Buying bike parts from overseas, shipping time estimates and methods ?

[spinner]

I ordered Pinnd cranks from Scotland , 9th of Feb. Arrived today 19th Feb via Royal Mail. Postage was $40AUD

 

[ozzybmx]

My bike would be wearing Contis if they were in stock at the time!

Stock is still shit, very hard to get in the DH casings, was going to run a Kryptotal on the rear but nobody has them in Soft DH, the Supersoft is too soft for a rear.

 

[ozzybmx]

R2 bike ordered on the morning of the 22nd, arrived here in 6 days

Expecting around another 5-6 to get here.

 

[ozzybmx]

Expecting around another 5-6 to get here.

FMD ! Overnight from Melb to my door

Making it 1 week from order, to delivered to my door... though no one was here, I'll grab it after 4pm.

My fastest ever up until now was 11-12 days.

 

[teK--]

FMD ! Overnight from Melb to my door

Making it 1 week from order, to delivered to my door... though no one was here, I'll grab it after 4pm.

My fastest ever up until now was 11-12 days.


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That's fast af.

I was also wowed recently by a package from Taiwan to Melb which took only 5 days via regular mail. I cannot even get something from QLD that quick, via Auspost non-express.

 

[PJO]

Just putting an order together, a couple of price changes on German sites. Sad to see my regular BC go up but happy as I have been ordering quite a bit of stuff from R2 in the past year.

R2 has stock of what I want and the 20 euro difference in shipping has swung the order to them. Getting greedy BC

Update on postage prices.

BikeComponents - €49.99 - Up 10 euro.
Bike24 - €39.99 - UP 20 euros from €19.99 mid 2023, which was my last order.
HiBike - €22.90 - Same but have asked for extra from some buyers here in recent years. Stock isn't great
R2 Bike - €29.50 - Down from 40 euros flat for under 600 euro order.
Bike-Discount - €41 UP but its been a while, last paid equivalent of €20 as they price in $au.

Also Starbike.com have a sliding scale:

 

[ozzybmx]

Also Starbike.com have a sliding scale:

Sliding the other way

They are the original king of German superlight expensive bling, a couple of MCFK items and you'll be on 26euro anyway.

 

[PJO]

Sliding the other way

They are the original king of German superlight expensive bling, a couple of MCFK items and you'll be on 26euro anyway.

Yes, sadly

 

[Cardy George]

Langley is the new Frankfurt?

Lucky I don't "need" new pads just yet

 

[Mr Crudley]

Kudos to Santa Cruz.

I requested some replacement bearings for the 5010 that come under their lifetime warranty.
Ordered on the 4th of April and they arrived today.

 

[teK--]

Langley is the new Frankfurt?

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Lucky I don't "need" new pads just yet

Or Perth?

Took 3 weeks for Perth > Melbourne. Though with the floods it technically became overseas shipping.