I'm off to Montreal to buy a bike

mrscruffy

Work have been kind enough to offer to fly me to Montreal for a meeting.

I was originally going to buy a new laptop whilst I was there saving myself ~£150 on the UK retail price - But then I thought what about a new road bike.......

I had a quick look through the usual Google results and dealers linked from the Specialized website but savings don't seem to as good as I was going to get on my laptop.

Anyone got any good recommendations of either bike shops in Montreal or a specific make (US manufactured perhaps?) which might give me a good deal? I'm not sure I can get one delivered from an online retailer the hotel via DHL but I guess it is an option!

Many thanks

p.s. To narrow down the results I'm probably looking sub £500

PinkPedal

This doesn't answer your question, but if you are in Canada, check out Mountain Equipment Coop for accessories and clothing - it's a great shop!

http://www.mec.ca/Main/home.jsp?bmUID=1246565996154

nferrar

For something less than £500 value it seems a lot of hassle, I'd also be concerned about warranty validity.

dag_on_a_bike

And the VAT/Import duty too

nielsamd

If cost were not a factor I would look at the two big Montreal bike makers::

Marinoni

Argon 18

As well as their bikes, you could also check out the [url=http://www.louisgarneau.com/[/url]Louis Garneau[/url] line of clothing/helmets..


Otherwise you may as well stay with UK domestic.