LINDEN CYCLES IS THE BEST! mike fitted his own break levers on my bike for the SabieX weekend, when he couldn't fix mine and we realised that, if he send them away for fixing, they will not be back in time - beat THAT for service :)
c :) 2008/12/12 Roberto Ambrosio <[email protected]> > 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. 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