Originally Posted by
FastJake
Why is the UK stuff so cheap lately? Is it some sort of currency exchange thing? I've seen it in various threads now and experienced it myself when I bought some bar-end shifters and a crankset from Chain Reaction (from the UK.)
What's the deal?
The difference is the supply chain, and how tight a control Shimano has over it. In the US Shimano has a vice like grip on supply and is able to keep prices artificially high. In Europe, not so much.