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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 |
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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 ... 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 .. . 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 |
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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 .. . 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- :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 -- 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 .. . 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 -- 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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