joels@tektronix.UUCP (Joel Swank) (08/17/84)
Here are some more mail order bicycle sellers: Licktons Cycle City 310 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60302 800-323-4083 (orders) (312) 383-2130 catalog $1 P.S. & S. P.O. Box 82 Horsham, PA 19044 800-523-7576 (orders) (215) 672-0202 free catalog Mike's Cyclery 4808 N.E. 10th Ave. Oakland Park, FL 33334 800-327-6818 (orders) (305) 493-5279 free catalog Cycle Goods 2735 Hennepen Ave. Mpls, MN 55408 800-328-5213 catalog $1 The Colorado Cyclist 342 W. Riverside Dr. Box 3074 Estes Park, CO 80517 800-525-2906 (303) 586-2975 free catalog Pedal Pushers, Inc. 1130 Rogero Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32211 800-874-2453 800-342-7320 (Florida) (904) 725-3444 free catalog Two Wheel Dealer 4406 Wrightsville Ave. Wilmington, NC 28403 800-334-1612 (919) 799-6444 free catalog Jones Cycle Wear 24 Brown Ave. Lunenburg, MA 01462 (617) 342-7439 catalog $1 Joel
mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) (08/19/84)
Comments on a couple of places - I got a couple of things from Pedal
Pushers, including my Guerciotti frame, several years ago. They were
EXTREMELY helpful - on the frame, their frame expert called me up and
chatted about my requirements to make sure they were really selling
me the right thing. Another favorite place is Flying Dutchman somewhere
in Denver - I ordered several things from them over the years, and finally
got a chance to visit them - they recognised my name and gave me
quite a warm welcome - again, very friendly folks. Palo Alto does have
somewhat higher prices - but they won't sell you junk either - their
overal parts quality is very good. Bike Nashbar is another story - they
are exclusively mail-order. The other places I mentioned are bike shops
that run a mail orderr business as well. Bike Nashbar does let oyu visit
the warehouse, but it really is a mail-order business. It figures that
they could have lower prices this way, but I have always been distressed
by how much they are out of stock of things - and it is always common
things. If you happened to need odd gearing on a frewheel, they would
have all of the oddball cogs, but be out of the frewheel body - something
like that. Well over 50% of what I have ordered from them has been out
of stock at the time I ordered it. Also, except for the standard Campy
parts, they don't relly stock very good components, on the whole -
not of the level of the other places I menytioned anyway. Depends on
what you want, of course - racers don't have much use for them (I raced
for a year back in '81, so I am afraid this is my opinion as well).
Mats Wichmann
Dual Systems Corp.
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