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So you didn't detect my humour/irony/pisstaking in that statement I made at all then?

Nah, completely over my head I'm afraid, but then that's what an afternoon spent arguing with Kwikfit would do to you, well that an absence of emoticons/smileys. Until now I note...

Good luck with whatever you do decide to do...


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 3:29 pm
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Someone prepared to carry the full range of Kayland kit.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 3:32 pm
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[i]there's not much MTB stuff, aside from the odd uber niche brand, or a product within a range already, that isn't currently imported.[/i]

I'm not sure we're in a position to tell, are we?


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 3:35 pm
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I'm not sure we're in a position to tell, are we?

Which is what I was trying to understand in the first place...

but then that's what an afternoon spent arguing with Kwikfit would do to you

Walk out, go to another garage... TRUST me here... Last year, my only venture into a Kwik Fit ever (they offered an MOT that day for £30) and the thieving ****'s (for that is what they are) wanted £528 to get my Golf through its MOT... I ended up going elsewhere, where it was done for £150... Including another MOT test!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 3:54 pm
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soul cycles

sinister

soma

those European fat bikes

singletrack solutions bar ends

Lenz

gunnar

etc....


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 6:53 pm
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This

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Soccer mom's, the internet seems to portray them as a rather lively bunch!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:08 pm
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Gelato.

Smooth dusty trails


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 9:35 pm
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Skippy Peanut Butter

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Posted : 17/11/2010 9:42 pm
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Almond m&ms


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 9:50 pm
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Baum cycles. Mosquito bikes did them for a while (I think). Things of beauty, probably no different in truth to a Seven or a IF, but I have always like them.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 10:04 pm
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Raleigh USA make some lovely bikes. I covet this:
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Posted : 17/11/2010 10:07 pm
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@Terrahawk You can get Skippy PB in Sainsbury's 🙂


 
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Sun and dusty trails please!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 10:20 pm
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Ted Wojcick frames

Soulcraft Frames

Proper representation for

Paul Components
Phil Wood
NJS stuff


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 10:23 pm
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recovery drink: coke black, good stuff!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 10:30 pm
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<scuttles off to Sainsburys>


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 10:51 pm
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Fair comment, I'm not just on about the US though, could be from anywhere...

All sorts of stuff made (or marketed) in Germany in that case. I've given you your starter - you do your research yourself.

Other Euro stuff I've self-imported includes FRM and Extralite - I have a feeling there's no UK importer for either of those (though they may not be the sort of thing which floats your boat).


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 11:05 pm
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Terrahawk:

You can get skippy peanut butter in Costco. Just bough a jar yesterday. 1/3 off too!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 11:15 pm
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more Transition bikes please.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 11:26 pm
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Just noticed the GF Sawyer is listed as available in the UK, so now I'll have to think of something else.


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 12:07 am
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Affordable servants and maids, how one misses his live in maid and gardener.


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 7:15 am
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Risse Racing doesn't have a UK distributor bring some of their stuff in and then we can all service our shocks at home with the help of their wonderful needle valve shock pump.

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Posted : 18/11/2010 9:17 am
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the only reason i cant answer this properly is 'cos I've never bought anything from the US to know what they've got that we dont....

would i be correct in guessing this question is being asked with more motivation than "purely thinking outside of the box"? you seem pretty intent on answers... almost like a business idea depended on it?

Fair comment, I'm not just on about the US though, could be from anywhere...

And as of the last 3 weeks, I've been back on the dole again, been doing a lot of thinking... In answer to your last question, it's a firm yes/no/maybe... Purely just coming up with ideas at the moment, see if it was in any way feasible, but also just for a bit of fun...

I know the guys who ran Sorted Cycles and they imported less well known brands for several years, including Soma, but in the end they stopped due to the time money/ratio just not working out.


 
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Bundie Rum


 
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