Bicycle Manufacturers

  1. American Classic Designs. Titanium Road frames.
  2. Amp Research. Macpherson Strut
  3. Bianchi. Classy Italian Road bikes, MTBs, and a good set of links.
  4. Bontrager. Lots of good tech ranting.
  5. Breezer
  6. Cannondale
  7. Cinelli. Classy Italian Road Bikes, again
  8. DeKerf
  9. Diamondback
  10. Ellsworth
  11. Fat City Cycles
  12. Gary Fisher Low Pivot URT.
  13. Giant
  14. GT
  15. Girvin/Proflex/K2. Swingarm suspension bikes, with girder front end and an CPU on the rear shock. Some of them are even less than 2k. Too bad about the front end.
  16. Habanero Cycles. Titanium Hardtails, $695 for a frame
  17. Haro
  18. Ibis Cycles
  19. Independent Fabrication
  20. Intense Cycles. Expensive, cool swingarm rear suspension. Downhill bikes.
  21. Javelin. Road Racing Bikes.
  22. Kestrel USA
  23. Klein. The URT MTB everyone says works.
  24. Kona
  25. Litespeed. Titanium; MTB & Road.
  26. Marin. Marin Rules.
  27. Merlin. Classy Titanium; MTB & Road.
  28. Micals.
  29. Mongoose. People say they break.
  30. Mountain Cycle. Outrageously cool swingarm rear suspension. And that Moho CXS with a rocker...yum.
  31. Mrazek
  32. Raleigh
  33. Rhygin
  34. Rivendell Bicycles
  35. Rock Lobster
  36. Rocky Mountain. Low pivot URT.
  37. Santa Cruz. Really ugly swingarm rear suspension, that probably works well.
  38. Schwinn
  39. Seven Cycles
  40. Softride. The guys with the beam that suspends the saddle, rather than springs for the wheels. They say it's because all the weight is on the saddle. I dunno.
  41. Specialized. Rear triangle with a linkage, but too much money.
  42. Ted Wojcik, The East Coast Custom Guy.
  43. Ti Cycles
  44. Titus Titanium. Some full suspension.
  45. Trek
  46. Ventana, linkage, multipivot, good shock placement, custom
  47. Voodoo. Cool, dropped top tube hardtail, URT FS.
  48. Waterford
  49. Wheeler
  50. Zipp. Carbon Fiber Road Frames.