Bicycles Online > Mountain Bikes

A wide variety of mountain bikes and mountain bike parts are available online and at great prices.

There are still places where very few people go or can get to. Places where there are no roads, no bike paths and out of reasonable hiking range. If you're not into horses (or dirt bikes in some places), there is really only one other way to get there... Mountain bikes.

At About-Bicycles we have researched and selected the best online mountain bicycle and bicycle accessory sources for mountian bikes and mountain bike parts online as well as bicycle accessories and parts (for any bicycling style) to help you find a great selection of bicycles and bicycle accessories online fast and easy and at great prices.

Why drive all over town looking for mountain bicycles, accessories and parts when you can find most of what you need online, at great prices and have them delivered to your home or to a store near you.

Recommended Mountain Bikes For Sale Online

See the GT Marathon Carbon Bike Review for our recommended, top overall, full suspension mountain bike for sale online.

See the GT Zaskar Carbon Bike Review for our recommended, top overall, hardtail mountain bike for sale online.

See the Jamis Dakar XC Bike Review for our recommended entry level full suspension mountain bike for sale online. Includes reviews and comparisons of the 2010 Dakar XC Comp, XC Sport and XCR models.

See the Mongoose Teocali Bike Review for a review of mid range Mongoose Teocali bikes (Super, Elite and Comp).

Recommended Mountain Bike Brands and Online Websites

** REI.com - Mountain Bikes has a great selection of GT, Ellsworth, Cannondale, Ellsworth, Novara and Raleigh brand mountain bikes that you can buy online. Some REI brand mountain bikes (like Cannondale and Raleigh) must be delivered to an REI store but the brands that can be delivered directly to your home come with only minor assembly required.

* Mountain Bikes at Performance for a nice selection of mountain bikes for sale online including GT, Diamondback, Fuji, Schwinn, Focus and Mongoose brand mountain bikes. Bikes can be delivered to your home or to a Performance store for FREE shipping.

See Bikes at JensonUSA for an excellent selection of mountain bikes at very low prices. JensonUSA offers quality mountain bikes from Scott, Jamis, Surly, Bianchi, Rocky Mountain, Intense, Yeti, SE... at large discounts.

A note on mountain bike sales online

Mongoose and Schwinn build some quality mountain bikes but they also sell low end mountain bikes that they build specifically for big box stores (like Wal-Mart). Although we have reviewed and recommended some department store bikes in other bike categories (comfort, hybrid, road, etc.) we DO NOT recommend their low end mountain bikes.

Mountain bikes need to be able to handle much more difficult situations that other bike types and a cheap mountain bike is just going to cause you a lot of problems.

Also, 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 our site do have many bikes for sale online. For example: GT, Ellsworth, Schwinn, Cannondale, Raleigh, Huffy, and Mongoose 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 our recommended bike sites above if you are looking for these brands of new mountain bikes for sale online  (or for plenty of mountain bike accessories).

Other brand names, such as Trek, Giant, Gary Fisher 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.

Cycle Computers (bike speedometers, odometers) A good cyclecomputer is one of the most useful and interesting accessories that you can have on your bike. Speedometer, Odometer, Trip Meter, Date and Time, Riding time vs Elapsed time, averages... Many wireless models are available too!

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.).

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.

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