I've spent some time at Cycle Lab of late, and they are similarly priced to Grant's Cycles, which is cheaper than Fritz, sometimes... not always.
I do my homework first, then buy. It takes longer, but then I get to ride the Bandit more :-D Anyway make sure that you compare apples with apples... foldable vs foldable, beaded vs beaded, ust vs ust, extra sidewall protection vs.. ok you get the drift... There's a lot of different models in the tyres out there... R580 might have been the UST joppie?? On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Roberto Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I was looking for a spare tyre recently and usually I buy the Specialised > Captain Control, which is an excellent multi-purpose round tyre... but I > ended up settling on a Maxxis Crossmark (a ok-ish hard-pack tyre with not so > great holding on corners, but very low rolling resistance). > > What however really got me wondering is why does Fritz Pienaar cycles > charge R580.00 for the Crossmark (the Captain Control was similarly priced), > however the same Crossmark at Cycle Lab costs R275.00 (the Captain was > R321.00, but the did not have 26)? > > So I did some comparisons on other items and though some items cost the > same in other shops, a large portion of the goodies to be bought at Fritz > are on average more expensive (and sometimes by a large margin). > > Oh and I'm going to have withdraw anything I might have ever said bad about > Cycle Lab, the guys are friendly and there stuff is competitively priced. > > -- > Kind regards, > Roberto Ambrosio > > There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss > that, though, and you're pretty much doomed. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DarkAndDirty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
