US Sites for Buying Gear

[laura*]

I've had good luck with any number of other retailers: Performance, Nashbar, Jenson USA, Trisports, REI and Speedgoat just to name a few.

Nashbar is owned by PerformanceBike though they run it as an independent business. They are their own distributor, and thus selection might be a bit limited.

UniversalCycles is a personal favorite. They're a left coast LBS that interfaces with the major distributors. Speedgoat has a similar operation on the right coast.

[roadie gal]

2+ on Trisports for tri related stuff. Www.onetri.com is also good. Shop around for specials and close outs.

[NbyNW]

I've had pretty good experiences with aebike.com

[indysteel]

I've had pretty good experiences with aebike.com

Oooh; I forgot about them. They have a nice selection and, often, good prices.

[nscrbug]

I've done pretty well with bikesomewhere.com, although I have also used many of the other sites mentioned. No problems with any of them.

[CyclicChick]

Try REI for clothing items. They do have good sales. They do good with general stuff like pumps and other random stuff like lights and such... worth your time. Also, I find that their websites has lots better selection. I purchase, mail to store ($0 ) and if I don't like it or fit return it right there. I also always find great outdoors brand name clothing there..check it out

[alexis_the_tiny]

Whew! Thanks for the recommendations. I've gone and bought everything and there's a nice big dent (although a planned for dent) in my bank account. TE was the first place I checked out after ebay. =D