paulry

Does anyone know if this is a good deal (relative to Australian prices)?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165499

fraser

It doesn't look that cheap, well not cheap enough to buy and ship.

Here's a site to take a look at.

http://www.bikes.com.au/

Googles your friend so loads to check out

paulry

Thanks for the link.

I bought one for my son yesterday. I would have waited and saved myself the hassle of shipping it later on but he's outgrown the one that he had and is now nearly as tall as me so I couldn't wait any longer. But having bought it I can see that it's a great bike. I want one, just mulling over the need/want/cost/quality considerations. My bike is a bit crummy but I can make do for now I suppose...

tester23

Bike sales in Aus are increasing dramatically so if you shop around you should be able to find a good deal. 1.2million bikes sold last year and less than 1million cars sold.

quoll

Canberra is a good place for bikes - we have some very good bike shops in the Civic area especially. I guess if you are sending a container it would be easy enough to ship one over but if you have to send it separately then I would have thought wait and buy one here. That looks to be a reasonable price for a mountain bike, given the current rate of exchange.

paulry

The good cycling infrastructure around Canberra is a big plus.

I'm very tempted to buy. And the 50% off Raleigh bikes deal ends today.

Sally Simpson

Go & buy one, you know you want to!

paulry

The "need" consideration won the day in the end. Besides, I figured that if I replaced mine, my wife would also want a new one and then it would have left my younger son as the odd one out. So I would have been compelled to buy him a new one too. Total cost for all four of us with accessories coming up to close on £1000.