some of which is still being implemented at this writing.
[Added February 13, 1997.]
North Division: A shop in Spokane, WA. "We have two Serotta-Trained Certified Bike Fit Specialists on staff. " and a prominent Advocacy link.
[Added August, 2001.]
Nytro Multisports: A high-end retailer of road, track, and time-trial bikes. They also have clothing, sports "food," and some components, and support on-line ordering via email and forms-- not secure, but who's really wasting their time intercepting and reading email, anyway?
[Added January 13, 1997. Submitted by jdarosa@webnetworks.com]
New York Bicycle and Fitness: An online store with news links.; [Added: March 25, 2001. ]

OBS Cycle Club: Mail-order source for Barracuda mountain bikes and BMX/freestyle parts, with SSL security for ordering.
[Added November 30, 1997.]
Online Retailers: Bikes and Cycling: The Great Outdoor Emporium Mall has hundreds of links to bike shops, accessories and more.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Outdoor Experience: Camping-oriented mail order-- but with both Thule and Yakima racks and outer-wear of interest to the cyclist-- and Yet Another Virtual Bookstore a la "Amazon associate." Them also have big big links list, so far sans cycling section.
[Added January 17, 1997.]
Oxford Bike Center: "Providing the best in cyclery East of the Pacific Ocean since September 1976." Which would be just under three years after the editor abandoned his dream of getting a degree in Psychology from Miami University (which is in Oxford-- about the only thing in Oxford, in fact) and headed west-- where there were already bike shops galore. But we digress-- they sell Trek, Bianchi, Kona, Santana, Cannondale, Basso, and Burley cycles, and specialize in tandems. The focus of the page is on local events.
[Updated July 28, 1998.]
Oz eBike: Oz eBike, the largest electric bike supplier in Western Australia
With the new Electric Motor and Battery technology available today, we believe we
can offer an alternative to the Motor Vehicle for everyday commuting and short trips.
Our ambition is to be able to provide Affordable Electric Vehicles to the average
commuter.; Attadale, Western Australia; Submitted by: Magnus Eriksson magnus@ozebike.com; [Added: 08/02/2000:23:04:53 ]

Pacific Avenue Cycle: Retailer based in Santa Cruz CA.
[Added October 22, 1996.]
Xpertbike: Online bicycle website with a store in Pleasanton, CA called Paquette's Cyclery. Combining Internet efficiency with personalized service. Be warned that the web site might get picky about your browser.; [Added: December 10, 2001. ]
Paul's Bicycle Shop Inc.: A family run business with two; They also run Bike-parts-for-sale:
All types of parts and accessories for all types of bikes. We may be able to help you with any questions that you may have or help you find that hard to find part.; [Added: April 22, 2001. ]
PedalTime: All flash and commerce, this retailer boasts of being "the number one retailer of Litespeed Titanium." They also claim that they will beat any price (by 5%), and have a mailing list of their specials. Frames and bikes, parts, accessories, clothing.
[Added February 13, 1997.]
Penn Cycle: Big Minnesota retailer of bicycles, with five stores. There are event listings and information on their products here.
[Added March 15, 1997.]
Performance: Home page for the famed mail-order outfit, with online catalog and secure ordering. They now claim to be "the world's largest mail-order and retail supplier of bicycle parts and accessories," and who are we to dispute that? The site has steadily improved and grown in scope.
[Updated July 12, 1997.]
Phat Tires: "... the on-line, mail-order and retail Mountain Bike shop that carries the best performing mountain bike parts at the lowest prices in the industry." In Richardson, Texas.
[Added February 15, 1998.]
Piermont Bicycle Connection: This retailer in Piermont, New York clearly spent a bundle getting this site up. It's still being implemented at this writing. You can view images of plenty of products, but have to click on "order" to see the price, which still doesn't get you any technical specs-- at least in the sections I saw. Ordering means entering a shopping list, after which you can call the shop with you card number, or have them call to ask for it-- they don't have secure ordering in place, but you have to think that they will. They are "one of the top 100 shops in the U.S.," according to Bicycle Dealer Showcase... whatever that is.
[Added December 15, 1996.]
Piney Flats Bicycles and Fitness: "Tennesee's largest bicycle and fitness store." Featuring pretty informative pages on the bicycles produced by some of the brands they carry, such as Giant, Trek, Specialized, and Bianchi.
Planet Bike: A Madison, WI based store for bike gear - lights, fenders etc. They are big into advocacy, and support local activities. Yay.
[Updated July, 2000.]
Planetary Cycles: "Alternative Forms Of Human Powered Transportation"; off-road,road,rides,recumbent,bikes,parts,accessories; [Added: May 11, 2003. ]
Platinum Standard: Direct online marketers of ZAP-based electric bikes, trikes, and scooters. Also conversion kits to electrify your existing mount.
[Added March 13, 1999.]
Power On Cycling: Offering quality components, accessories, and service to bicycle and recumbent riders; [Added: February 17, 2002. ]
Prestige Cycles: "Southeastern Michigan's premier recumbent dealer. We carry a full line of bicycles and cycling accessories." Rans, Vision...
[Added February 17, 1999.]
Price Point: "A mail order company specializing in the lowest prices on bike parts, clothing, accessories, and more." They say "we will not be undersold."
Pro Bike Riders: specializes in light frames, forks, and other parts for the true bicycle enthusiast. Features the bp Stealth line of products.; Submitted by: Weston Wicks wicks@willinet.net; [Added: December 4, 2000. ]
Providence Bicycle: Based in Providence, Rhode Island. "We here at Providence Bicycle have in seven short years come from a very humble and small beginning in a 15'x15' store to our current 7000sq ft. digs..." It's not clear that they plan to provide online ordering - much of the site is yet unimplemented at this writing. They do seem primed to provide some information on local riding.
[Added March 13, 1999.]

