Dragon Bicycles

Our final sale of the year is nearly over! We’re down to our last few bikes, a couple size mediums and two size smalls.

Act soon and you’ll save $700 off our amazing to ride, and super comfortable Dragon carbon fiber road bike. Free delivery to your home, and no assembly required. Discount automatically taken at checkout.

Additionally we will donate the whole value of your order, $1099 after the discount, to emergency services in Israel who are in desperate need of financial support. The donation would go to American Friends of Magen David Adom , Israel’s version of the Red Cross. It’s a win win, get an amazing bike, support medics who help any person in need regardless of nationality.

Dragon Bicycles Dragon Bicycles was created to bring premium road bicycles to riders of all abilities.

A little insider info on the bicycle industry for your Wednesday: there are two manufactures of bicycles, road mountain gravel whatever, that make well over 90% of all bicycles we see in the market. These behemoths are called Giant and Merida. Both are based in Taiwan, which is the new central hub for bicycling as of the past probably 20 years, so I guess it’s not that new, and both brands are responsible for making and assembling most everyone else’s bike frames including Cervelo, Santa Cruz, Ridley, trek, specialized, etc are all made at one of these two factories. Now this is not at all a judgment of the bike industry. Many industries are like this such as the auto industry, and particularly the clothing industry. Ford GM Toyota all share manufacturers, and a lot of the same parts can be found on cars that we would never normally associate with one another like say, a fancy Mercedes E63 most likely has side mirrors that can also be found on the lowly Kia. I’m only sharing this information because when I first entered the bicycle industry in 2017 I found it very interesting that there are so many brands but they’re all made by just a very small handful of companies. Dragon Bicycles, my brand as it happens, is one of the unique ones (like say Evil bikes or Allied or All City) those that don’t use Giant or Merida and instead make our own bikes with smaller mom and pop carbon fiber manufactures. Just food for thought as you go about looking at bikes and trying to decide on your next dream bike and consider what’s really in a brand name. Tomorrow: how Shimano owns the entire bicycle component making world of which well over 75% of their components are actually made by a lesser known brand called Tektro.

Unsolicited riding tips for today.
1. On a ride drink at least one water bottle per hour. Even if you don’t feel like drinking take little sips. The water helps to fight cramping, keeps your joints lubricated, and keeps your body hydrated. 2. Eat a little something once an hour on your ride. Power gels, small pack of jelly beans, or small pack of gummy bears. Your body uses the sugar to power your short bursts of power, the small amount of carbohydrates helps to power your endurance, and the gummies taste great. If you’re planning on taking a ride longer than two hours, consider adding Gatorade powder or nuun tablets to one of your water bottles to help replenish your amino acids and electrolytes. 3. After your ride if you’re not lactose avoidant go for a small carton of chocolate milk, there is literally nothing better for post ride snacks then chocolate milk. Theres scientific proof behind the value of chocolate milk, I’m sure you can talk to Dr. Google about that if you want to find out more but I promise you if you are on a multi day ride or you plan on not being sore the day after your ride, don’t skip the chocolate milk. Now don’t go nuts and drink an entire gallon of chocolate milk which will negate the entire physiological benefit of your ride, but also treat yourself, you just worked really hard and suffered a bunch. ps, yoo hoo doesn’t count.

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A great way to get a custom fit on your bike is to visit a local bike shop, pay $75 to $200 and walk away with a great fitting bike. Another better way is to pocket your money, grab a hex wrench, your bike, and five mins of your time. Sit on your bike with one foot on the pedal, grasp the hoods of the brake levers, and look down past your handlebars. (ps this adjustment is obviously done when you aren’t moving). Look past the handlebars to the hub and quick release skewers. The hub is the part of the wheel where all the spokes meet in the middle of wheel. If you see your front wheel’s hub in front of your handlebars, that means that the saddle (your seat) is positioned too far forward on your seat post, which can lead to neck pain, lower back pain, and hating cycling. Simple adjustment: take a hex wrench, loosen the seat bolt on the underside of the saddle, and move the seat backward on its rails like a 1/4 inch at first. Gently tighten the seat’s rail bolt. (All adjustments on a bike should be done with small movements, a little can make a big diff). Now back on the bike, you’ll either not see the hub when you look down past your handlebars, which is what we want, or maybe the hub will appear behind the handlebars. If that happens, loosen the seat bolt and move the seat forward. The goal is to not see your hub beyond your handlebars, and should be easy to find within just a couple minutes.
This is a great and easy method to customize your bike for your body and riding style, and most importantly helps you avoid extra strain on parts of your body that can get sore while riding. 🫶🐉