Finding parts on Bicycledirectory.com and bicycles

It’s Christmas day and I had a very marry one indeed. Hope you did too. Hope that special someone gave you some great gear for your next ride. The truth is however, most of our friends who know we are into cycling might go for the obvious like a new helmet or bike clothes, but are very unlikely to get something specific like new pedals, rims, handle bars ect. They probably have no idea we are even thinking about getting new handle bars or rims. The ones we have seem fine to them. So when it comes to making improvements on your bike as the old saying goes “if it has to be it’s up to me”.

Bike parts can be very specific and hard to find so I’m blogging about how to go about searching for the parts you need and introduce you to some strategies for finding the parts you need and getting a good deal on them. Feel free to add suggestions in the comment area.

There are a couple of search engines that I recommend.

Bicycledirectoy.com

This is database style directory that allows you to enter the information on the parts your looking for and the geographic area. One problem with this type of search is that if your too specific about the area then you get zero results. So if your looking for a rare part, then you want to keep the geographic area set to “all”. Most bike retailers are willing to ship so this site is best if it’s not absolutely necessary that they are local. Bicycledirectoy.com has over 7800 retailers listed. It’s big and specific.

bicycleshops.us

Is a old fashioned bicycle directory that breaks everything down geographically. First state then city. It’s great for looking at retailers in your area. One thing I really like about bicycleshops.us is that when you get to the city level they have the most links direct to the websites of the bicycle shops. So if you want to see the websites of the bicycle shops in your area this is a great way to find them.

I hope you find my first blog useful, I plan to blog more about bike parts in the future. One of the things I will be covering is some of the best places where you can buy parts form other people other cyclists. Thanks for your interest stay tuned.