QBike.com: Bicycle and bike parts low price finder!; Submitted by: ironmanda@yahoo.com; [Added: August 30, 2000. ]

R & E Cycles: This shop in Seattle was the place you loved to hate, when I lived there ten years ago. They were a little bit too smug, but a great shop anyway. They are also the home of Rodriquez bicycles, and are or were the home of Erikson bicycles, too-- these were the R and the E, respectively-- both respected high-end frame makers. This page focuses on the Rodriquez line of custom bikes, including the amazin' Eight-Ball, a bike that fits in a suitcase and can be either a 42-speed single or a 21-speed tandem, depending upon how you put it together.
[Added May 28, 1998.]
Rabid Cycles: A shop in Victoria BC. The page offers (well.. apparently will offer) a list of places to ride in the area, among other things.
[Added February 15, 1998.]
Reckless - The Bike Store: "Welcome to Reckless, home of "Unrelentingly Friendly Service!". We are proud of our fast, friendly, and efficient service for novice, intermediate, and serious cyclists. Drop in any time for free air, chain lube, or water..... it's always free at Reckless. We also tend to open great Granville Island beer and some pretty interesting wines most days after 6pm or so. " That sounds inviting. Stop by if you're in Vancouver. The web site also has suggested rides.; [Added: February 11, 2002. ]
Recreational Equipment Cooperative: The venerable REI is now online, complete with secure online ordering from your Nutscrape or Internet Exploiter browser. This link is to the cycling section. What's there? The usual categories of gear, with links to a page describing each item-- if not in painful detail, then at least in as much as you would get from a print catalog, with a photo. There is the usual "shopping basket" model for ordering, and a store locator, which you will really need if you want to buy one of their bikes: those aren't sold online.
[Added December 15, 1996.]
Recumbent Trikes & Bikes of New Orleans: They have a large selection of new and used recumbent trikes and bikes. You can test ride any of their recumbent trikes and bicycles in the area around their shop.; [Added: January 8, 2003. ]
Recycled Cycles and Service: Based in St. Louis, sellers of used and collectable bicycles, plus service. Probably of most interest to locals, but they do also encourage folks to email them their wanted lists, and they have drawings for free stuff.
[Updated July 10, 2000: New URL.]
[Updated August 1, 1998.]
Recumbent Trikes - Canada: "We are the exclusive Canadian distributor of Swift Recumbent Trikes by MR Components of Australia.� We are also a dealer for "Windwrap bike & trike fairings" by Mueller of California. " Unfortunately the site seems to be designed some computer other than mine.; [Added: January 13, 2002. ]
Rider's Cycles Ltd.: Rider's is a full-service shop in Victoria, Canada. We carry Cannondale, Rocky Mountian, Trek, Klein, Specialized bikes and more, and have some of the best prices and service on the web. We promise to answer ALL email. Try us - you won't be disappointed! We also ship worldwide!
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Ride Safe, Inc.: These folks sell helmets in bulk to non-profit organizations-- all the helmets are made by Bell Sports, and a minimum of twenty must be ordered at once-- and provide some down-loadable educational materials oriented towards getting bicycling kids into helmets. The helmets-- yes, they have adult sizes, too-- are mostly well under $10 each-- including the model I just blew $30 on (twice... don't ask) at retail for my kid. It smells like a non-profit, it tastes like a non-profit... but it's actually a for-profit company with an attitude. The page itself is cartoony and good-looking.
[Added December 4, 1996. Submitted by Dane K. Luhrsen.]
River City Bicycles: A retail and mail order bike shop located in Chattanooga, TN and specializing in Litespeed titanium bicycles.; Submitted by: Doug Wright doug@rivercitybikes.com; [Added: February 13, 2002. ]

