One Day One Ride One Cause
August 17, 2008
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BuyGuide - a Guide to Making a Bike Purchase

Biking is a fun way to enjoy nature, exercise, and even help the environment. However, this does not mean you should run out to the closest discount store and purcahse the cheapest bike of the rack. That is why we created the BuyGuide to help you first understand the bike components and then use that information to make good decisions.

This guide will help you understand some of the basic concepts of a bike that you can read before or after your first bike shop visit. The guide represents a summary of the information available, so if you have questions that are not answered here of if something is incorrect, please send an email to info@1day1ride1cause.org.

Go to the info page to download a consolidated version of the guide and check out bike shops near you.

You can jump to any section by using the table of contents on the left, but you should probably start with the composition of a bike.