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 2008-03-30 6:32 PM |
Extreme Veteran  665    Vancouver, British Columbia |  Subject: Online StoresThe US has www.performancebikes.com and nashbar. Is there a equivalent in Canada? My friend has just bought their first road bike and now needs to buy gear/clothes on a student budget. |
| 2008-03-30 7:14 PM in reply to: #1303166 |
| Subject: RE: Online Stores There's a store out of Vancouver called Tri Geeks - they're at www.trigeeks.ca. For bike stuff, you can also find some REALLY good deals at www.probikekit.com. They're out of the UK, but offer free (and fast!) shipping to Canada. I get my tires from there - $89 each at stores here in Victoria, but ~$35 CDN each from that site. Both shipments I have done resulted in additional charges of GST on the items (no PST on bike stuff) and a $5 customs fee. Caution: not everything's a good deal - you've gotta do your research first... Of course, there's always MEC. |
| 2008-03-30 7:26 PM in reply to: #1303166 |
Extreme Veteran 665 Vancouver, British Columbia | Subject: RE: Online Stores thanks! I know of trigeeks.com but was completely blanking on it! |
| 2008-03-31 10:45 AM in reply to: #1303166 |
Expert 1110 Pitt Meadows, BC | Subject: RE: Online Stores MEC is usually pretty good for cheap parts. I also use the Pro Bike Kit, and I prefer Nashbar over Performance Bike for shipping charges, etc. |
| 2008-03-31 10:50 AM in reply to: #1303256 |
Master 1420 Victoria, BC | Subject: RE: Online Stores Vaiza - 2008-03-30 5:14 PM Of course, there's always MEC. MEC x 2. |
| 2008-03-31 5:56 PM in reply to: #1304690 |
Extreme Veteran 489 Coquitlam, BC, Canada | Subject: RE: Online Stores VanCityJ - 2008-03-31 8:45 AM MEC is usually pretty good for cheap parts. I also use the Pro Bike Kit, and I prefer Nashbar over Performance Bike for shipping charges, etc.
+18 billion I had to pay $17 in Brokerage on a $28 purchase PB shipped by Fedex Ground. I wish I was making those numbers up. |
| 2008-03-31 7:49 PM in reply to: #1306110 |
Extreme Veteran 665 Vancouver, British Columbia | Subject: RE: Online Stores Deputy - 2008-03-31 3:56 PM VanCityJ - 2008-03-31 8:45 AM MEC is usually pretty good for cheap parts. I also use the Pro Bike Kit, and I prefer Nashbar over Performance Bike for shipping charges, etc. +18 billion I had to pay $17 in Brokerage on a $28 purchase PB shipped by Fedex Ground. I wish I was making those numbers up. I had the exact same experience with PB! Only my numbers were higher! NEVER AGAIN. That's why I asked about canadian stores |
| 2008-03-31 10:03 PM in reply to: #1303166 |
Expert 1110 Pitt Meadows, BC | Subject: RE: Online Stores I think that a lot has to do on what specifically you're looking for - that will determine on where has the best deal with shipping and taxes taken into account. |
| 2008-04-01 12:51 AM in reply to: #1303166 |
Master 1284 Victoria BC | Subject: RE: Online Stores probikekit has been good for me and amazingly fast |
| 2008-04-01 1:43 PM in reply to: #1306446 |
Extreme Veteran 489 Coquitlam, BC, Canada | Subject: RE: Online Stores Out4atime - 2008-03-31 5:49 PM I had the exact same experience with PB! Only my numbers were higher! NEVER AGAIN. That's why I asked about canadian stores
If I ever order from there again, it's going straight to Blaine where I'll go pick it up. Alternatively, I'll demand shipping by a reasonable method, such as USPS. |
| 2008-04-02 5:35 PM in reply to: #1303166 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Online Stores Online stores are so hit an miss with shipping. Different people can have totally different experiences. I've never had to pay Brokerage with PBK or Nashbar, just GST. I heard that PBK doesn't offer free shipping to Canada anymore though. |
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