Salad Days: Factory outlet for BMX maker Hoffman Bikes.
[Added May 5, 1998.]
Schwab Cycles: A shop in the Denver area that has just rolled out secure online ordering. The underlying database allows you to search by category, and each item, of which there are many, is linked to a detail page that, at this writing, seem to lack details. At first it looked to me as if the stream wasn't secured, but further investigation reveals that it is.
[Added August 30, 1998.]
SCHMIEDELERBIKETECH: Something about being a bike distributor. It took 10 full minues to load this page, and by that time I didn't feel like clicking on any links. (it did give me time to catch on my 'Spring Flora of Wisconsin').; [Added: April 17, 2002. ]
Second Hand Cycle: The site is a rider's marketplace for buying and selling pre-owned and new bicycles and cycling gear. We offer both classifieds and riders forums on topics of interest to road, mountain and specialty bike enthusiasts.; Submitted by Dale Chaney; [Added October, 2001.]
2ndHandSports.com: "Has your exercise bike joined you on the couch? Buy Sell or Trade @ 2ndHandSports.com".; [Added: November 12, 2001. ]
Shirar's Bicycle Store: Opened 1920, oldest bike store in Texas and possibly in the country!; [Added June 19, 2000.]
Shoebuy.com, Inc.: We sell a variety of cycling shoes, and are adding more all the time.
42 Batterymarch Street
Boston, MA 02110; Submitted by: Joy Pratt, Vice President jpratt@shoebuy.com; [Added: 08/01/2000:21:56:21 ]
Silent Sports Bicycles: Two shops in Toronto, plus a section on Thin Blue Line Bicycles.
[Updated January 18, 1998.]
A Sir Bike A Lot Company: "Bicycle e-shor with bikes for kids mtb bmx accessries. "
Hard to read the the text - some screwy fonts, I guess.; [Added: August 22, 2002. ]
South Coast Singletracks: Against all odds, another mountain-biking-and-beer-oriented store in Laguna Beach CA.
Speed Merchants: Retailer based in Rockford, MI-- that's north of Grand Rapids-- with Trek and Bike-E and other various other lines of bikes, parts and accessories. Oddly, while they do seem to be "open for online business," there are few prices and no explicit provision for ordering that I could find, and many of the links lead to the web sites of the manufacturers rather than to their own descriptions of what they offer for sale.
[Added January 6, 1998.]
Spoke and Sprocket: "Killeen, Texas's Finest Cycling Shop." Besides info on their commercial offerings, there is a rider resources section with maps, routes, and events.
[Added November 12, 1998. Contributed by Joe O'Callaghan.]
Spokes Plus: "Unique cycling items and cycling jewelry." Such as unicycles, lighting systems, tools, horns and bells, and more. Based in Kitchener, Ontario.
Steve's Multisport: A mail order outfit located in Blue Bell, PA, where they have a retail store. They are "totally focused on being your complete internet source for bicycles..."
[Updated February 11, 1998.]
Steve's Place Bicycle and Repair Inc.: Located near Niagara Falls, Ontario. We sell GT, Dyno, Specialized, KHS, Free Agent adn more. Complete On-line ordering with pictures and Pricing.; [Added: February 11, 2001. ]
SuperGo.com: World class mountain bikes, bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories at the best prices from Supergo.com.; [Added: August 21, 2002. ]
Swagman Bike Racks: Offering bike racks,bike carriers,car racks,and accessories for every hitch and tire mounted application. Secure online ordering and Free shipping.; [Added: January 5, 2003. ]

