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Bicycle industry sales continue at a robust pace

We apologize for the delay between blog posts. Like the rest of the bicycling industry, our sales and customer inquiries have increased significantly this spring and now into summer. We always put customer service above other deliverables, including blog posts. We will do our best to continue to provide more consistent blog posts this summer […]

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Increase in bike sales and service during COVID

As we wrote in our blog post about staying healthy and safe during the COVID pandemic, cycling has been, and continues to be, an excellent activity to stay active during COVID while also maintaining good social distancing practices. As a result, bike shops have experienced a strong increase in bike sales and service. During the pandemic, […]

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Let’s celebrate National Bike Month in the US

In the US, May is National Bike Month, which was established in 1956 and is sponsored by The League of American Bicyclists. There are numerous cycling events typically planned during May as part of National Bike Month, such as National Bike to Work Week, which is normally celebrated the third week of May (but has been moved to 21-27 […]

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Be seen, be visible (Part 2)

During the COVID pandemic it has been encouraging to see and read about the many people using bicycles for fitness, running errands, commuting, and simple enjoyment. At derailleurhanger.com over the last month we have received more orders than normal for hangers used on older bike models. That is great, as it means our customers are dusting off […]

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New wholesale pricing and wholesale account management on derailleurhanger.com for bike stores and bike repair shops

At derailleurhanger.com we are excited to announce that we are now providing a more significant wholesale discount for bike stores and bike repair shops from any geography worldwide.We have also made it easier to manage your account on derailleurhanger.com. For example, once your account has been documented in our system as being a wholesale account, when you log into […]

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derailleurhanger.com is excited to be an authorized reseller and wholesaler of Pilo bike components

We are very excited to announce that derailleurhanger.com is now an authorized reseller and wholesaler of Pilo bike components, and is the exclusive distributor of Pilo bike parts in the United States. Pilo is a well-known and highly regarded manufacturer of high quality bike components, with particular emphasis on replaceable rear derailleur hangers and chainrings. Pilo derailleur hangers […]

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What are direct mount rear derailleur hangers?

At derailleurhanger.com we offer several “direct mount” rear derailleur hangers. In this blog post we will describe what are the differences between standard and direct mount rear derailleurs, and based on that, how direct mount rear derailleur hangers differ from their standard counterparts.To understand why direct mount rear derailleur hangers are needed, we first need to explain […]

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