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From: mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: More Mail order addresses
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Date: Sun, 19-Aug-84 15:53:18 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 19 15:53:18 1984
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Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA
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Comments on a couple of places - I got a couple of things from Pedal
Pushers, including my Guerciotti frame, several years ago. They were
EXTREMELY helpful - on the frame, their frame expert called me up and
chatted about my requirements to make sure they were really selling
me the right thing. Another favorite place is Flying Dutchman somewhere
in Denver - I ordered several things from them over the years, and finally
got a chance to visit them - they recognised my name and gave me
quite a warm welcome - again, very friendly folks. Palo Alto does have
somewhat higher prices - but they won't sell you junk either - their
overal parts quality is very good. Bike Nashbar is another story - they
are exclusively mail-order. The other places I mentioned are bike shops
that run a mail orderr business as well. Bike Nashbar does let oyu visit
the warehouse, but it really is a mail-order business. It figures that
they could have lower prices this way, but I have always been distressed
by how much they are out of stock of things - and it is always common
things. If you happened to need odd gearing on a frewheel, they would
have all of the oddball cogs, but be out of the frewheel body - something
like that. Well over 50% of what I have ordered from them has been out
of stock at the time I ordered it. Also, except for the standard Campy
parts, they don't relly stock very good components, on the whole -
not of the level of the other places I menytioned anyway. Depends on
what you want, of course - racers don't have much use for them (I raced
for a year back in '81, so I am afraid this is my opinion as well).

	    Mats Wichmann
	    Dual Systems Corp.
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