Dylansbob Congratulations on the bike. If you listen carefully, I bet that even in Washington State you'll hear the faint sound of Bertinjim crying. I understand there are some "hills' in your state so I agree that rear cluster might have to go.


Had I realized it had GP4s as part of the deal (couple with the Brooks) I would have bought it myself. I'd have replaced the seat and kept the GP4 wheel set and flipped the bike so that I got those wheels for free (well maybe not as shipping and duty would have been painful to say the least). MY US mailbox is full and I somehow need to get the contents of that.


Assuming seller would have shipped, shipping within the continental US is way, way cheaper than Canada. It seems like there have been a lot of really really good deals recently in the US and ignoring the usual outliers perhaps the end of Covid pricing has started to arrive. I expect many people who took up not just biking, but also other sports like golf, canoeing, camping etc because they were bored, will now be either selling off what they won't use. Alternatively, they'll stuff them into storage areas and in 20 more years our children will (hopefully) get deals on these forgotten gems.


Moderators - this is not a political rant, just a expressing my frustration that 72.5% of eligible Canadians have a single vaccination and 62.7% have double vaccinations while in the US (can't find an exact number) roughly 60% have a single vaccination and 50.8% have double vaccinations and yet the Biden Whitehouse refuses Canadians from entry to "help prevent spread of the Delta variant" while Canada allows US tourists entry. Yesterday I saw two riders with touring bikes and cardboard signs on the back of their bikes. One sign said "Vermont". I was on the way to an appointment or I'd have stopped o talk. Sorry, just very frustrated.