Reliable mail-order sources of components/frames/accessories?

Woland99 said:

I just browsed thru the FAQ have not seen any links - does anybody
happen
to have collection of links to reliable Internet vendors selling
parts ?

Wanna be more specific?
http://www.yellowjersey.org/hardware.html
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A Muzi said:

Wanna be more specific? http://www.yellowjersey.org/hardware.html
--

Like Andy said- not all vendors carry everything on the planet- not by
a long shot. Since you asked, here's a couple of my favorites:
http://harriscyclery.net/page.cfm?PageID=49 The QBP catalog- just
about everything new.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/index.html Harris Cyclery, home of
the late, great Sheldon Brown. Storehouse of weird stuff you never
knew you needed.
http://www.bikepartsusa.com/ Bike Parts USA is good for finding very
cheap parts, if that's what floats your boat.
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/ Bike Tools Etc. has some oddball stuff,
and they've been very easy to work with.
http://www.universalcycles.com/ Universal Cycles has done well by me-
but then they're 5 minutes from work so I don't have to pay shipping.
I also get to visit their cats- they have 5 or 6 I think.

Jeff

JeffWills said:

A Muzi said:

Wanna be more specific?  http://www.yellowjersey.org/hardware.html
--

Like Andy said- not all vendors carry everything on the planet- not by
a long shot. Since you asked, here's a couple of my favorites:http://harriscyclery.net/page.cfm?PageID=49 The QBP catalog- just
about everything new.http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/index.htmlHarris Cyclery, home of
the late, great Sheldon Brown. Storehouse of weird stuff you never
knew you needed.http://www.bikepartsusa.com/Bike Parts USA is good for finding very
cheap parts, if that's what floats your boat.http://www.biketoolsetc.com/Bike Tools Etc. has some oddball stuff,
and they've been very easy to work with.http://www.universalcycles.com/Universal Cycles has done well by me-
but then they're 5 minutes from work so I don't have to pay shipping.
I also get to visit their cats- they have 5 or 6 I think.

Jeff

Dear Jeff,

Somewhat like biketoolsetc is:

http://www.loosescrews.com

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

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another good source is www.lickbike.com

Good pricing and they can get a lot of items that aren't on their website

https://www.wescooutfitters.com/c-428-knives-accessories.aspx
try the Gerber River Knife

http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=226&catalogId=40000000226&langId=-1
campmor's clothing, pack and sale prices are unbeatable.

http://www.rei.com/ become a mememember, see the bike program. REI
REI gave me $75 yesterday. very helpful. new world attitude.

http://www.homesecuritystore.com/ezStore123/DTProductZoom.asp?productID=767
see people turn yellow

http://www.jensonusa.com/ very helpful

http://www.phattire.com/vevlwibico.html between Universal,
Phat, and
Bicycletires

http://www.bicycletires.com/

www.seattlefabrics.com figure the cost of doing it
yourself

http://www.worldcat.org/
search bicycle, bicycle touring, bicycle tours, bicycle repair,
camping equipment, making whatever, use interlibrary loan

and off course Nashbar who just stiffed me for $10 butbutbut sold a
helmet at
half rice. Nashbar send an email. read it. use the search
box. Nashbar
sells stuff at the very lowest prices but you gotta look
thru it.

datakoll said:

https://www.wescooutfitters.com/c-428-knives-accessories.aspx
try the Gerber River Knife

http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?...
campmor's clothing, pack and sale prices are unbeatable.

http://www.rei.com/ become a mememember, see the bike program. REI
REI gave me $75 yesterday. very helpful. new world attitude.

http://www.homesecuritystore.com/ezStore123/DTProductZoom.asp?product...
see people turn yellow

http://www.jensonusa.com/ very helpful

http://www.phattire.com/vevlwibico.html between Universal,
Phat, and
Bicycletires

http://www.bicycletires.com/

www.seattlefabrics.com figure the cost of doing it
yourself

http://www.worldcat.org/
search bicycle, bicycle touring, bicycle tours, bicycle repair,
camping equipment, making whatever, use interlibrary loan

and off course Nashbar who just stiffed me for $10 butbutbut sold a
helmet at
half rice. Nashbar send an email. read it. use the search
box. Nashbar
sells stuff at the very lowest prices but you gotta look
thru it.

u been mazing anyone lately?

Gene Daniels said:

and off course Nashbar who just stiffed me for $10 butbutbut sold a
helmet at half rice. Nashbar send an email. read it. use the search
box. Nashbarsells stuff at the very lowest prices but you gotta look
thru it.

Hey, Caveat Emptor. I'm just glad Nashbar is still around as a somwhat
independent entity (if you get my drift). I've been buying from them
since the '70s when they were Bike Warehouse. They're about the only
large online bike part dealer that hasn't forsaken real world cyclists
in favor of the boutique crowd.

Just yesterday I placed a small order for a $1.99 water bottle cage,
and a $14.95 polypro under shirt. No $500 Assos jackets at Nasbar!

Art Harris

res09c5t said:

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another good source is www.lickbike.com

Good pricing and they can get a lot of items that aren't on their website

I like Lickbike too. I've found a lot of stuff there that Nashbar
doesn't carry, such as one of the only decent trunk bags (no Velcro),
the Lone Peak Deluxe (actually the only trunk bag on their web site).
They also have the Saris tandem rack, one of the only tandem racks where
both wheels remain on the bicycle. It took some creative engineering for
me to adapt it to my Thule crossbars, but it works wonderfully.

