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Bicycles: more bike for the buck.
If you plan to buy one of the 19 million new bikes Americans will pedal home this year, chances are your new ride will have an aluminum frame, even if it costs less than $500. It might even have disc brakes or 27 gears
These features, once found only on more expensive bikes, bring the benefits of lighter weight, better braking in sloppy conditions, and more efficient pedaling to cyclists with a modest budget.
Higher-priced bikes are getting better, too. The best of the $1,000-and-up models we tested had the shock absorption and handling previously found only on bikes costing two or three times as much.
For this report, we tested four types of ...
- Smooth ride: years of tinkering in his garage led Brent Foes to develop a...
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Purser, Travis December 16, 2002 700+ words
...of an early full-suspension mountain bike, Foes walked into...magazine, Mountain Bike Action, snapped...like to order 50 bikes,"' he said. And...sells one or two Foes bikes a year, he said...that much money on a bike and to ride it...
- Boulder, Colo.-Based Mountain Bike Designer Again Moving to Transform Industry.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 24, 2001 700+ words
...shocks on a mountain bike. The company he...the ultimate full-suspension mountain bike. His Maverick bike...or Trek (mountain bikes) over the course...where Maverick bikes are selling quickly...incredibly performing bike." As mountain biking...
- ACX Announces Innovative Electronic Suspension System for Mountain Bikes:...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 3, 1997 700+ words
...end models from K2 BIKE including th Pro-Flex...4000 and ANIMAL mountain bikes. The Smart Shock provides...conventional mountain bike shocks must compromise...for high-performance suspension mountain bikes," said Adam Bogue...
- Riding high at Whistler Bike Park.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pucci, Carol September 8, 2004 700+ words
...my Giant Warp silver dual-suspension mountain bike. A face guard and chest armor...residential neighborhoods. Bike shops rent bikes by the hour, half-day or full day, but having my own bike gave me the flexibility to mix...
- Bike company pedals to Ferndale.(Transition Bikes)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Bellingham Business Journal July 1, 2005 700+ words
...in Renton, started Transition Bikes three and a half years ago, out...respect for biking. Transition Bikes manufactures three models: two full-suspension mountain bikes and a hardtail mountain bike. The company is getting ready...
- Columbia Sportswear Enters Outdoor Bike Market; New Bike Collection Will...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 11, 2005 700+ words
...marketing of a new line of outdoor bikes and bike accessories. The new Columbia...will feature hardtail and dual suspension mountain bikes, comfort bikes, hybrid bikes...and youth style models. Select bike accessories including grips...
- If you have a good bike, consider an upgrade.
- Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 23, 2002 700+ words
...Eric Sharp If you have a good bike, consider upgrading rather than...I rode a 25-pound, front-suspension mountain bike that was one-eighth of my weight...along on a 30-pound, unsuspended bike that was about one-fourth of...
- If you have a good bike, consider an upgrade.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sharp, Eric May 24, 2002 700+ words
If you have a good bike, consider upgrading rather than...skull: I rode a 25-pound, front-suspension mountain bike that was one-eighth of my weight...along on a 30-pound, unsuspended bike that was about one-fourth of her...