Well, this is honestly a controversial, complicated and enduringly evolving topic. There are so many motorcycle manufacturers, motorcycle types and popular brand names sold in the Us, that it can be difficult to find a broad summary and to sort it all out.
The top 20 most popular bike brand listing that I've compiled here is not based on the estimate of bikes sold alone or on the quality or perceived quality of the bicycles. Most of the bike manufacturers listed here also sell dissimilar bike types (road, mountain, hybrid, etc.) and the list below is not broken down by bike type or category.
Shimano Mountain Bikes
This listing is intended to be a guide as to what bike brands are currently the most popular in the Usa, at the time of this writing (since bike brands come and go and the sales of varied bike types rise and fall).
The Top 20 Most popular Bike Brands and the bike types that they sell
- Trek - Road, Triathlon , Mountain Hardtail , Mountain Full-Suspension , Urban , Bike Path, Cruiser , Women's , Kids
- Schwinn - Road, Commuter, Comfort, Cruisers, Electric, Mountain Bikes, Bmx, Kids
- Giant - Road, Mountain, Giant for Women, Lifestyle, Hybrid (Hct), Bmx, Kids
- Cannondale - Road, Mountain, Women's Recreation (many sub categories)
- Mongoose - Bmx Bikes (Team Bikes, Freestyle Bikes, Dirt street Bikes) Mountain / Pavement (Dual Suspension, Jumping, Hardtail Xc, Comfort, Commuter, Road Alternative,
- Raleigh - Road, execution Hybrid, Hybrid, Comfort, Mountain, Cruiser, Women, Youth
- Specialized Road, Multi Street, Globe (commute, comfort), Dirt/Street/Vert (Bmx), Kids Atb
- Diamondback - Mtn Full Suspension , Mountain Hardtail , Devine Designs , ease ,Cruiser , execution Hybrid , Hybrid , Youth , Bmx
- Fuji - Road, Mountain, Specialty, Women's, Lifestyle, Kids
- Haro -All Mountain-Freeride, Dirt Jump/ Urban, Xc Trail / Xc Sport, 650B, 29er, Metro, Comfort, Cruiser
- Shimano - Road, Mountain, Comfort, Bmx
- Huffy - since 1892 - Mountain, Bmx, Kids, Road
- Gary Fisher - 29ers, Full Suspension, Genesisters, Hardtails, Kids, Pavement, Road
- Ellsworth - High end Mountain Bikes
- Klein - High end Mountain and Road Bikes
- Jamis - High end Full Suspension, Hardtail, Road, Street, Sport Comfort, Youth
- Bianchi - Hors Categorie (Hoc), Born for execution (B4P), Coast to Coast (C2C), Dama Bianca, D2, Special, Classica, Road Steel, Mtb Performance, Mtb Leisure, Sport, Cross-Terrain
- Gt - Mountain, Bmx, Road, Womens
- Rocky Mountain - Mountain, Road, Urban & Path, Ladies Only
- Scott - Mountain, Road, Women's Junior's
Some of the popular bike brands listed here can only be purchased at specialty bike shops or independent dealers. Although this marketing technique makes these brands harder to find, in some cases this it improves the perceived quality of the bikes over brands that are distributed to the mass shop or that can be honestly found at sporting goods market or even online.
I have included the bike types or bike categories that each maker sells under the brand names listed. The bike type descriptions were, in most cases, taken directly from each bike manufacturers website in order to not only let you know what kind of bikes they make but also how the firm perceives the bike types that they make and how they shop them to you.
The 20 Most favorite Bike Brands Sold in the Us