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martianone
08-19-08, 04:18 PM
Got back from our Aug bike tour in Nova Scotia,
my teenage son says he wants a new road type bike to replace his MTN bike morphed to tourer.
Mom and Dad are fine with this, except he has to ride a few more bikes to get a better feel of what he might want. He (we) look at and ride some bikes, he likes a cross bike. Dad says ride his CrossCheck
for a while. After a while teenage son says he really likes the CrossCheck. So on Aug 13, Dad, prints the Cross Check complete page from Surly web site. MSRP indicated on 8/13 print out was $930. Well the printout got slobbered up sitting on the bathroom reading rack, so on Aug 18 Dad reprints the complete page from the Surly web site. MSRP is now $1050. WOW Surly what a hike in 5 days ?? Didn't see any change in specs.

Ziemas
08-20-08, 04:59 AM
Most, if not all, bikes are going up in price this year due to increased demand, the weak dollar, and high energy costs.
Yan
08-26-08, 12:05 AM
Canadian prices came down this year due to a currency parity adjustment. It is now only $200 more expensive than American prices, at $1250.

A Canadian dollar is 95 cents US as of today.

Quit complaining.

globalsunset
09-02-08, 11:04 AM
American economy will be back eventually... until then, hold tight!
Cycliste
09-03-08, 12:08 PM
JensonUSA (http://www.jensonusa.com/store/sub/155-Roadcyclocross.aspx) still sell it for 930, and chances are you can order one for this price from an LBS.
penexpers
09-05-08, 03:04 AM
Got back from our Aug bike tour in Nova Scotia,
my teenage son says he wants a new road type bike to replace his MTN bike morphed to tourer.
Mom and Dad are fine with this, except he has to ride a few more bikes to get a better feel of what he might want. He (we) look at and ride some bikes, he likes a cross bike. Dad says ride his CrossCheck
for a while. After a while teenage son says he really likes the CrossCheck. So on Aug 13, Dad, prints the Cross Check complete page from Surly web site. MSRP indicated on 8/13 print out was $930. Well the printout got slobbered up sitting on the bathroom reading rack, so on Aug 18 Dad reprints the complete page from the Surly web site. MSRP is now $1050. WOW Surly what a hike in 5 days ?? Didn't see any change in specs.

Surly publicised the fact that all their bikes would be going up in price on their blog. It's been planned for a lot longer than five days


http://www.surlybikes.com/2008_07_01_blog_archive.html#2370980550388424227
penexpers
09-05-08, 03:05 AM
JensonUSA (http://www.jensonusa.com/store/sub/155-Roadcyclocross.aspx) still sell it for 930, and chances are you can order one for this price from an LBS.

If you look a bit closer, most of the sizes are "unavailable" at this price.