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Old 10-25-10 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
OEM volume purchases, means what you pay retail for a Suspension fork
Is almost as much as you will, getting a whole bike with the fork in it.

Because most of it is shipping intra-business on Taiwan,
where there are several layers of importers and distributors
not involved yet.
Yup. Just buy a new one a level or two higher. A Trek 6000 is only $990. You'd spend nearly that just for the fork and the brakes (+wheels).
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