Originally Posted by
gringo_gus
However, if you have the good fortune in most respects to live in Seville (I am really enjoying the Inspector Falcon books set there at the moment, highly recommended) and are ordering your stuff from a guy Olney Illinois, then it seems to me the problem is with the manufacturer and distributor rather than the guy in the US. Who for all I know may be a grumpy old man, but then aint we all.
I never ordered anything from Illinois for my Dahon. I did everything through my local Dahon dealer, and it took months for them to send parts down from their distributor in Vitoria, Spain. Getting a bolt required months of emails, telephone calls and photographs of the part. Anyway, I've got a Brompton now, so those days are behind me.
I didn't know about those Inspector Falcon books. I think I'll read one. Thanks for the tip.