lol... possibly. Anyways will be going to Cycle Lab more often now (unless I can get to Linden Cycles).
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Donald Klopper <[email protected]>wrote: > ROFL ... k ... fairy nuff. > > You got the FP / Cycle Lab mail about price fixing hey .... > > Maybe that was "before we've been caught out" price fix > Or Cycle Lab didn't get the memo to double the price on those tires... > > Most likely the second huh ... > > Ouch. > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Roberto Ambrosio <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Think I'd know the difference... they were the same Foldable Maxxis >> Crossmark is a Foldable Maxxis Crossmark. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Donald Klopper <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
