My new Sidi Genius 5's

rohc

Just recieved my new Sidid Genius 5's purchased from Probikekit. Amazing. I paid $200 for them, $130 cheaper than the best deal I could get from retailers in Sydney. Recieved them in 5 days from England.... Very impressed.

Took them for a spin today with some new Speedplay cleats adjusted with about 7 degrees of float..... I cannot describe how good these shoes feel, so light and the buckle and high security velcro system is wonderful not to mention just how good they look. Then again I guess anything would be better than the entry level shimano's I have been using for the past 18 months.

Lovin em..........
Sidi Sidi Sidi
R

dan4923

Hey ROHC, great to hear you've done well. Did the $200 include shipping? If not, how much did it cost to have them shipped over?

rohc

$18.00 shipping.

So $218 all up. Sure beats $363.00 RRP. Even at 10% or 20% off RRP your way out in front.
Just make sure you go to a cycle shop and try a few pairs on to get the exact fit.

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DamianM

and you wonder why the shop is more expensive....

rohc

Sounds like you work in retail Damian!!!!

DamianM

Nope.
I just think it's a bit cheeky using your LBS as a free fitting service, then go online so they don't get anything in return on it.

sogood

This is not very nice if it's a deliberate move. AFAIK, this practice is frowned upon by most people.

I agree that Sidi is very very nice and I bought a pair from my LBS. Tried the various sizes and settled on one and paid the overhead with clear conscience. However, now I know the correct shoe size for me in the Sidi range, my next pair would most likely be through mail order.

And just as well that I bought locally, a bit of teething problem with the buckle saw the LBS perform a warranty replacement of the buckle with no hassle.

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dan4923

I disagree Damo. As ROHC said, he saved $130. Just because he spent ten minutes trying on their shoes, should he really be expected to pay an extra $130 for his shoes? In my opinion, hell no!

sogood

The issue is whether ROHC went in with full intent to just use their service to lock down a shoe size and what he disclosed in terms of his intent. If he went in and informed the store staff that he intends to buy a shoe from mail-order, but just wanted to try a few sizes and the store assisted, then that's fine. But I'd bet he expressed his intent differently. I think there's a word that encompasses this behaviour.

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rohc

Gentlemen,Gentlemen, Gentlemen
Let me assure you my intentions were honorable. Not to mention any names but the proprietor of my cycle shop where I have spent in excess of over 6,500 K this year on a new cycle and various accessories advised me as they DO NOT stock Sidi shoes to go on line and purchase. He could have easily slagged Sidi's and got me to purchase some Shimanos from his store instead.

I mentioned to another cycle shop that I was considering purchasing on-line and if he cared to match or come even close to the online price I would be more than happy to purchase..... but allas he did not want to play.

If it is the difference in waiting 5 days for delivery and saving myself $130 what do you reckon I'm gonna do (sure aint rocket science is it?) and secondly considering we get the raw end of the stick price wise here in Australia due to size of population compared to somewhere like the States, ask me If I feel bad? GET REAL!!!!!!!
If more people started doing this we may see a huge decline in the exorbedant prices we pay in this country for cycling gear.

All I can add is "GET WITH THE PROGRAMME!!!!"
Going to go an learn to spell exorbedant!!!!

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sogood

You can't blame LBS for that, the distributor plays a big part in that equation.

Further, you are asking a LBS to compete against an overseas mail-order store. That's hardly possible.

You live in a country, then there are certain benefits and disadvantages associated with that decision. Unfortunately for cycling, things are more expensive. From a similar angle, you wouldn't want your boss to also take a similar view and replace you with equally well qualified cheap foreign worker, would you?

In any case, glad you've got a nice pair of shoes. Sidi is good for a reason.

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matagi

exorbitant

Get Firefox, it comes with a spell checker now and you can load a UK English dictionary so you can avoid the Americanised spellings.

sideshow_bob

You need to get a clue. The reason shops don't 'want to play' is because the online price is less than they are able to buy wholesale. So sure meet the price and lose $$. I'm sure there is something about that on the first page of business for dummies.

They can legally parallel import but then local distributors threaten (or worse) refuse to supply other product lines. The markup your LBS gets on product is very small, most of the smaller ones make ends meet out of service revenue.

So by all means haggle away and diss them on a public forum. I hope the next time you need an emergency repair or part etc that you show up to the LBS and they tell you to f$%k off.

--brett

Wattsy Rules

Probikekit rules...got the exact shoes from them and have been delighted with the purchase from day one. Sideshow...a little extreme with the hatred thing in your last post given that our society is based around free enterprise.

FWIW, Probikekit are as good as any LBS when it comes to customer service. They will assist in any way with warranty claims and often send a replacement part/item FOC immediately.

I try and support the local industry, but I don't have the financial luxury of paying full price for all of the anciliary items that go along with riding, especially when there's such a huge descrepancy in price.
rohc, I bet you didn't have time to put your flame suit on when you innocently started this thread....