ALTADENA, CA, February 23, 2000 — Best Book BuysTM announced today the launch of the first online bike shopping comparison site at www.BestBikeBuys.com. The country's 44 million biking enthusiasts can now easily compare prices among 14 online bike merchants on more than 10,000 bicycle related parts, accessories, clothing and food.
"Before Best Bike Buys, I used to spend hours comparing prices in mail-order catalogs and calling around to local bike shops," said Sugi Sorensen, Vice-President of Engineering for Best Web Buys and a former California State champion amateur bike racer. "Now I can compare prices at over a dozen online bike stores with one click. It helps me to save money and, more importantly, time better spent riding my bike."
Once at Best Bike Buys, consumers can search by keyword, product category or manufacturer. The Best Bike Buys search results list the stores that carry the item as well as the price. After the consumer chooses the store to purchase from, Best Bike Buys will take the consumer to the online store to complete the purchase.
For example, a search at Best Bike Buys for a SRAM 1999 9.0 SL Shifter finds stores that sell this part ranging from $50 to $75.
The BicycleChannelTM (www.BicycleChannel.com) named Best Bike Buys as one of its top 10 Hot Links for February 2000. Best Bike Buys is the third category specific site to emerge from the Best Web Buys family that includes the award winning Best Book Buys site. Best Book Buys was one of the first shopping comparison sites on the Internet and has received accolades from a number of sources including Money Magazine, USA Weekend, PC Magazine, Cool Site of the Year Awards, and CoolShopping.com.
Best Web Buys was founded in 1997 by Steve Loyola, a former Jet Propulsion Laboratory computer scientist. The company is located at 2400 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, California, 91001 and can be reached at 626.296.6260. The company is closely held. Business inquiries should be directed to Steve Loyola.
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Editors Note: Best Bike Buys, Best Book Buys and Best Web Buys are trademarks of Best Web Buys. All other trade or brand names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
