Mountain Biking - Mountain Bike Brand Database

I know that when I first joined this forum, besides knowing the standard trek, specialized, etc. I had no idea what other brands were out there. So to make it somewhat easier on some of the people starting out, I will make a list of respectable MTB brands. If I have missed any please post them here so I can update. Would an admin or staff please sticky this (if not then... ehhhh)

Trek : www.trekbikes.com
Specialized : www.specialized.com
Rocky Mountain : www.bikes.com
Devinci : www.devinci.com
Cannondale : www.cannondale.com
Gary Fisher : www.fisherbikes.com
GT : www.gtbicycles.com
Mongoose : www.mongoose.com
Litespeed : www.litespeed.com
Kona : www.konaworld.com
Giant : www.giant-bicycles.com
Haro : www.harobikes.com
DiamondBack : www.diamondback.com
Iron Horse : www.ironhorsebikes.com
Bianchi : www.bianchi.com
Santa Cruz : www.santacruzmtb.com
Yeti : www.yeticycles.com
Norco : www.norco.com
Foes : www.foesracing.com
Ellsworth : www.ellsworthbikes.com
Turner : www.turnerbikes.com
Kestral : www.kestrel-usa.com/index.php
Klien : www.kleinbikes.com
Jamis : www.jamisbikes.com
Nicolai : www.nicolai.net
Banshee : www.bansheebikes.com
Fetish : www.fetishcycles.com
Cove : www.covebike.com
Marin : www.marinbikes.com
Brew Racing : www.brewracingframes.com
Evil : www.evilbikes.com
BMC : www.bmc-racing.com
Intense : www.intensecycles.com
Salsa : www.salsacycles.com
Ventana : www.ventanausa.com
DMR : www.dmrbikes.com
Moots : www.moots.com
Surly : www.surlybikes.com
Gunnar : www.gunnarbikes.com
Vulture : www.vulturecycles.com
Sycip : www.sycip.com
TiCycles : www.ticycles.com
Ionic : www.ionicbikes.com
Dean : www.deanbikes.com
TST : www.titaniumsports.com
Habanero : www.habcycles.com
Spicer : www.spicercycles.com
Felt : www.feltracing.com

*NOTE : SOME OF THESE MANUFACTURERS MAKE FRAMES ONLY, AND DO NOT SELL COMPLETE BIKES.*

Kona : www.konaworld.com
Giant: www.giant-bicycles.com
Haro: www.harobikes.com
DiamondBack: www.diamondback.com
Iron Horse: www.ironhorsebikes.com
Santa Cruz: www.santacruzmtb.com
Yeti: www.yeticycles.com
Norco: www.norco.com

Banshee (http://www.bansheebikes.com)

Nicolai (http://www.nicolai.net)

Huffy (http://www.huffybikes.com/products/mountain.html)

list of respectable MTB brands.

Huffy (http://www.huffybikes.com/products/mountain.html)
a ha ha.

Jamis (http://www.jamisbikes.com/)

Foes - http://www.foesracing.com/

Ellsworth - http://www.ellsworthbikes.com/

Turner - http://www.turnerbikes.com/

Kestral - http://www.kestrel-usa.com/index.php

Klien - http://www.kleinbikes.com/

Norco - http://www.norco.com/

Amateurs. :beer:
http://www.bikesutra.com/manatoi.html

HA!! Raiyn, you bust me up sometimes :roflmao:

HA!! Raiyn, you bust me up sometimes :roflmao:
Sometimes you have to come through with some straight ownage. :beer: No harm done
http://img11.echo.cx/img11/2305/ownedcangaroo1ey.jpg

Amateurs. :beer:
http://www.bikesutra.com/manatoi.html


Very good considering a lot of thoes manufacturers are road bike makers, bmx makers and also a few very cheap and not even worth looking at bike makers.

The thread starter asked for respectable mountain bike manufacturers, not a list of every bike company in the world not even related to mountain bikes.

The thread starter asked for respectable mountain bike manufacturers, not a list of every bike company in the world not even related to mountain bikes.
I thought I was on your ignore list.

Nearly every manufacturer makes a mountain bike these days so I have no idea where you're getting this "road" only bit. As far as reputations go one only has to look as far as the product reviews over on http://www.mtbr.com/ to get a fair understanding of what's good. The OP deserves more than a list of popular brands as there are dozens of quality frame builders that you folks left off.
This page has a large number of links as well, but it's a bit more condensed
http://www.dirtragmag.com/links/list.php?category=bikes

Raiyn wins.

As far as reputations go one only has to look as far as the product reviews over on http://www.mtbr.com/ to get a fair understanding of what's good.

In all fairness, there are some good European brands that are not sold (or at least on a very limited basis) in the US, that haven't gotten any comments at mtbr. Naturally, I still agree that mtbr is an excellent site to look up comments on. The quality of the reviewers vary quite a bit, but the bikes that have gotten many reviews are probably not far off.

In all fairness, there are some good European brands that are not sold (or at least on a very limited basis) in the US, that haven't gotten any comments at mtbr. Naturally, I still agree that mtbr is an excellent site to look up comments on. The quality of the reviewers vary quite a bit, but the bikes that have gotten many reviews are probably not far off.
I agree fully with the comment on the Euro bikes that aren't well represented on MTBR. People need to realize that Bike Forums is an international site and that there's more to it than the US and Canada. The reviews on MTBR are fairly easy to weed out. If you see someone typing in all caps and using AOL'ese chances are the person's septic tank is a bit full (if you catch my drift)

I agree fully with the comment on the Euro bikes that aren't well represented on MTBR. People need to realize that Bike Forums is an international site and that there's more to it than the US and Canada. The reviews on MTBR are fairly easy to weed out. If you see someone typing in all caps and using AOL'ese chances are the person's septic tank is a bit full (if you cathc my drift)

Don't beat yourself over that, Raiyn. If us Europeans would be as good at sharing info as you Americans and Canadians, things would be much different on this site as well as mtbr (in terms of representing an international perspective).

so what are we gonna just kill this thread?

