Any Experience with BikeTiresDirect.com?

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Thanks,

David

Fast, friendly and efficient, in my experience.

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Thanks,

David

Fast, friendly and efficient, in my experience.

Great to deal with. Chris

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Fast, cheap and accurate. Best tire place anywhere.

Hi, I have bought from them 6 times in the past 6
months....always a perfect transaction, great prices,
perfect product, great shipping. Putting together some 80's
bikes, and re-shoeing my everyday Trek uber-bike, these
folks have been great. I order online, and it's easy. Good
luck! David

From what I can see, TiresDirect is great-- they must have a
nice gray market connection or some kind of deal. seeing as
they undercut the local independent bike shops by selling
tires for just a couple bucks over cost.

Hey, and they don't have to pay any local sales taxes. They
may not even be insured or a real business, but who cares?
The prices are great.

We should all get our tires from them, rather than
supporting the local bike shops--those losers who help out
at club and charity rides, and who employ some bike
mechanics, and fix flats or help you get your bike together
before a big ride. I mean, TiresDirect gives fast service,
UPS-ing the tires, which is really cool, rather than handing
them over the counter in person, which is, I don't know,
kind of boring.

Yeah, those local shops are chumps--paying workman's comp,
donating stuff to the local Neighborhood Bike Works, giving
advice on which tires work under real world conditions,
doing all kinds of work and expecting to make any money. And
when they don't have something, they expect me to wait for
them to order it
in... when I can go online and wait for some website to
order it in, which is much cooler.

So, like I was saying, TiresDirect.com is really great. I
can't wait till all the local shops go out of business and
we can get everything online!

cheers Michael McGettigan Trophy Bikes Philadelphia (oh yes,
we carry tires from Conti, Schwalbe, Panaracer, WTB, Kenda,
Michelin, Hutchinson, IRC and others... including 16 and 20"
for folders, and more 27" than most shops... and we'll
special order even more kinds) BTW-- our agreement with
those brands forbids us to sell online, and we promise to
try to stay at MSRP so that we and other shops have a prayer
of paying the rent, while offering good service and paying
our people.

But if you're in Philadelphia , stop in... we're open 7 days
a week at 3131 Walnut Street....

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From what I can see, TiresDirect is great-- they must have
a nice gray market connection or some kind of deal.

Can you verify your gray market claim? Or are they just
getting a volume discount from the manufacturer?

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From what I can see, TiresDirect is great-- they must
have a nice gray market connection or some kind of deal.

Can you verify your gray market claim? Or are they just
getting a volume discount from the manufacturer?

Can't say whether or not biketiresdirect.com is gray market
or not.... not the point of my 2-cents worthof bandwidth.

The concept of "volume discounts" is misunderstood by many
consumers - like the customer who gets together with a
couple buddies and asks if he can get a 25% discount if
they buy 5 pairs of tires (what bike shop owner hasn't
experience this scenario?). "Volume discounts" on tire
prices to dealers usually require purchases in excess of
50/per tire model/size/etc. (ie; if a dealer purchases 25
Michelin and 25 Tufo tires from a distributor, the dealer
does not receive a volume discount. He would only receive
the volume discount if he buys 50 Michelin and/or 50 Tufo
tires.). Volume discounts are generally less than
$1.00/tire, which does not allow a dealer to offer
customers a substantial discount. Obviously, different
distributors have different policies.... but the general
principle holds true across the industry.

Most killer deals on tires, etc. are on small lots being
closed out by a manufacturer or distributor. These deals do
not provide the replenishable supply necessary for a dealer
to offer extremely low prices on a regular basis.
Internet/mail order stores that offer a regular inventory of
items at or near the wholesale prices paid by LBDs have
other methods of getting their inventory.... yes, I know
what those methods are - but I'm not going to share them.

Stuart Winsor Ground Zero Cycles [email hidden]