Originally Posted by carlton
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2No, I have not actually talked with them. I do like the bike but The price is a little rough. If I spend that much I'd rather get a Koga Miyata. This one has the the Rohloff 14 speed AND a chain guard.
The koga with rohloff would be very nice. At $3200 I don't think I can afford it. To bad Cdale doesn't sell the Nexus street here. It would probably be around $1100 on the headshock version. You might try to call bonthrone they might ship stateside now. I would think the bike you pictured would be less than 1500 if shipping costs were reasonable.
This topic came up in a thread a couple of months ago and I did some research at that time regarding pricing. Though I no longer remember the precise numbers when I checked prices of Cannondale models sold both in the U.S. and U.K, I found the U.K. price (when converted to U.S. dollars) to be 25%-35% higher. Add shipping to that (assuming that you can find a dealer that will) and you’re looking at an $1,100 bicycle costing $500 - $600 more than it would cost if Cannondale were to sell it here. That’s when I stopped looking.
I could have missed something, but I believe that currently Bonethrone’s cheapest internal hub Cannondale is the Street 700 at 799 Pounds. Using Yahoo’s currency converter, that converts to over $1,500 without shipping. I’ve also looked into having a vintage bike shipped from the U.K. and have generally been quoted prices in the $250 - $300 range (by individuals, not shops). IMO, that's a lot for an $1100 bicycle.
chicbicyclist is on the right track. We need to get Cannondale to sell them here.
Regards,
Alan