Man, huffy is so ghetto, they don't even seem to have pictures of their bikes on their site.

Man, huffy is so ghetto, they don't even seem to have pictures of their bikes on their site.
Because pictures would scare people away

I like the thread.
Are we doing frames too?
because fetish cycles: www.fetishcycles.com makes some good stuff

I like the thread.
Are we doing frames too?

Might as well

There's also:
Marin (http://www.marinbikes.com) and
Cove (http://www.covebike.com)

Man, huffy is so ghetto, they don't even seem to have pictures of their bikes on their site.

Perhaps, but they do have tips for safe riding, proper bike sizing, and manuals (although they are regrettably of the "owner's" type). Huffy has been around for a long time. They may be crap, but they're classic crap.

Now, lets see if you haters can guess whose first bike was a Huffy Pro Thunder 20"?

There's also:
Marin (http://www.marinbikes.com) and
Cove (http://www.covebike.com)
Covered under the big list I linked to in my first post in this thread

okay i will be updating soon.

East Coast representin':

Evil Bikes (http://www.evilbikes.com/)

North Carolina in the house:

Brew Racing Frames (http://www.brewracingframes.com/)

boopity updated.

Ok heres my update. We are trying to eliminate stickies. But this is a candidate for best of. If you look at the top of mountain biking page we have a best of directing to the top threads in the forum. This is going in there.

I also shrunk the size of your font, freaking obnoxiously large...jeez.

Thanks for starting the thread, good idea.

Perhaps, but they do have tips for safe riding, proper bike sizing, and manuals (although they are regrettably of the "owner's" type). Huffy has been around for a long time. They may be crap, but they're classic crap.

Now, lets see if you haters can guess whose first bike was a Huffy Pro Thunder 20"?

Hey, I never said Huffy was crappy, I said ghetto, there is a difference.
Hey Huffy Sledghammer was my first bike, represent!

thanks for all your replies, i will keep updating as added, thank you maelstrom for stickage, would it be possible for oyu to clean out the topic too, now that it's updated? ty good sir

When it starts to slow I will clean her up. :)

understood sir, thank you.

I have updated the list with the brands on the Competitive Cyclist.

Bianchi bikes are OK.

www.bianchi.com

or

www.bianchiusa.com for the usa specific site.

Bianchi bikes are OK.

www.bianchi.com

or

www.bianchiusa.com for the usa specific site.
Thanks for contributing, but it's been covered

This is a stupid thread.

This is a stupid thread.

well at least thank you being the first one to contribute.

Well it was good, before Raiyn ruined it.

dmr http://www.dmrbikes.com/

bumpity updated.

Well it was good, before Raiyn ruined it.
Exactly how the hell did I ruin it? I contributed TWO links to pages that have links to the VAST MAJORITY of the bike companies out there. Just because I didn't contribute to the stupid popularity contest doesn't meant I ruined anything

Exactly how the hell did I ruin it? I contributed TWO links to pages that have links to the VAST MAJORITY of the bike companies out there. Just because I didn't contribute to the stupid popularity contest doesn't meant I ruined anything

Calm down my padawan learner, I meant it as a joke.

Calm down my padawan learner, I meant it as a joke.
Then slap a smiley on the end of it. It's pretty hard to discern how a single sentence is meant with plain text and no context

Here is one most US riders wont see a lot and because of price may not buy but for ya'll on the other side of the pond it is good stuff.

X-Lite (http://www.x-lite.com)

:beer:

A few more (hopefully without overlap), with more ti, fe, and 29er options.

Moots - http://www.moots.com
Surly - http://www.surlybikes.com
Gunnar - http://www.gunnarbikes.com
Vulture - http://www.vulturecycles.com
Sycip - http://www.sycip.com
TiCycles - http://www.ticycles.com
Ionic - http://www.ionicbikes.com
Dean - http://www.deanbikes.com
TST - http://www.titaniumsports.com
Habanero - http://www.habcycles.com

jeez raiyn thanks for calling my effort a "popularity contest"

jeez raiyn thanks for calling my effort a "popularity contest"
Well if you think about it, it really is. Everyone (for the most part) is contributing what they like.

well, if you think about it, if everyone contributes what they like, then everything will get contributed, won't it? thats what i'm aiming for. I want this to be good for getting links to seeing stuff that you wouldn't otherwise see or hear of. Half these brands i've never heard of, it's just the people that contribute "what they like" that gets it out in the open for everyone else to see.

well, if you think about it, if everyone contributes what they like, then everything will get contributed, won't it?
No. I haven't seen half of what was covered on the two links I gave.

Can't we all just get along?

well raiyn, if people like it, then they will contribute, which generally means it has a good reputation or is reliable. if you don't like it, you don't need to visit this thread.

Can't we all just get along?
Naaaaa :D
http://img285.echo.cx/img285/5930/comicraiynstorm4tn.gif

well raiyn, if people like it, then they will contribute, which generally means it has a good reputation or is reliable. if you don't like it, you don't need to visit this thread.
You completely miss my point. You're looking for a definative list of decent bike companies aren't you?
You won't get it this way. If you'd prefer I can just c/p EVERY SINGLE LINK on those two pages one at a time