Anyone got any pointers on how one might go about getting a small quantity of Suzue hubs in Australia? It seems that Miyata “use” them but I can’t seem to find any distributors in Australia. I have spoken to www.juggleart.com and they are keen to get some into stock if they can source them…
I have ordered one from unicycle.com but as yet I have not received it [shipped on march 7th!] I assume lost [not john or Amy’s fault] and at $100AUS shipped…
It is extremely frustrating to be outside the US/UK and to not have a “direct line” to the unicycle.com franchise.
I would love to have a unicycle.com.au! Juggleart are our best bet at the moment but they need a bit of a push to get going… anyway blah blah blah…
I’m trying to get a bit proactive here as I have had my frame sitting in limbo waiting for a hub…
My savage 24inch is still fine but I can’t wait to try a 26X3 tire:D
The lead I’m trying to follow is that Suzue also make track hubs - I’ve checked with a few track bike specialists and they say that the “Suzue guy” hasn’t been around in years!
ask your telephone operater for a country code for the United States of America and dail it,then dail 1-800-unicycle.that sould work for a better “direct line” as you say
make sure to dail at 3 in the morning because of your time zone
I really meant it in a more metaphorical kind of way… “direct line” as in “stuff doesn’t take ages to arrive, at huge prices [exchange rates can’t be helped i know] and i can call toll-free to iron out any problems if and when they occur” kind of like that i suppose.
I don’t buy a lot of stuff on line, but when I do it’s usually because there is no “local” option. The hassle if things go astray is just not worth it.
>
>Anyone got any pointers on how one might go about getting a small
>quantity of Suzue hubs in Australia? It seems that Miyata “use” them but
>I can’t seem to find any distributors in Australia. I have spoken to
>www.juggleart.com and they are keen to get some into stock if they can
>source them…
>
>I have ordered one from unicycle.com but as yet I have not received it
>[shipped on march 7th!] I assume lost [not john or Amy’s fault] and at
>$100AUS shipped…
>
Richard
Try Wayne van Wijk (go to www.jester.com.au for his contact details). Last
time I spoke he had a couple of surplus (I think).
Wayne’s based in Brisbane and is President of the Australian Unicycling
Society.
Phil
PS I ended up with a pair of 48 hole Suzue hubs I sourced from unicycle.com (before I spoke to Wayne about hubs) - I weigh so much I need
my muni to be bullet proof
I tried to source a suzue hub locally (sydney) and wound up buying it from unicycle.com. I actually spoke to them and they did a fantastic job.
Recieved it in a week.
Leo
Sydney, Australia
“bonehead” <bonehead.2krlb@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in message news:bonehead.2krlb@timelimit.unicyclist.com…
>
> Anyone got any pointers on how one might go about getting a small
> quantity of Suzue hubs in Australia? It seems that Miyata “use” them but
> I can’t seem to find any distributors in Australia. I have spoken to
> www.juggleart.com and they are keen to get some into stock if they can
> source them…
>
> I have ordered one from unicycle.com but as yet I have not received it
> [shipped on march 7th!] I assume lost [not john or Amy’s fault] and at
> $100AUS shipped…
>
> It is extremely frustrating to be outside the US/UK and to not have a
> “direct line” to the unicycle.com franchise.
>
> I would love to have a unicycle.com.au! Juggleart are our best bet at
> the moment but they need a bit of a push to get going… anyway blah
> blah blah…
>
> I’m trying to get a bit proactive here as I have had my frame sitting in
> limbo waiting for a hub…
>
> My savage 24inch is still fine but I can’t wait to try a 26X3 tire:D
>
> The lead I’m trying to follow is that Suzue also make track hubs - I’ve
> checked with a few track bike specialists and they say that the “Suzue
> guy” hasn’t been around in years!
>
> Any hints?
>
> richard.
>
>
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The real numbers are on the website, but here they are if you are having
problems finding them:
USA
(+1) 678-494-4962 Voice
(+1) 678-494-6897 fax
UK
(+44) 1642 890 934 Voice/fax
The UK’s Unicycle Source
----- Original Message -----
From: “Gardner” <gbuchana@gromit.dhs.org>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.unicycling
To: <rsu@unicycling.org>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: Suzue hubs in Australia?
> In article <jagur.2kv2a@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
> jagur <jagur.2kv2a@timelimit.unicyclist.com> writes:
> >
> > ask your telephone operater for a country code for the United States of
> > America and dail it,then dail 1-800-unicycle.that sould work for a
> > better “direct line” as you say
> >
>
> Well, the “country” code for USA+Canada+Caribbean is +1.
> You often can’t reach “800” type numbers from outside the
> coverage area at all though.
>
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