Tandems East: A tandem retailer in Pittsgrove, New Jersey that does mail-order and specialized in meeting the needs of the "hard-to-fit tandem team."
[Added March 29, 1997.]
Tandems, Ltd.: "offers a wide selection of tandems, tandem parts, and tandem accessories. We don't sell singles (heck we rarely ride them either). "
2220 Vanessa Drive - Birmingham, AL 35242-4430
[Added March 4, 2001.]
Team Estrogen: Cycling clothing and accessories for women; Submitted by; [Added June 20 2000.]
Team Rainbow: A mountain-biking-and-beer-oriented store in Laguna Beach CA. With some content of local interest, they also have the obligatory links page, a section of technical tips, and they say "we have big plans for this web-site so be sure to bookmark this page so you can check back to see what's cookin'."
The Third Hand/ Loose Screws: "Our goal is to provide the home mechanic with the largest selection of bicycle tools and bicycle small parts available. " They also have books and videos for those who wish to learn to be a home mechanic.
Loose Screws
12225 Highway 66
Ashland OR 97520
Voice: 503-488-4800

[Updated March 4,2001.]
Toga Bike Shop: New York City's largest and oldest bike shop; [Added: March 19, 2003. ]
Torelli Bicycles: This Torelli page has information on Torelli, Masi, and Mondonico Italian racing frames and bicycles, all of which they distribute in the U.S. Besides information on the various models, there are dealer lists for all three brands.
[Added November 16, 1996.]
Total Bike: Total Bike is a complete cycling resource center. We have an every growing listing of products at competitive prices. Free Shipping on all orders over $75
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Total Cyling: Ireland's first on-line mail order shop for racing cyclists and triathletes. Buy Campagnolo, Mavic, Time, ITM, Cinelli, Look, Sidi and Sigma sport products on-line.; Submitted by: michael mcloone totalcycling@aol.com; [Updated: July 3, 2000 ]
Tour and Trail Cyclery: Friendly, full service shop in downtown Big Rapids, MI. Mountain, road, recumbent, BMX and freestyle. Home of Ferris State University.; [Added: April 24, 2002. ]
The Touring Cyclist: This is a chain of eight stores in the St. Louis, MO area. The page features information on the Katy Trail, news, events, and so forth-- besides the usual meeting of the retail agenda. Oddly, instead of a not-for-profit touring club, St. Louis seems to have a for-profit outfit-- apparently run by these folks-- that runs tours, which cost $5 apiece for the one-day rides. Somebody set us straight if we've got that wrong.
[Added October 29, 1996.]
Travis Cycle: Your LBS in Taunton, MA.; [Added: February 18, 2002. ]
Treads Bicycle Outfitters: An online (and print) catalog featuring an imagemap of "Fred" as a means of navigating to the section you want. They don't say so, but the focus is on high-end mountain bike parts and attire.
Two Wheel Transit: High-end bike shop in Spokane, WA.
[Added August, 2001.]

