Fuji Tourer now in Australia

To those who may be interested, I have become aware that there is now
another touring bike in Australia that is worth looking at for those who
like touring bikes.
A company called Eurosolutions in the Sydney's St George area is now the
Australian supplier of Fuji Bikes and they have introduced a tourer which
has been on sale in the US for some time.
They are just currently feeling the market in regards to touring bikes which
is very encouraging as there isn't much choice here as you might know.
Hopefully if the tourer is popular, they might introduce the Fuji World
which is a full-on world class tourer.

Cheeky Monkey has one (albeit a bit on the larger size for emu size legs)
and it looks really nice.I Beleive Bates bikes in Hurstville has them too.
All the modern gear like deore rear derailers, Tiagra STI shifters ( I know
someone will say bar-end shifters are better but hey...this is a good
start), anatomical drop bars, 2 bottle mounts& rear rack. I think in it's
standard form, it will retail between $A1,600 & $1,800 but the fellers from
the Monkey says they will do a few upgrades for a bit extra....possibly up
around the $2K mark.

I was considering the Mongoose Randonneur but now the Fuji is here, I have
cast my eyes on it.....possibly a definite purchase i'd say!! It would make
a fantastic commuter as well.
If anyone else here has seen the Fuji Tourer or better still owns one,
please let me know what you think of it.

Cheers

DJ

Nice bike, lets hope we see more of the Fuji range available her
(Melbourne please!!)

Concerning the price though... On Fuji's website its listed rrp is $84
usd which is equal to around $1170 aud

$1600+ aud here, what's going on? :

Looking at the pic it looks as though its got a quil stem / threade
headset? If so a good idea for a touring bike

Imo the Fuji World is more an audax style bike than 'full-on tourer'
From what I've read an 853 frame and carbon fork are not ideal gear fo
loaded touring


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"gescom" wrote in message
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Nice bike, lets hope we see more of the Fuji range available here
(Melbourne please!!).

Concerning the price though... On Fuji's website its listed rrp is $840
usd which is equal to around $1170 aud.

$1600+ aud here, what's going on?

Looking at the pic it looks as though its got a quil stem / threaded
headset? If so a good idea for a touring bike.

Yes it has!! and, although i never noticed it, it's also supposed to have
somewhere that you can carry spare spokes, I'll have to have another look at
that next time i see it.

Imo the Fuji World is more an audax style bike than 'full-on tourer'.
From what I've read an 853 frame and carbon fork are not ideal gear for
loaded touring.

mmm good point, i'll have to go and have another look at the 'World' , i
thought it actually looked a bit more robust than the straight tourer ( I
forgot to read the specs ).

As for the price, yes well, I guess they are playing on the fact that
there's little available in touring bikes here which is why it'd be good
that more people buy them so there'll hopefully be more competition in the
market place and then hopefully better bikes get more cheaper when the
original bikes sold which start to become available on the used bike market
when they become superceded.....well, it kinda works in the motorcar
industry.
Also, when you look at the price of making the bike, then you have the
profit from the US distributors,shipping, then the taxes(import duty)
getting them here as well as GST, then, the profit for Australian
distributors goes on then the profit for the bike shops, is it any wonder
that they cost a motza for the customer and why they devalue so quickly.
I mean, why is it that the Cannondale T2000 is about $3,499? same reason!!
Cannondale has good name in cycling yes, but compare the $3,499 to about
$1,600 to $2,000, the fuji still looks much better value.

Also, on enquiry, Clarence St.Cycles( Sydney) have the Trek 520 on special
at around $2,099 this month which is excellent value as their price is
normally about $2,500. decisions decisions!!

DJ
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I suggest you re-check that price with the distributor Euro Solutions.
couple of weeks back, i asked them about the price of the Track bik
(US$600 on the website). They gave me a retail of about AUS$900 (Can'
remember the exact figure) but definately not as inflated as what you'r
talking about

I'm pretty close to getting that Fuji ... already told my LBS guy t
look into it

Cheers Koo


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Koon Yong wrote:
I suggest you re-check that price with the distributor Euro Solutions. A
couple of weeks back, i asked them about the price of the Track bike
(US$600 on the website). They gave me a retail of about AUS$900 (Can't
remember the exact figure) but definately not as inflated as what you're
talking about. I'm pretty close to getting that Fuji ... already told my
LBS guy to look into it.


Is this the bike you are talking about or is there an '04 model

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fujitrack03.htm

Have you considered one of these? (~$900 AUD): They are AUSSIE and soun
quite similar to the Fuji

http://www.hillbrick.com.au/reviews/...ista_track.htm

hipp


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"Koon Yong" wrote in message
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I suggest you re-check that price with the distributor Euro Solutions. A
couple of weeks back, i asked them about the price of the Track bike
(US$600 on the website). They gave me a retail of about AUS$900 (Can't
remember the exact figure) but definately not as inflated as what you're
talking about.

I'm pretty close to getting that Fuji ... already told my LBS guy to
look into it.

