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Happy days to that Just the wheelset to come, looks like that will only be next week I reckon I can't really complain though as I've got a "freebie" Just amazed that it was here so quick, and it takes four days for a letter to get to Durban

DHL parcel delivered already Only ordered these three days ago. Strange thing is they never asked for any money from me, I did meet them the courier in a dark alleyway

+1 for the Post Office - Just get an old bike box from the LBS, make it fit the frame with lots of packaging and Bobs your uncle

Biltong my friend, biltong.

Nothing to see, move right along

So much of nice

Sorry to hear, I trust all is well though?

How annoying, Parcelforce are now two days behind the DHL chaps, I will have the DHL parcel tomorrow and only ordered on Monday I see now what that extra R150 handling fee get you. Just annoying that both parts of the same order never got sent at the same time via DHL

You can kiss that bonus goodbye, sorry for you

Best of luck and don't forget to bring home the medals

Do you always have to race? What happened to just the fun element?

One piece of advice I learnt quickly when riding a road bike is watch where your feet are when turning, your toes tend to catch the front wheel, otherwise you may come a cropper.

I'm up in Jozie again in two weeks, I will drive on the Monday morning and get some practice for my planned move.

I thought about riding this morning, and took the decision the car was a better option. @ Hairy, nice to have finally met you the other day, If you are riding this evening I will join you again, and then hook up with another mate for a ride after.

This is most then likely why there is traffic jams to begin with, people won't let others in which results in a traffic jam behind that car, be considerate and let at least one car in. Not enough consideration on the road or anywhere for that matter for our fellow human friends.

Nice, another MTB'er wanting to get a road bike. Your speed and times should improve I would imagine, my commute to work is definitely quicker then when I was on my mountain bike. I've only been riding my road bike for 5 days now, which is also a fairly entry level bike and it was money well spent in my opinion.

Bicycles depreciate quicker then a crack whore, how is that an investment?

Most South Africans are too proud and lazy to commute by bike.

OK cool, thanks for the info. Much appreciated, guess i get to play the waiting game, as well as the fun of tracking two parcels now. Probably better then that the smaller, cheaper cassette went with DHL I suppose.

Thanks for that link, learnt something new today

Not so much the vat I'm worried about, more the fact why did I pay for DHL and then one parcel ends up being sent via Parcelforce. Is Parcelforce not the free option for deliveries over a certain amount?

Another question needing clarifying please. If the commercial invoice sent to me by DHL from CRC only states that I have purchased a cassette for £40 plus postage & packaging, no mention of the wheelset I bought. Does that mean I will only be taxed on that amount or will they open the box and see that there are wheels in there as well? Slightly confused because it says that the wheels have been shipped. Could it be that I don't get taxed on the wheelset? I see now that the wheelset is being sent via Parcelforce and the cassette via DHL, even though I did the transaction at the same time, really weird and confusing, WTF?

So what is a Trance(2009) is near perfect condition worth to you?

Oh I was thinking that would have been part of the 30 quid I spent to have it sent DHL, oh well. School fees again I guess.

What do I pay the postage for if I now have to pay a flipping handling fee? Also should I rather have just gone the free delivery route for next time, its been so long since I've ordered anything from overseas.