Bike-alog History
Bike-alog started in 1988, when Bike-alog founder Jeff Palley realized there had to be a
better way to keep track of all the items in the bike industry. The epiphany came when
he visited a record store and saw the salesperson look up a record using Phonolog -- the
recording industry's universal catalog. Realizing that a standard database of the industry
would make purchasing items for his five bike shops easier, he started Bike-alog as an
in-house inventory database. Word got out about the database, though, and Bike-alog became
a separate company whose sole mission was to provide the only comprehensive "Universal Catalog"
of bicycle industry bikes, parts, accessories and clothing available to bicycle stores in
the United States.
Today, Bike-alog has information on almost 200,000 separate items, as well as complete
bicycle specs for over 15,000 bicycles dating back to 1993. Member stores throughout the
United States (and world!) receive the Bike-alog CD every month, enabling them to offer
amazing customer service by finding any item in the industry or any bike made in the
last 15 years. Bike-alog is now the standard database of the bicycle industry, and it
remains the best source for finding comprehensive information quickly and effortlessly.
Bike-alog: Universal Catalog of the Bicycle Industry
For the first time, you can browse the Bike-alog database online. If you want specs on
the newest suspension forks or need to find a front derailleur to fit your mid-90's aluminum
hardtail, Bike-alog is the only website you need. Even better, you can use Bike-alog to locate
a Bike-alog member store near you, and they'll be able to get you what you're looking for right away.
Bike-alog is totally neutral -- no one pays to get their products listed. As a result, Bike-alog has more
products and more organized information about the bicycle industry than you'll find anywhere else in the world.
We're still fine tuning the web version of the Bike-alog Universal Catalog, but stay tuned to this site
for information. Meanwhile, you can view some cool sample specs at
www.29erMTB.com.
or
www.QuickBike.com.