Rohloff from overseas

[Fisher44]

Hi there, My first post as a newby, and hoping to learn from more experienced riders - I am considering ordering a new Surly Ogre with Rohliff hub - but the prices quoted here in aussie seem crazy, so, my query is - where have other members ordered a Rohliff online with good pricing and good delivery with no hassles? cheers

[fthills]

bought my rohloff and accessories from bike24 about 3 years ago. substantial savings . it took about a month to arrive ,so in spite of germany's reputation for efficiency their postal system is ssslllllllllloooooooooowwwwww. Things might have improved three years on.

[MattyK]

Bike24 shipping is slow because they use DHL. Watching the tracking on previous purchases, it is very fast to leave the country (under a week), and very slow to either get to Australia, or get from the Australian depot to your final destination.

But +1 for Bike24 otherwise.

[Baalzamon]

Last few orders from bike24 have taken 2 weeks, compared to the 4 weeks it took years ago for orders.

[Fisher44]

Thanks for the suggestions - I am looking into Bike 24 and a couple of others and the results are looking good - I have changed my views on the Ogre though - preferring the ECR instead, cheers and thanks again - though if I can get a similar deal from the west coast of USA I'll buy over there as I am going to visit my son in LA soon, and can bring the bike back home with me.

[il padrone]

Ordered my Rohloff from bike24 four years ago, for $A1120. MUCH cheaper than the then $2000 for a local hub supplied. With the terrible winter snow-storms that December, and the Christmas mail rush, mine took 6 weeks to get delivered, but it was OK - I was prepared to wait.

Since then we have bought two more also from bike24 for the same sort of cost. The Australian price has come down a fair bit but there is still a difference of over $300. My son's Rohloff arrived in about 2-3 weeks. You could also get a very good price buying through the NZ distributor I believe. Andy did this.

[Fisher44]

Having looked around, theres not a lot of difference buying from USA to justify all thats involved - seems wiser to order from NZ and save approx $300 compared to buying here.
Thanks to all who replied, cheers