alecw35

Hey dont those trial bikers use 20" wheeled bike with good brakes.

Maybe sell forks and stems designed for them.
Maybe there oversized.
Maybe Onza.

I like good brakes on my bikes...for the same reason that ShinyBiker gives...

LittlePixel

24" (iso 520) crown forks please; 1" Long steerer - in chrome
And rims.

Sammyboy

It's definitely my plan to stock rims in hard-to-find sizes. I was already planning to become the UK's only online Deep V supplier, but when I saw the range Velocity have, I got to thinking; 305, 451, 406, 520 etc etc. All the stuff people really need for odd projects, and can't find. Now, I won't be able to hold stock of a huge range of drillings and colours, but hey, that's life!

As far as forks....we'll see.

Diode100

What about your Downtube link up - when are we going to be able to buy a DT Mini in the UK ? Yan says perhaps it'll be when he has moved all existing stock, but who knows how long that will take.

mulleady

You can buy a Downtube Mini but shipped from the US so it would cost the following:

$
US price (Downtube.com) 459.00
Shipping 190.00
Anti-dumping duty (50%) 229.50
VAT (17.5%) 80.33
Total in $US 958.83
Total £GBP £484.38

It's the anti-dumping duty that is the killer. It's levied on many products coming into the EU that originate from Greater China to avoid cheap goods flooding the market and possibly damaging EU firms. However bringing affordable bikes to the market in an area where governments, espcially in the EU want more green transport defies logic. The Mini is still great value at just over £300 with 8 speed SA hub gears but the increase in price due to the 50% tax could be a deal breaker.

alecw35

just sold my chinese motorbike
got it for a few hundred pounds
so how much did the chinese factory charge for them?

Sammyboy

Things are going to change. The next batch of DTs are made in Malaysia, and avoid the anti-dumping duty. Yan has also found a better deal for shipping, meaning that a Mini, at the current exchange rates, will cost around £350 or less shipped, I think. This makes it a bit of a Brompton eater. I don't know precisely when this will be, since we're going to try to shift the remaining bikes first, but it won't be too long.

mulleady

That's great news. Having seen Jur's long day cycle on a Mini I'm impressed that it even cope off-road. The Brompton would do this but with a much rougher ride.

Sammyboy

I badly want a Mini myself. I ride a lot in London, taking the train from here, and then getting out to various places, and if I can adjust it to my 6'3 frame, it looks like it'd be perfect. You'd have to spend a lot of money to get a Brommie that stacked up. I think that, and the 8H front suspension bike are the killers for the UK market.

MnHPVA Guy

19"