University Bikes: Bike dealer-- specializing in Specialized and Schwinn-- in "Beautiful Boulder, Colorado." A neat feature is their cambot, updated every three minutes with an inside shot of the shop, and automatically updated in your browser. They have information on how to set up your own give-away-the-recycled-bikes program-- like theirs, which targets kids on a South Dakota Indian reservation (did you know that 85% of the 100 lowest-income zip codes are Indian reservations? 's true!). They have giant animated GIFs that are almost worth the wait. They have QuickTime movies that I can't view, because Apple doesn't support Linux. They have a searchable bike repair FAQ. All in all, a pretty neat site, particularly for a retail shop that doesn't even do mail-order and therefore won't likely be getting any of our money.
[Added March 1, 1997.]

Valley Bikes: "Midwest recumbent, tandem and conventional bike shop... brands include RANS, ATP Vision, BikeE, Trek, Schwinn, Redline, Worksman. Also, skateboards, glasses and shoes galore! Come visit Flyin' Joe the death-defying dog!" Based in Crawfordsville Indiana.
[Added February 8, 1998.]
Velocity Cycle: Bicycle repair and service in Tacoma WA; [Added: December 9, 2002. ]
Velosophy: Velosophy is your online source for all things bicycle! Not just another faceless dot com site, we are a real bike shop with a real love for everything cycling. Leisure rider or racer, roadie or mountain biker, we can meet all of your cycling needs online with the same personal touch you get when you walk into our Cooperstown store.; [Added: December 1, 2002. ]
Velotique: Everything for your bike, plus cross country skis and accessories. "A.K.A. the bike store that doesn't sell bikes." Canadian store with a catalog of interesting stuff and an 800 number. Based in Toronto.
[Added February 12, 1997.]
Vermont Bike and Ski: Whether you're a professional cyclist/skier or a fitness enthusiast, let Vermont Bike & Ski, Inc. outfit you with top quality Multi-Sport apparel, helmets and accessories. We proudly carry products by Louis Garneau, Pearl Izumi and Bell.; [Added: November 11, 2001. ]
Village Cycle Sport: A bike shop with two suburban Chicago locations: Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg. They are just trying to serve their local markets, so this page is largely boilerplate-- store hours, locations, specials, and, of course, links.
[Added April 29, 1998.]
Virtual Bike Barn: This is a shop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that says "this site is purely an information site only and is put here as a public service. We at Bike Barn wish to promote shopping with your local bicycle dealer, so you won't find merchandise for sale at this site." The design is most excellent, with good use of frames, Javascript, graphics, and font control-- but also with a fast-loading low-tech version. We liked the little "bike computer," which toggles between a clock and a stopwatch that tells you how much time you blew visiting the site. There are lots of links, a "chalkboard" that users can add to (no profanity has appeared yet), a local section, and a bike specs section (information served from Bike'alog).
[Added October 31, 1996.]
Vélo Spécialité: "Specializing in harder to find bicycle parts and accessories and wheel building for the Canadian cyclist. We sell nice looking road tire, studded tire, Brooks leather saddles, Arkel panniers, lighting systems and more. We like touring a lot but are riding road and mountain bike too. We commute by bike year round. "; Submitted by: Guy Bouchard gbouchar@quebectel.com; [Added: February 27, 2001. ] dt> Victory Board, Bike and Ski; Full service Bike and Ski shop in North Jersey.; Submitted by: Jesse Heap webmaster@victorybikeandski .com; [Added: March 3, 2002. ]
Vortex Cycles: "High end road, mountain, and triathlon bikes from Litespeed Titanium and VooDoo cycles, and weekly parts specials. Honesty and integrity. The retail location in San Diego is called North of the Border Bikes." The site is still a-buildin' at this writing.
[Added April 8, 1998.]

