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Bates Bikes online store contains a large and growing range professional and recreational cycling products and related accessaries, catering for all cycling needs.

Due to the large number of products available, this section provides some tips and suggestions on how to use our website - online store to find the products you are looking for.

Using the Product Category Structure

The Bates Bikes website is designed to make it as easy as possible for you to find the product you are looking for, in that products may be divided carefully, and placed into the relevant Categories, Sub-Categories and even Sub-Sub-Categories where needed, based on product relevancy and nature.

For Example, if Kitchenware is the main Department/Category, but because there are so many products that could reside in tie department, we may separate them into more specific Department/Categories:

Such As; Bakeware, Cookware & Kitchen Utensils

Now again, because Cookware is such a broad department, we may divide this into more specific Sub-Departments/Categories:

Such As; Colanders, Food Mill, Fry Pans, Mixing Bowls, Roast Pans, Sauce Pots, Saucepans, Steampans, Stock Pots. Strainer, this way, the process of searching for a product becomes easier. Please note that where it is needed, products with in such departments can be further divided into further departments for relevancy!

For Example, Roast Pans, could potentially be divided into Large Roast Pans, Medium Roast Pans, Small Roast Pans.
(This is an example only)

Using the Quick Find Search Engine

Bates Bikes online store contains a built in Search Engine designed to help you find what you are looking for fast, by Key Words.

All you need to do is simply type in the word contained in the name of the item you are looking for, and the search engine will automatically search the entire product range and will retrieve the product(s) containing that word.

For Example, searching for the word Glass might retrieve the following results;

1. Hour Glass Pilsner
2. Machine Glass Washing Machine Liquid
3. Soda Glass

Advanced Search

The Advanced Search feature lets you refine the search by things like;

1. Manufacturers
2. Price Range
3. Category
Or any other specified search property that has been set against the product.

Some Specific Tips for Searching

Keywords may be separated by AND and/or OR statements for greater control of the search results.

For example, Microsoft AND mouse would generate a result set that contain both words. However, for mouse OR keyboard, the result set returned would contain both or either words.

Exact matches can be searched for by enclosing keywords in double-quotes.

For example, "notebook computer" would generate a result set which match the exact string.

Brackets can be used for further control on the result set.

For example, Microsoft and (keyboard or mouse or "visual basic").

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