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Getting your bicycle accessories and bicycles online fast allows you more time to get out and enjoy the ride.

Whether you're into mountain bikes, road, recumbent, BMX or hybrid bikes you need the right bicycle and bicycle accessories and you don't want to spend half the riding season looking for them. About-Bicycles has researched and selected the best sources for bicycles online (including bicycle sales online) and bicycle accessories to help you find a great selection of bikes and bicycle supplies online fast and easy and at great prices.

For me, there is nothing like a long ride on a beautiful day. I have done a lot of bike miles and have been breaking new personal distance records for the last 5 years now. In the process, I have discovered a lot of bicycle accessories that really come in handy in addition to some good online bicycle resources to buy bicycles online and bicycle accessories online.

Bicycle Accessory Online Resources

To help you to reach your destination sooner, for bike accessories and supplies see our 2009 Best Brands Online for:

• Bike Computers - A good bike computer is one of the most useful accessories that you can have on your bike. Speedometer, Odometer, Trip Meter, Date and Time, Riding time vs Elapsed time, averages... Many GPS and wireless models are available too!
• Bicycle GPS - Do you need a bike GPS receiver integrated with your cycle computer functions or a separate hand held GPS unit with a handlebar mount and cycling GPS maps.
• Bicycle Car Racks - Vans and pick-ups come in very handy for bike transportation. If that is not an option though, you will be needing a bicycle car rack to get to the best riding locations.
• Bicycle Clothing - Mostly what you really need as far as bicycle clothing goes, of course, is what makes you comfortable (some people may require more style to be comfortable than others :-) ).
• Bicycle Bags - Good bicycle bags (cycle bags, packs and racks, panniers (bicycle saddle bags)) are essential for trails, distance, touring and utility rides. I have always found that a basic behind or under the seat pack works very well for typical rides (trials, quick trips, etc.).

Bikes and Exercise Bikes for Sale Online

For quality brand name bikes for sale online and kids bikes and exercise bikes for sale online, see:

• Road Bikes - Descriptions and comparisons of the common road bikes (touring, sport and racing bikes) and online bike stores where you can buy road bikes online.
• Mountain and BMX Bikes - Often, you can find many mountian bikes, BMX bikes and mountian bikes parts as easy online as you can at the local bike shops.
• Comfort and Hybrid Bikes - Are you looking for a good all purpose, practical and comfortable bicycle? If so, the comfort and hybrid bicycle category may be what you are looking for. Order quality brand comfort and hybrid bikes online.
• Kids Bikes - For a large selection of kids bikes and kids bike accessories that you can buy online and have delivered to your home or have delivered to a store near you for pickup.
• Exercise Bikes - Compare reviews and the various types of exercise bikes and equipment: Upright Exercise Bikes, Recumbent and Semi Recumbent-Exercise Bikes, Dual Action (upright) Exercise Bikes, Mini Exercise Bikes and Bike Trainers and stay in shape all year long.

See Online Bike Stores - for a complete listing of where to purchase the most popular brands for all bike types online.

Some notes on bike brands and bicycle sales online

Many of the bicycle sites that you find on the internet will have good information, detailed descriptions and sometimes prices for the bicycles that they manufacture or sell but will not actually sell the bicycles online. Instead they will refer you to a local dealer or one of their own bike shops.

The online bike resources referenced on this site do have many bikes for sale online. For example: Schwinn, Cannondale, Huffy, K2, Mongoose, Scattante, Columbia, Kent, Electra, Nirve and Nashbar Brand are some (but not all) of the name brands that you can actually buy online. Some brands (like Cannondale, for example) can be ordered on line but must be shipped to a local shop.

Browse the online stores recommended on our specific bike type pages (side bar links) if you are looking for these brands of new bicycles for sale online (or for bicycle accessories online).

Other brand names, such as Trek, Giant, Diamondback, Haro and Specialized are high quality, popular brand names, but if you are searching the internet to find these brands of bicycles for sale online, you will most likely just find references to their approved dealers or used bikes. If you are looking for these or other higher end bikes you'll most likely have to check out a local bike shop or you could try ebay or craigs list.

It goes without saying that you need to make some key decisions and know the appropriate size bike that you need before you make an online purchase. It should not be difficult to decide what style of bike you would prefer to have. This is based on what kind of riding that you want the bike for (road, trails, commuting, etc.), your riding style (speed, distance, off the road, etc.) and your personal preferences (comfort, upright seating, wrap down handle bars, etc.). The About-Bicycles bike type categories (the side bars) may give you some help here if you need it.

The other key factor is the getting the correct frame size and geometry. If you do not already know the correct bike frame size for you there are a number of ways to find this out. You can find a lot of helpful information online, but I would suggest going to a local bike shop and trying out various frame sizes for the type of bike that you are considering. The sales people can often be quite helpful in this area too. If you feel bad about "using" the local stores resources for your online purchases, you can still bring in your new bike to their shop for assembly and/or tuning.

Although my personal style of riding is mostly trails and bike paths, a little mountain off-the-road riding, distance riding, pleasure riding and utility riding (just using my bike for quick trips to stores and friends houses, etc), the online resources that I have found are just as valuable for any cycling style or preference.

I have purchased a few bikes and quite a few bike accessories over the years, both online and at local bike shops. It can be difficult and time consuming to find good online resources quickly so I have included references and links to what I have found to be some of the best online resources for bikes and bike accessories.

The site topics below will help you find more helpful information and bike stuff that you may be looking for online fast and easy and will provide you with some useful bicycle reviews, information and tips to make your online trip enjoyable as well.

Bicycle Accessories Having the right bicycle accessories available when you need them makes the difference between just another ride and a ride that you don't really want to end. (bicycle lights, bags, mirrors, hydration packs and water bottles, locks, car racks...)

Bike Parts If you ride bikes, you are going to be needing bicycle tires, tubes, bicycle wheels, cables, chains and chain cleaner kits, brake shoes and other bicycle parts and accessories pretty regularly. Here are some great online sources.

Recumbent Bicycles Recumbent bicycles - More comfort more efficiency and speed. These bikes are getting more popular each year and for good reasons! Find out why...

Cycling Articles - More interesting cycling information on bike types, bike brands, bike trails and more.

This site also has a very good selection of Illinois (mostly the Chicago area) and Wisconsin bike trail articles, descriptions and photos in the "Bike Trails" section. Enjoy...

Bicycle Touring and Trails The About-Bicycles Bike Trail pages are filled with tons of great bike trail information and photos. Most (but not all) of the trails in this section are trails that are easily accessible from the Northwest Chicagoland area (Illinois and Wisconsin) since this is where I am from. Do You Have a Dream? I have had a dream for a while now of bicycling across the US for quite a while now. I haven't achieved that yet, but I still hope to.