Wallingford Bicycle Parts: A mail-order source for Brooks saddles now located in New Orleans, LA. Lots of information on the saddles, a price list, and ordering information. They say: "Brooks, located in Nottingham, England... makes many styles of saddles... all of the styles share the basic design of a piece of moulded leather suspended between the metal frame at the front and back of the saddle. Leather has the capacity to deform and shape that is not present in today's plastic shell saddles." That probably explains the cult following that these saddles attract.
[Updated: July, 2003]
Webster Bicycle: "Webster Bicycle has been a family owned business at the same location since 1972... the oldest store in the Clear Lake area... We carry more BMX bicycles and accessories than any store in the Houston/Clear Lake area. We also carry mountain, hybrid, and road bicycles and all the accessories to make riding safe and fun." So named because they are in Webster, not because they are WWW afficianados, though they may be that, too. Sales are strictly on-site.
[Added May 5, 1998.]
Wedgwood Cycle: This shop in the Wedgwood section of Seattle (and now in Ballard and Issaquah, too) was my favorite shop when I lived there (1982-7), and brief visits since haven't tarnished my recollection of a fair, friendly, complete place for all types of cyclists to go, despite a change of hands. (In fact, just the other day they helped me out with an owner's manual for my Burley trailer, free of charge. Sweet.) The page offers The Wedgwood Cycle Sunday Mountain Bike Ride Schedule, the schedule of mechanics classes, and a lot more community-oriented stuff besides just the usual commercial copy. Nice design, too.
West Hill Shop: Based in Putney, Vermont. "Bicycles, cross-country skis (including some telemark equip), and related stuff since 1971... we are a low-key, friendly source for equipment, service, advice, good places to ride and X-C ski, racing results, touring information, snow conditions (in season), and much more." Featuring such light-hearted, woodsy sections as Neil's Deals, the Virtual Clubhouse, and the "not-quite-live" Shop Cam.
Wheel and Sprocket: A chain of bike shops, based in the Milwaukee area The web-site is riddled with 'flash', hence unreadable by many of us.
[Updated: March, 2003.]
[Added August, 1996.]
Wheel Away Cycle Center: "Sixteenth largest Cannondale dealer in the United States!" Hee-hee! Campbell, CA. To their immense credit, the page is actually updated upon occasion, a rarity indeed. Check out, too, the free lunch offer!
[Added February 15, 1998.]
WheelPro: UK-based wheel-builder and supplier of wheel-building kits and parts. They use Mavic rims and DT spokes, excellent choices in my view. The page-- in Microsoft colors!-- also offers a spoke calculator, which will be handy when they get the bugs out-- and an online classified ad page, CGI-based, is forthcoming. Nice work.
[Added January 10, 1997.]
wheels N Motion: Retailer of bikes and accessories. Many bargains and clearance lines. In the UK.; [Added: December 25, 2001. ]
Wheelworks: A shop in Belmont, Massachusetts with a real nice page design. Finally, a background that doesn't detract.
Whiplock: bike lock by Whiplock. Innovative design for the riders concerned with heavy locks that take up frame space and would rather not carry a lock or let the bike out of their site.
[Added Sat Oct 23 15:44:30 1999.]
Wildfire Designs Bicycles: "Our shop specializes in professional repairs and service. We are a great source for parts and accessories and are one of the few frame builders building the new superwide tire fatbikes. Alaskan mountain biking spoken here!" (The above is from the web site--I am just a customer that is an enthusiast for these kinds of bikes because they're great for riding in the snow--and all year round!) Ice Coast Biker.; Submitted by: Philip Penatac (Ice Coast Biker) ppenatac@yahoo.com; [Added: April 21, 2003. ]
Wrench Science: We enable you to customize, build, and buy your dream bike online. We have the world's most extensive selection of high-end frames and parts.; [Added: March 25, 2001. ]

Yellow Jersey: Madison's own venerable and controversial downtown bike shop. A bit more info is here.
Yucca Dune: "The only shop in Nebraska's Mountain bike mecca: the Niobrara Scenic River valley. Specializing in Gary Fisher, Trek, and Santana bikes and accessories." Also, climbing gear, kayaks, and other sport gear. And, some community info.
[Added December 14, 1998.]
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Zephyros Adventure Sports: Mountain bike rental shop in Pafos, Cyprus. Free maps and route planning. Mountain bike tours and excursions.; rentals; [Added: July 7, 2003. ]

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