The combination of serious trail riding and craft beer is firmly established in Bentonville. Bike shops on and near the downtown square rent everything you need, and several have demo fleets of higher-end bikes. The breweries clustered in the downtown area — Bike Rack Brewing being the most cycle-focused — are the standard post-ride destination. Several also serve food worth eating.
Bike Shops and Breweries
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The cycling economy in Bentonville is self-sustaining in a way that few American trail towns have managed. Bike shops outnumber most other retail categories downtown, and a cluster of craft breweries has grown up alongside them, catering to the post-ride recovery market. Pedal It Forward, the largest bike shop, sells and rents everything from entry-level trail bikes to full-suspension enduro machines. Bike Rack Brewing, one of the earliest craft breweries in the city, has a taproom that fills with cyclists most afternoons.