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USA online bikeshop?

  • 27-11-2014 9:12pm
    #1
    easygoing39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭


    Could anyone recommend a USA based webstore like Chainreation/Wiggle??With "black Friday" tomorrow there should be bargins to be found.


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  • #2
    caadmium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭caadmium


    Try w.nashbar.com. I've never used them because always found shipping and duty charges to be too expensive to make it worthwhile. If you had someone in the USA to ship to it could be a different story.

    w.jensonusa.com/ is another but I seem to remember they were both part of the same company so possibly the same policies on shipping and prepaying customs duty.


  • #3
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Just had a look and nashbar.com are now apparently offering lower postage costs to the UK, so might be an option to use a post forwarding service? I'm alright since I'm in the UK, but for those of you back home might work out. No idea olf the postage charges yet as I've just opened the site for the first time ever, but got a splash-screen up notifying me about it.


  • #4
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Dollar is strong against the Euro and a lot of the stuff I look at is not much cheaper over there anyway, but when you take into account VAT, Customs Duties and shipping the chances of getting stuff actually delivered to your doorstep cheaper are going to be pretty low.


  • #5
    the.red.baron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,636 ✭✭✭the.red.baron


    easygoing39 wrote: »
    Could anyone recommend a USA based webstore like Chainreation/Wiggle??With "black Friday" tomorrow there should be bargins to be found.

    Be wary of customs and postage. Most do UPS/DHL and they will charge you customs plus a handling charge on top of their hefty postal charge.


  • #6
    dave2pvd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭dave2pvd


    For what its worth, most of us Yanks are buying from Ribble, PBK and Chainreaction these days. Prices are unbeatable compared to a lot of the US sites. Oh - Ribble, PBK and CR all have Black Friday sales.


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