As an ending to the Nashbar saga I sent them an email asking if there was any specific reason they did not want to deal with South Africa to the following email address..... custserv@nashbar.com on 11 December 2004. They did not even have the decency to answer. I opted out instead to place my order with totalcycling.com in Britain. The prices was a bit more that what I could get in the USA but their commitment to service an willingness to deal with postal orders superb. Shipping on larger oreders was much better as USPS does not want to handel oversized parcels. I know that my order is only a minion in the sea of orders received in great cycling countries abroad but at least I now know who to deal with.