Online Bike Stores

Triathlon Forum
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Hello large, vast, wise body of people that is Slowtwitch,
I was wondering what online bike stores people over here have had good expirences with, and what ones we have not. If there’s already a thread on this, just point me over. It’s just whenever I’m about to spend money I want to know if I’m getting ripped off it not. Or this just turns into a resource for anyone else wanting to know.
Thanks in advance, TriathlonKid.

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Wiggle

Chain Reaction Cycles

Probikekit

All are UK and are pretty good. Many well known US based seem to be more expensive.

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But there are some great US-based bike shops. I guess it depends what you buy. I have had great experiences buying bike things from:

  • Ben’s Cycle
  • Bike Tires Direct (sells MUCH more than tires despite the name) in Portland
  • Discount Tri Supply (always free shipping)
  • Jenson USA (great return policy)
  • Art’s Cyclery
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Excel Sports. Based in Boulder.

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Bicycle Outfitters Indy
Decades of experience in brick and mortar shops and excellent service/pricing/variety in the online world.
BMC, Felt, Fuji, Jamis, etc

I highly recommend them. They have a killer deal on Cycletek trainers this month.

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JensonUSA has good prices and shipping is always free over $50.

Pricepoint is good. So is Universal Cycles.

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I’ll add to the list:

http://worldclasscycles.com/ Roger there has always been great. I discovered them way back when I had to source 26" tubies.

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Nashbar has generally got some decent deals. Probike Kit and Wiggle are both very good. I have twice had issues with what was shipped to me via ProBikeKit, and both times the issue was sorted out within 24 hours.

That being said I tend to only buy items that I can deal with myself from online and buy stuff local that I can’t deal with so the LBS will help me out (like Bottom Brackets, headsets etc…).

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I was really happy with The Tri Shop. Great prices during the holidays and really quick shipping. Low enough on the prices where I could use the item for a while to see if I liked it, then resell it at the used market value and still make a profit.