DeRosaKing Posted September 28, 2019 Share Evening AllAnyone have an indication of when Shimano GRX will be launching locally?Heard it would be Sept but nothing noticed yet. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted October 12, 2019 Share Also wondering about this. Does anyone have an idea when it will be available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted October 12, 2019 Share Wondered the same and dropped Cool Heat an email 8 weeks ago and still await a response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted October 12, 2019 Share I heard November. Also looks like some of the Meridas will come with GRX in December(-ish). Grease_Monkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Line Posted October 15, 2019 Share I heard November. Also looks like some of the Meridas will come with GRX in December(-ish).Coolheat expect arrival end November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted October 15, 2019 Share waiting in anticipation, but may have to pull the trigger on my Bike24 basket sooner - frame on its own can't be ridden!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogo@ Posted October 16, 2019 Share waiting in anticipation, but may have to pull the trigger on my Bike24 basket sooner - frame on its own can't be ridden!!Do Bike24 ship to SA? Thought they were blocking Shimano purchases this side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogo@ Posted October 16, 2019 Share Wondered the same and dropped Cool Heat an email 8 weeks ago and still await a responseUsual useful (monopoly) service then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted October 16, 2019 Share Do Bike24 ship to SA? Thought they were blocking Shimano purchases this side. Shipping forwarder - does mean EU tax + SA VAT though. gogo@ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted October 16, 2019 Share Shipping forwarder - does mean EU tax + SA VAT though. Just out of curiosity... Can I purchase a groupset from Bike24 and ship it to my sister in Germany, and she can bring it in her luggage when she visits us in November? Or will they give her k@k somewhere along the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted October 16, 2019 Share Just out of curiosity... Can I purchase a groupset from Bike24 and ship it to my sister in Germany, and she can bring it in her luggage when she visits us in November? Or will they give her k@k somewhere along the way?Not 100% honest - but just get her to unpackage it, rub a bit of dirt on it, and say it's a used item. Otherwise she can say it's a gift for you that she purchased. Either way she shouldn't get any flack for it. JohanDiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted October 16, 2019 Share Not 100% honest - but just get her to unpackage it, rub a bit of dirt on it, and say it's a used item. Otherwise she can say it's a gift for you that she purchased. Either way she shouldn't get any flack for it. Thanks! Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogo@ Posted November 4, 2019 Share Anyone got any ideas on local pricing on this groupset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted November 4, 2019 Share USD multiplied by 20. Plus a little extra. And VAT. gogo@ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogo@ Posted November 4, 2019 Share USD multiplied by 20. Plus a little extra. And VAT. So, not Shimano's RRP x Rands. Might as well spend R250 on a road link and be done with it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100Tours Posted November 4, 2019 Share Interesting, and it would have saved me mixing a few other components to get what I wanted if this was 2018 FWIW I'd go straight to Di2 for a premium gravel build. The ease of shifting on rough terrain is just so much better than cable. You'll never go back. I've been using the Shimano non-series hydraulic road Di2 shifters/calipers for a while now and they are pretty cool. looks like a similar unit but rebadged as GRX. Super comfy in the non-series version, and for whatever reason these things bleed better and easier than the mtb models, Long cage Di2 rear derailleur - that would have saved me stealing a long cage off of one of my bikes to run it on the Ultegra Di2 RD. Currently the Ultegra shifts 11/42 on a 38/52 front set up for a capacity of 45t. not much new here though, just a new parallelogram/cage combination. Otherwise looks like a lot of stuff I've seen before. Edited November 4, 2019 by 100Tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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