Circles and Blue Lug ship to the US super, super fast. As I mentioned recently on iBOB, I typically receive packages from BL and Circles in fewer days than I do from Rivendell.
Sim Works is the in-house brand of Circles, they have stuff custom run mostly by other manufacturers, many in Japan. They have a US office in Portland, Oregon located inside the Chris King manufacturing warehouse. It makes sense to me that these super shops in Japan have an easier time stocking Nitto products, especially the odd and esoteric ones. There are certain stems, racks and other bits I haven't seen at any US bike shops. If you're ever looking for Nitto parts it's always a good idea to check BL and Circles. There might be other good shops, too, I just don't know of them... yet! On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 2:36:53 PM UTC-5 Minh wrote: > i do not know the exact arrangement, but there seems to be a connection > between this Circles shop and Sim.works here in the US, so that you can > sometimes find the same item there,. I've also ordered from them and its > pretty well sorted, other than high cost of shipping for some items. > > On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 12:29:42 PM UTC-5 jeff dobie wrote: > >> I have been looking for a particular Nitto stem for several months with >> no luck and some how stumbled on this place in Japan Circles bicycle shop >> https://shop.circles-jp.com/en shipping was only $22 and they shipped >> right away via fedex >> On Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 3:37:21 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: >> >>> The way I read it - a completely wild guess - is the supply has been >>> terrible for years and most of it has gotten too pricey to try to sell. Riv >>> has been slowly replacing everything welded with cheaper/more plentiful >>> options, I imagine they're going to keep the forged stems and that's about >>> it. Guessing! >>> >>> On Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 2:28:29 PM UTC-8 JohnS wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone know what's going on here??? >>>> >>>> From Will's January update email... >>>> >>>> *Anything Nitto makes that's welded might get scarce soon. We still >>>> have big back racks, fillet stems, bullmoose bars, 32F mini front racks, >>>> brake hangers, and lugged stems and posts; If you've been eyeing something >>>> on that list, I'd get it now.* >>>> >>>> That's kind of scary! Nitto parts are my favs. >>>> >>>> JohnS >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6e318b73-e4f0-4000-932f-cf19026c971en%40googlegroups.com.
