Originally Posted by
jediphobic
Salsa is owned by QBP which is one of the most ubiquitous distributors out there. Is there nobody in your area that orders from QBP? If they do, they can get a Salsa, even if they don't think of Salsa as one of the brands they carry.
I'm told QBP is the problem. Apparently QBP have very restrictive requirements regarding minimum volume of orders or some such. No dealers here in Montreal, Quebec will special order just one item from them. I thought of going to online purchasing, but I think the shipping+potential duty/taxes would push the cost into the astronomic. I'm also leery of dealing with 1000.00 plus dollar investment over the web.
The strange thing is Surly is readily available here. I guess they are popular so shops order bulk numbers. The cross check doesn't fit the bill because at 5'7'' I want a sloping top tube. I also want disk ability as this would be my only all condition bike.
thanks for the suggestions