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The Best Affordable Bikes: Quality and Value on a Budget

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The Best Affordable Bikes: Quality and Value on a Budget

When it comes to purchasing a bike, finding the perfect combination of quality and affordability can be challenging. However, with the right knowledge and research, it’s possible to find a bike that fits your budget while also providing a smooth and reliable ride. In this article, we will explore the best affordable bikes on the market and what makes them stand out.

Mountain Bikes

Mountain biking is an exciting and popular sport that requires a sturdy and reliable bike. The good news is that there are affordable mountain bikes available that offer the necessary features to conquer the trails. Some of the best affordable mountain bikes include the Diamondback Hook, the Marin Bobcat Trail, and the Giant ATX.

The Diamondback Hook is an entry-level bike that offers a solid frame, hydraulic disc brakes, and a 1x drivetrain. It’s perfect for beginners who want to experience mountain biking without breaking the … Read More

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Mountain bike groupsets: everything you need to know

Mountain bike groupsets: everything you need to know

BikeRadar‘s buyer’s guide to mountain bike groupsets is here to tell you everything you need to know about your bicycle’s components.

A group or groupset are all ways of describing the collection of parts that make up a bicycle’s drivetrain.

The components include the shifters, crankset, bottom bracket, front and rear derailleurs, chain, and cassette. Brakes are sometimes included in component series, but, for this article, we’re going to stick to the items that comprise the drivetrain.

Just like our buyer’s guide to road bike groupsets, this guide is designed to explain the components of a groupset and the different options offered by the two main manufacturers: Shimano and SRAM.

It is more common to see complete groupsets on road bikes. When it comes to mountain bikes, however, brands usually mix and match parts from various groups – and in some cases different brands – to suit the bike’s

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New full-service bike shop in Fayetteville is just one part of Arrowhead Bike Farm’s big plans for 2020 – Sponsored Content

New full-service bike shop in Fayetteville is just one part of Arrowhead Bike Farm’s big plans for 2020 – Sponsored Content

Youth Camps and Clinics with BICP Certified Instructors. Photo by Jay Young. Feature image by Jay Young.

Fayetteville, West Virginia’s Arrowhead Bike Farm — a restaurant, campground and full-service bike shop with mountain bike rentals — is eager to show off some exciting changes this upcoming season. 

“We are kicking things off with the opening of our brand new bike shop along with many more updates, upgrades, and improvements,” said Bike Shop Manager and Co-owner Adam Stephens.

New full-service bike shop in Fayetteville is just one part of Arrowhead Bike Farm’s big plans for 2020 – Sponsored Content
Mountain Bike Rentals, Service and Sales

The team at Arrowhead Bike Farm began construction on the new bike shop in fall 2019. The 1,400 square-foot facility is now complete and will open on March 6. Arrowhead is Shimano (or S-TEC) and BBI mechanic-certified as well as an authorized Trek and Pivot dealer. The new shop will sell and service these and other brands along with a complete line of accessories, tools, helmets, shoes,

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PC maker Acer aspires to get into e-bikes with the 35-pound “ebii”

PC maker Acer aspires to get into e-bikes with the 35-pound “ebii”

  • Acer’s ebii, an out-of-left-field attempt at an e-bike from a company best known for affordable PCs.


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  • The ebii has built-in lights and a single-sided fork for the front tire that saves some weight.


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  • The ebii’s battery, motor, and other components are all stored in this chunky central box.


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When you think of Acer you probably think of PCs, whether they’re cheap beater laptops and tablets, slightly nicer but still budget-focused ultrabooks and gaming laptops, or weird swing-and-a-miss experiments. But today the company announced something else entirely—the “ebii,” a lightweight e-bike that, aside from an associated smartphone app, has nothing to do with PCs or tablets.

We’ve reviewed e-bikes with stylish designs and appealing curvature, but the ebii looks decidedly more utilitarian. The chunky “ebii Box” in the middle houses the control box, battery pack, and headlight, and the seat and handlebars jut upward out of it. In

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Dave Weagle Patents High-Pivot Drivetrain System

Dave Weagle Patents High-Pivot Drivetrain System
Recently we spotted this patent filed in 2022 by Dave Weagle (yes, that Dave Weagle of suspension-designing fame) for a “sequential adjacent drive assembly”. Basically, it’s a drive system for high-pivot suspension bikes that uses two chains: one connecting a sprocket on the crank to a driven sprocket above it, which is fixed to the frame on a bearing and connected to an adjacent and co-axial sprocket that drives a second chain. In turn, that second chain drives the cassette.
The concept is similar to a jackshaft arrangement, like the Starling pictured below on the left, but this time both chains are on the drive side of the bike. This means a regular crank can be used (fitting a standard crank the wrong way around with the chainring on the left-hand side can cause the pedals to unthread while riding) and, crucially, means it can also work with mid-drive e-bike
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