New Feature: Bike Finder

[Fruitoftheforest]

Mmmm. . . Select Canyon, select price as under £5k and no Strive On? Listed in the UK at £4,749.

 

[zizajaun]

This is a great idea. I've been making a database in Google Sheets but yours is better.

I've only skimmed a few pages but I'd suggest adding some more filters, e.g.:
- model year
- whether the battery is removable
- whether it's available as a frameset
- frame material
- stack, and ideally normalised reach (i.e. reach normalised to a given stack), because reach alone doesn't tell you much about bike fit
- seat tube length (because that's often a deal-breaker)
- maybe whether it has dual crown approval
- maybe CAT rating
- link to official website, as others suggested

There are also a lot of mistakes in the current database (e.g. it claims the Lyth has 185 rear travel), and there is some mismatch between text and geo charts (e.g. does the Hekton have a reach of 470 or 463?), so you'll want to get it proofread or checked by a different AI. But this is a Beta so I'm sure you're already planning on doing that.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

This is a great idea. I've been making a database in Google Sheets but yours is better.

I've only skimmed a few pages but I'd suggest adding some more filters, e.g.:
- model year
- whether the battery is removable
- whether it's available as a frameset
- frame material
- stack, and ideally normalised reach (i.e. reach normalised to a given stack), because reach alone doesn't tell you much about bike fit
- seat tube length (because that's often a deal-breaker)
- maybe whether it has dual crown approval
- maybe CAT rating
- link to official website, as others suggested

There are also a lot of mistakes in the current database (e.g. it claimes the Lyth has 185 rear travel), and there is some mismatch between text and geo charts (e.g. does the Hekton have a reach of 470 or 463?), so you'll want to get it proofread or checked by a different AI. But this is a Beta so I'm sure you're already planning on doing that.

Thanks. Can you link those bikes so I can check the errors?

 

[zizajaun]

I'd like the option to select multiple options (i.e. tick boxes) under a filter in case more than one is acceptable, e.g. (Bosch OR Avinox), (Under £3000 OR £3000-£5000).

Continuous values (e.g. price, reach, travel) could use a slider or max/min text fields rather than drop-down list, e.g. if you want a reach between 450 and 470, you have to wade through options that are too small and too big. Example from Amazon:

 

[zizajaun]

Thanks. Can you link those bikes so I can check the errors?

(185 is the shock stroke, not the travel)

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

(185 is the shock stroke, not the travel)

Thanks. Fixed. And created an audit tool to spot a couple more.

 

[Ribinrobin]

be cool if weight wad added to the quick info sections by the photos.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

be cool if weight wad added to the quick info sections by the photos.

Done.

 

[zizajaun]

Thanks. Fixed. And created an audit tool to spot a couple more.

Hasn't changed on my end. And those are the only two listings I checked, so I expect there are quite a lot of errors on the site. I'm a pretty good proofreader if you want to hire me, but there are probably some decent AIs for that these days.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

Not sure if this has been mentioned (on my mobile so may have missed the post):
Could there be a simple currency selector, so we can see the cost in currencies other than the King’s Own?

 

[Ribinrobin]

super impressed with the bike finder, what a great system the compares very detailed. I got a slight typo on one search but still a brilliant bit of kit.

"but it takes more body english to throw around."

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Added more features, eg link to manufacturer pages on the bike, more compare stats and more rich detail on each bike