Buying gear whilst overseas

Not sure about bikes though i know Nalini has an outlet shop near its
factory which has bargain basement prices.

Bike bags are also cheaper in europe, i found.

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Walrus said:

Where is the Nalini factory?

how did i know that was going to be the next question!🙄

Im not sure and only read about this in an old bike magazine i had. I
bet if you check out the nalini website you should be able to find the
info you require.

www.nalini.com

the english version wasnt working when i just tried it. Maybe it is down
or just my server, not sure.

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Walrus said:

Yeah, I tried the same thing and could only access Italian...thanks
for the info.

Maybe ask the question on the road racing forum. Im sure someone would
have some info for you.

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byron27 said:

Not sure about bikes though i know Nalini has an outlet shop near its
factory which has bargain basement prices.
Bike bags are also cheaper in europe, i found.

Where is the Nalini factory?

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byron27 said:

how did i know that was going to be the next question!🙄
Im not sure and only read about this in an old bike magazine i had. I
bet if you check out the nalini website you should be able to find the
info you require.
www.nalini.com
the english version wasnt working when i just tried it. Maybe it is down
or just my server, not sure.

Yeah, I tried the same thing and could only access Italian...thanks
for the info.

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Walrus said:

I'm heading over to Europe (Italy, France, UK) in September. Am I likely
to find any good deals there? I'm in the market for a new road bike and
I'm wondering whether I'll find some bargains on the local produce eg
Colnago. If not bikes, then maybe parts or accessories eg Campagnolo.

Any ideas?

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I was in UK about 18 months ago and I was hoping there'd be some
bargains.

All the stuff I looked at was either the same price as here or a bit
more expensive, so in the end it wasn't worth buying anything.

I didn't look real close so maybe you'll be in luck.

You'd think that Italy would be the place to get Italian made
stuff cheaper than here.

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Walrus said:

I'm heading over to Europe (Italy, France, UK) in September. Am I likely
to find any good deals there? I'm in the market for a new road bike and
I'm wondering whether I'll find some bargains on the local produce eg
Colnago. If not bikes, then maybe parts or accessories eg Campagnolo.

Any ideas?

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I was in UK about 18 months ago and I was hoping there'd be some
bargains.

All the stuff I looked at was either the same price as here or a bit
more expensive, so in the end it wasn't worth buying anything.

I didn't look real close so maybe you'll be in luck.

You'd think that Italy would be the place to get Italian made
stuff cheaper than here.

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Nick

When in Italy, you should try a small shop in a small town for a nice price
bike.
Clothing will be very expensive in Italy, as they tend to spend a lot on all
their clothing.
To my experience, the German market is by far the most competitive.
These people: www.roserversand.de ship all over the world. They are just
across the NL-Ge border, 70 km from where I live ("A bridge too far" area in
NL). I use the catalogue as reference for cheap or not cheap.

cheers.

Bert L. from NL

as previous posters have alluded you will find mailorder is cheap in Europe
but most stores are not.
Italy is pretty expensive for everything bikes, plus cappucinos, petrol
etc. I was amazed that Italy was dearer than Switzerland, maybe something
to do with supporting the peasants in the South.
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I'm heading over to Europe (Italy, France, UK) in September. Am I

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to find any good deals there? I'm in the market for a new road bike

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I'm wondering whether I'll find some bargains on the local produce eg
Colnago. If not bikes, then maybe parts or accessories eg Campagnolo.

Any ideas?

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I was in UK about 18 months ago and I was hoping there'd be some
bargains.

All the stuff I looked at was either the same price as here or a bit
more expensive, so in the end it wasn't worth buying anything.

I didn't look real close so maybe you'll be in luck.

You'd think that Italy would be the place to get Italian made
stuff cheaper than here.

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Nick

When in Italy, you should try a small shop in a small town for a nice

price

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bike.
Clothing will be very expensive in Italy, as they tend to spend a lot on

all

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their clothing.
To my experience, the German market is by far the most competitive.
These people: www.roserversand.de ship all over the world. They are just
across the NL-Ge border, 70 km from where I live ("A bridge too far" area

in

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NL). I use the catalogue as reference for cheap or not cheap.

cheers.

Bert L. from NL

Walrus said:

I'm heading over to Europe (Italy, France, UK) in September. Am I likely
to find any good deals there? I'm in the market for a new road bike and
I'm wondering whether I'll find some bargains on the local produce eg
Colnago. If not bikes, then maybe parts or accessories eg Campagnolo.
Any ideas?

I was in Europe in April (Italy, Germany, UK) and the prices for gear
that I spotted were all more expsensive than here. Mind you, I probably
only found some of the bigger stores..

www.thehippy.net/gallery/ has pics of the holiday for the curious.

hippy

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I'm heading over to Europe (Italy, France, UK) in September. Am I likely
to find any good deals there? I'm in the market for a new road bike and
I'm wondering whether I'll find some bargains on the local produce eg
Colnago. If not bikes, then maybe parts or accessories eg Campagnolo.

Any ideas?

For bike "consumables" i.e tyres, cleats, clothes (espeicially Ag2r
and Cofidis:

Decathlon

(www.decathlon.com)

When I was in Europe in 2002, I was buying Michelin ProRace for AU$
50 each, Look cleats for AU$ 12. They had Look Pedal cleat sets for
AU$ 75.00, and it goes on. I'm back in Europe in August and hope to
buy up big.

They are not big stockers of non-consumables, such as group set
components and bars, stems etc, and they only sell Decathlon brand
bikes.