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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

2023.0. "States V's UK Prices" by SUBURB::LAWSONM1 () Mon Jul 29 1991 10:21

    I read with interest the note on buying a bike, as compared between the
    US and UK. I am having similar experiences with equipment, par
    exampleer:
    
    Onza bar ends start at:
    
    � 25.95
    
    or 
    
    $ 42.18
    
    For chromoly ones!!! I want Ally
    
    � 45 or >
    
    or
    
    $ 74.25
    
     Are they any cheaper in the States and if so does anyone have a copy
    of a brochure for bits and bobs as above for bikes ?
    
    Regards,
    
    Mike Lawson RDL3F UK

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2023.1	$ ==	VOGON::REEVE	Underground boring specialist	`Tue Jul 30 1991 09:36`	23
	re: .0 > > Onza bar ends start at: > > � 25.95 > > For chromoly ones!!! I want Ally > > � 45 or > > > or > > $ 74.25 > Hi Mike, First, yes the prices in the U.K. are U.S.$ prices, just replace the $ with �! It's a cruel world. However, the prices you're quoting for the Onza aluminum bar ends are a bit high. I paid ~�32 for mine a month ago. If you're wondering if they're worth it, the answer is YES. So, shop around, or, better yet, get them from the U.S. somehow. Tim
2023.2		WLDWST::POLLARD		`Tue Jul 30 1991 14:46`	5
	Your savings may vary... The last time I mailed bicycle components to a noter in England, the customs folks opened the box attached a tariff invoice before sending it along. :^(
2023.3	Has anyone got a catalogue please ?	SUBURB::LAWSONM1		`Wed Jul 31 1991 06:49`	8
	If this is the case does anyone have a catalogue they can send me please ? Regards. Mike
2023.4	But the brakes worked fine	RUTILE::MACFADYEN	Not yet implemented	`Wed Jul 31 1991 07:16`	4
	Re .2: And I was that man... I think I just got unlucky that time. Rod
2023.5		DANGER::JBELL	Zeno was almost here	`Wed Jul 31 1991 11:30`	1
	How much was the tarrif?
2023.6		RUTILE::MACFADYEN	Not yet implemented	`Wed Jul 31 1991 12:49`	6
	I can't remember exactly. I think I was charged �12 duty on a transaction intended to cost about $30. I don't know how they arrived at this tarriff/tax/bold-faced-ripoff, but it seemed pretty arbitrary. Rod