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Do you buy from CRC?

July 10, 2017, 2:15 p.m.
shoreboy
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Joined: Sept. 30, 2006

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Ordered a frame manufactured in the EU. Picked it up today with GST, PST and Duties all added on. Fuck CBSA.

Ordered some offset bushings as well for more fun times.

Fill out the form, and get your PST and (I think) Duties back. I recently added one offset bushing to my bike, and honestly I am not sure I can tell the difference. Two makes a bigger difference, but then you can run into interference issues.


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July 10, 2017, 3:25 p.m.
switch
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Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

I did an order from Ribble and it took 10 days to arrive.  Package can't to the front door.  No charges.

July 11, 2017, 8:42 a.m.
rasheed
rasheed
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Posted by: Endur-Bro

Ordered a frame manufactured in the EU.  Picked it up today with GST, PST and Duties all added on.  Fuck CBSA.

Ordered some offset bushings as well for more fun times.

Currently waiting on an order from Bike-Discount; dropper post, grips, some tools and carbon grease. Tracking says it's with CBSA now for review. Hope they don't rape me with extra charges. Should find out in a few days when it gets here.

July 14, 2017, 10:14 a.m.
DirtySanchez
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Posted by: rasheed

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Ordered a frame manufactured in the EU.  Picked it up today with GST, PST and Duties all added on.  Fuck CBSA.

Ordered some offset bushings as well for more fun times.

Currently waiting on an order from Bike-Discount; dropper post, grips, some tools and carbon grease. Tracking says it's with CBSA now for review. Hope they don't rape me with extra charges. Should find out in a few days when it gets here.

The more you hope you don't get the Zed and Gimp gag-ball treatment, the more likely you are going to get the Zed and Gimp gag-ball treatment. 

Sadly.

July 19, 2017, 10:19 p.m.
tungsten
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So, who does Maxxis mail order Canada. Tried to order new 2.6 Forekaster from Art's but they can't export?

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July 20, 2017, 4:37 a.m.
rasheed
rasheed
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Posted by: tungsten

So, who does Maxxis mail order Canada. Tried to order new 2.6 Forekaster from Art's but they can't export?

Only time I've ordered Maxxis tires online, I bought from AVT.bike (http://www.avt.bike/WebStore/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&;Category_Code=MAXXIS-TIRES). That was several years ago, though. Prices were pretty decent and from what I remember, shipping time wasn't too bad either. Selection isn't all that great though; just checking, they don't seem to have much of the new Maxxis offerings on their site.


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July 20, 2017, 8:24 a.m.
shoreboy
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Is it just Art's that wont allow export?  I was just browsing Jenson and Universal, and they didnt have any warnings about not being able to ship Maxxis internationally.  I didnt go all the way to the end of the checkout process however.

July 20, 2017, 10:19 a.m.
PaulB
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I bought Minions from CRC just a year ago, no problems.

July 20, 2017, 11:20 a.m.
grambo
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Joined: July 11, 2014

I have an order on the way from bike24.de with some Maxxis DH tires, really cheap, but you have to pay 20EUR shipping (same with bike-discount.de). CRC has had horrible stock of Minions this year for some reason.

July 20, 2017, 11:48 a.m.
trashpanda
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Joined: July 18, 2017

Amazon.com ships Maxxis as well, choose the "ship to Canada" box on the left to filter your search results.  TBS in Kelowna also has some Maxxis online.

July 20, 2017, 1:03 p.m.
tungsten
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TBS/CRC/bike24.de don't have the 2.6's and yeah got most of the way through the check-out when the site kept kicking me back until I finally saw that ship-to-Cda. not allowed......I'll try those other guys. Thanks.

Holy fuck. Universal bleed me of several litre of blood to ship them. [facepalm]Shoulda' checked Jensen.[/facepalm] Desperation....


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July 20, 2017, 2:05 p.m.
shoreboy
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Competitive Cyclist also has them and looks like they ship to Canada.  Shipping is $28, and they seem a bit pricer on there.  Im assuming you arent in the Lower Mainland and that hopping across the border to pick them up is a no go?

July 20, 2017, 8:58 p.m.
tungsten
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Posted by: shoreboy

Competitive Cyclist also has them and looks like they ship to Canada. Shipping is $28, and they seem a bit pricer on there. Im assuming you arent in the Lower Mainland and that hopping across the border to pick them up is a no go?

Seriously? One stop shopping for gaz, milk and 2.6 Maxxis in little 'ol Blaine?! Whoo-hoo.....

Man, 28 clams is a bargain compared with the ordeal of the border hopping (where again?) duty ducking white knuckled careening drive to the land of Trump back.

Thanks (seriously) for the heads up though, I'll ad CC/[url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/15/amazon-has-some-serious-antitrust-issues/]Amazon(maybe not)[/url] to my list of MO providers.

The Forekasters ship on the 24th from Oregon I think. Wonder if they'll take 4 months like those offset bushing did. lol....shoulda' bought both tyres in gummy compound.


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July 21, 2017, 4:36 p.m.
MikeO
Posts: 362
Joined: Aug. 19, 2009

Ordered a Troy Lee A1 Reflex and some clear lens riding glasses a week ago today and I just received them this morning. Unreal. CRC never disappoints for me. If anyone is looking for a new all mountain lid CRC currently has the A1's on closeout for $100. When I ordered mine they had every colour available too. Oh, and shipping was free and I paid $0 taxes. Fist pump.


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July 24, 2017, 10:56 a.m.
grambo
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Bike24.de order showed up 9 days (7 business days) after ordering with the cheapest DHL/Canada Post shipping. Same deal as bike-discount.de: you pay Canada Post $10 handling fee + GST on items. 

Still feels strange how much cheaper it was to ship bicycle tires, Muc-off cleaner and brake pads half way around the world in a giant box versus buying locally.

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