Woland99 said:

I just browsed thru the FAQ have not seen any links - does anybody
happen
to have collection of links to reliable Internet vendors selling
parts ?

JT

Here's a copy of mail-order sources from my browser's bookmark file. I
can't vouch for the reliability of most of them. Since I've been
collecting these links for years and have never garbage collected,
some may not even be in business any longer. ;-)

http://www.big-wheel.com/v2/index.phtml
http://www.bikepartsunlimited.com/
http://www.bikepartsusa.com/index.phtml
http://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=30
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi
http://www.boure.com/
http://www.BranfordBike.com/
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/bikes/index.html
http://www.coloradocyclist.com/
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/
http://danscomp.com/
http://www.excelsports.com/
http://www.frankfordbike.com/
http://www.giroposte.com/
http://www.gotbike.com/
http://www.icyclesusa.com/
http://www.ital-tecno.com/
http://www.keithstriathlon.com/index2.html
http://www.kucharik.com/
http://www.labicicletta.com/
http://www.lickbike.com/
http://www.bikenashbar.com/
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/home.htm
http://www.performancebike.com/
http://www.pricepoint.org/index.html
http://www.recycledcycles.com/retro.shtml
http://www.qbike.com/
http://www.saddlesore.net/034.htm
http://www.stevesmultisport.com/
http://www.supergo.com/
http://www.totalcycling.com/
http://www.ultimateridingsports.com/index.html

--
jeverett3<AT>sbcglobal<DOT>net (John V. Everett)

hey CAVEAT EVERETT.

Nashbar screws me every time I buy there. I buy on 30% discount.
next day Nashbar sells for 40% discount

if you could afford a $500 jacket for the 80' ketch moored at St
Barts....

datakoll said:

hey CAVEAT EVERETT.

Nashbar screws me every time I buy there. I buy on 30% discount.
next day Nashbar sells for 40% discount

Obviously you should always wait one more day before buying! :-)

Another way they've annoyed me is when my total order goes above some
shipping increase threshold, but an item is out of stock (and can't be
backordered because it's a close out item) and my total order goes
below the threshold, they don't automatically lower the shipping back
down along with it.

SMS said:

res09c5t said:

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another good source iswww.lickbike.com

Quoted message said:

Good pricing and they can get a lot of items that aren't on their website

I like Lickbike too. ...

I've had a few good dealings with Lickbike. On one multiple order
item though, one small thing was out of stock and they held the entire
order indefinitely without notifying me to see what I wanted to do. I
had to contact them to find out why my stuff hadn't received my parts.

Another place I've had similar issues with is JensonUSA. I looked at
my order history with them and more often than not I end up canceling
the order because something was out of stock and there was no real
indication from them of when or if they would ever get the item in,
and I usually end up having to contact them to find out what the heck
is going on.

I'm usually OK with getting only part of a multi-item order, but I
guess with JensonUSA, things I've ordered have usually involved
multiple, related items where missing one piece makes the rest of the
shipment useless to me (most recently a fork, a crown race and a star
nut, with the crown race being back ordered for who knows how long).

obviuoulsy if one waits, prices go up.

Often, Nbar does not do anything clerical for you, the buyer must
email or phone if only for pointing out Nbar's resident baboon
overbilled for $25 or shipped 26" not 700c or BAU right?
Nashbar is very correct and polite for corrections.
If you don't get it right at Nbar that's your problem.
Every time I bought from Harris, the mob sent a goon to vandalize my
bike. A Yalee?
Universal and Jenson are considerate.

I haven't seen anyone else yet mention Bike Tires Direct:

http://biketiresdirect.com/

They carry components and other stuff besides tires.

and let us snot forget the bicycle rack site, if someone knows that
address?

datakoll said:

and let us snot forget the bicycle rack site, if someone knows that
address?

They are near Ohare, about 2 hours from here
http://thebikerack.com/page.cfm?pageID=12

2930 Campton Hills Road
St Charles, IL 60175
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A Muzi said:

datakoll said:

and let us snot forget the bicycle rack site, if someone knows that
address?

They are near Ohare, about 2 hours from herehttp://thebikerack.com/page.cfm?pageID=12

2930 Campton Hills Road
St Charles, IL 60175
--
Andrew Muziwww.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

UNNNNNGH THERE'S A WEBSITE cenetering on evaluating bike racks.

Just empty your cart and refill. Shipping charges thresholds are
posted

Victor Kan said:

datakoll said:

hey CAVEAT EVERETT.

Quoted message said:

Nashbar screws me every time I buy there. I buy on 30% discount.
next day Nashbar sells for 40% discount

Obviously you should always wait one more day before buying! :-)

Another way they've annoyed me is when my total order goes above some
shipping increase threshold, but an item is out of stock (and can't be
backordered because it's a close out item) and my total order goes
below the threshold, they don't automatically lower the shipping back
down along with it.

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Woland99 said:

I just browsed thru the FAQ have not seen any links - does anybody
happen
to have collection of links to reliable Internet vendors selling
parts ?

JT

Just bought an Sugino crankset from these folks:

http://www.chucksbikes.com/