700 euro Vitus Nucleus 29 VR or 800 euro Store bike?

Hallo guys

Ive red through a lot of guides and reviews on the Vitus Nucleus 29 VR on this and on other sites and it seems to be the best budget bike for around 500$. I was so sure that im gonna buy it but turns out when shipping, tax, and cutoms fee is applied the 500$ bike turns into a 700 euro (750$) bike.

I live in Switzerland and i can buy a bike in Germany and i get 12% tax back so i could buy a bike in a German store for 800 Euro and would only pay 700 for it.

Do you think i can buy a better bike for 800 Euro in store rather than purchasing the 700 Euro Nucleus?

Please help :(

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  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    It depends what bike you can get from Germany.
    What have you seen for comparison?
    “Life has been unfaithful
    And it all promised so so much”

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  • So far i found:

    - Trek Marlin 7
    - Trek X Caliber
    - Cube Attention 29
    - Cube Analog 29
    - Giant Talon 1
    - Bulls King Kobra
    - Merida Big 7 / 9
    - KTM ultra fun 27 / 29
    - Scott Aspect 930
    - Centurion Backfire Pro 200

    in this price range in german stores. Do you think any of these are better than the Nucleus?

    Thank you