Cheers Koon

As Gescom pointed out, the fuji tourer was listed in the US for $840
retail, so I'd say it would have cost around the $400-500 mark wholesale in
the States.So assuming that our dollar is worked out at $0.70 to the usd,
that would make it about $650 aussie dollars wholesale plus all the import
duties , shipping costs, insurance, transport to wholesalers depot and our
lovely GST.
Assuming that we work on the retail figure of US $840, it comes to the
equivelant of Aus $1,170 in the usa, well i guess the taxes, insurance,
transportation costs and wholesale and retail profits will make up the
remaining $500-700 that we are being charged, plus i think also that because
there isn't much in the way of Touring bikes here and the high cost of them
that are here, they think that this is pretty much competitive when you put
the fuji up against the Trek 520 for example which after speaking to some of
the ppl at bikeshops and also eurosolutions, I think that the Trek 520 (rrp
$2399) is the one they are aiming against.

I'm not in the bicycle business so i really wouldn't know the profit margins
allowable in Australia, I can only assume with reasonable logic of where the
price build-up would come from, but when you look at the rest of the market
with MTB's & Racers, being very competetive in brands and numbers sold, then
perhaps it might be safe to say that as they've introduced a touring bike
here especially for the touring/commuter market in amongst all the hybrids
out there, that they wouldn't expect to sell all that many in comparison.

The Mongoose Randonneur ex, which has got a nice write up in Aus cycling
mag, retails for about Aus$1575 or there abouts, the next being the Trek 520
which retails for around $2399 so, I guess the Fuji is nicely placed in the
middle to make it more desirable and worth their while.Cannondale is well
over the $3,000 mark.

Last but not least, as I stated before, if more cyclist bought tourers, then
there'll be more competition hence lower prices. We are only a very small
market by comparison and shipping anything here from anywhere costs a
fortune.(although its often been noted that domestic transport costs(wharf
to wharehouse) exceed that per unit of the international shipping costs)

--Cheers DJ

hippy wrote:
Is this the bike you are talking about or is there an '04 model?
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fujitrack03.html
Have you considered one of these? (~$900 AUD): They are AUSSIE and sound
quite similar to the Fuji.
http://www.hillbrick.com.au/reviews/...sta_track.html
hippy


Yes Hippy, it is the '04 model. Red finish with similar components a
the '03 but better looking in my opinion

Check it out www.fujibikes.co

it might be the alternative to your fixed gear road bike

In addition to the Hillbrick, I've look at the KHS, Cannondale, Avanti
Specialized, Raceline, Cecil walker and the Bianchi (which is no
available in Oz but the pista concept frameset is

the fuji won coz it was available in my size (49cm) and already drille
for a front brake. Plus it was great value for money. I've been lookin
for a fixie for 1.5 years while riding my converted fixed gear MTB an
it's been a fustrating process ... so I'm glad that I've finally foun
something that fullfills my requirements

Cheers Koo


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"Koon Yong" wrote in message
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I suggest you re-check that price with the distributor Euro Solutions. A
couple of weeks back, i asked them about the price of the Track bike
(US$600 on the website). They gave me a retail of about AUS$900 (Can't
remember the exact figure) but definately not as inflated as what you're
talking about.



I'm pretty close to getting that Fuji ... already told my LBS guy to
look into it.

Cheers Koon


I made enquires yesterday regarding the RRP of the Fuji Tourer, in it's
standard form it is $1529 but many bikeshops are doing their own upgrades
like better rims and possibly dyno-hubs etc

It'll be interesting what that price ends up as!!

DJ
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D&M Johnston wrote:
"Koon Yong" wrote in message news:YgRt-
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I made enquires yesterday regarding the RRP of the Fuji Tourer, in
it's
standard form it is $1529 but many bikeshops are doing their own
upgrades like better rims and possibly dyno-hubs etc
It'll be interesting what that price ends up as!!
DJ
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Hey DJ

I made my order for the Fuji early this week. RRP from EuroSolutions i
AUS$895. I'm getting it from the shop for AUS$750. That cheap becaus
I'm a regular customer and I pay in cash

Track bikes are pretty rare compared to roadies but I suppose tourer
are even more so. I'm still surprised that the tourer would be that muc
inflated. Presumably, all the models get imported in together so th
distributer must be getting a bigger slice of the cake on the toure
then the other models. Bummer

Cheers Koo


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"Koon Yong" wrote in message
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D&M Johnston wrote:
"Koon Yong" wrote in message
news:YgRt-

:YgRtc. [email protected]
usenetserver.com...

I made enquires yesterday regarding the RRP of the Fuji Tourer, in
it's
standard form it is $1529 but many bikeshops are doing their own
upgrades like better rims and possibly dyno-hubs etc
It'll be interesting what that price ends up as!!
DJ
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Hey DJ,

I made my order for the Fuji early this week. RRP from EuroSolutions is
AUS$895. I'm getting it from the shop for AUS$750. That cheap because
I'm a regular customer and I pay in cash.

Track bikes are pretty rare compared to roadies but I suppose tourers
are even more so. I'm still surprised that the tourer would be that much
inflated. Presumably, all the models get imported in together so the
distributer must be getting a bigger slice of the cake on the tourer
then the other models. Bummer.

Cheers Koon



Wow, that's one hell of a discount Koon, so if they are giving you that much
discount, they'd still have to make something out of it..........makes
wonder what the actual profit margin average is per bike.

I guess also that it's mainly the add-ons that make the difference as well,
most people when buying a bike will spend extra on cycling clothes,
bidons,lights, upgraded components and not to mention helmets.

If you've bought a tack bike, then you haven't got the extra cost of
gearing...am I right? what would that bike you've bought cost with tiagra
STI shifeters, Deore rear etc?

But still. good buying Koon, hope you really enjoy your new
bike.......regards.DJ


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