Originally Posted by
konabunny
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
The only minimum order thing I've ever heard of is for shipping. If you can meet a minimum order requirement, Quality will cover the shipping themselves, and the shipping on bikes is more than most shops like to deal with. Maybe if you offer to pay the shipping yourself? And Surly is indeed also a QBP brand, so those shops should be able to get one for sure. If you wait until the next time they're getting new Surlys, you might be able to get them to put a Vaya on the order as well.