E-store selling Road Wheels in Germany has the best prices?

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athletic
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by athletic

Hi,
I will be visiting Leipzig Germany next month and want to buy light and good deal road clincher wheelset or at least rear wheel for my budget when I'm there. Since I'll be limited by time in my visit, knowing an online shop in advance will save my time while giving all the ideas about my options.
It is already looking pricey with the Euro currency and general Germany prices, so I need your advices.
Why not importing from abroad? Both Germany and the country I live in have high import taxes, so I better buy it while I'm there and bring the wheels in my bag with me on my return.
Thanks.

phlip
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by phlip

Hi, whenever I look for something I tend to find good at prices at http://www.cycle-basar.de/, https://www.bike-components.de/, and http://www.cycle-aix.de/
http://www.bike24.com/ also seems popular, but I am not sure if they have the best prices generally.
Also, this rather small shop often has some very good prices on select items: http://www.hergarden.de/rennrad-teile/gruppen

And sometimes it is cheaper to buy from Wiggle or other shops in the UK. (No import tax, one advantage of Germany and the UK both being in the EU).

In addition to having a look at the mentioned stores, I usually try to find the best prices by having a look at google.de's "shopping" search feature: https://www.google.de/?gws_rd=ssl#q=shi ... f&tbm=shop
It is important that you start this search by going to google.de, not google.com or other local google sites, as only the .de variant has the German shops.

Also, since you are going to Leipzig, and should you care about Storck bicycles, they have a pretty store very close to Leipzig main station: http://www.store-leipzig.de/
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by ToffieBoi

http://www.bike-discount.de has also nice prices.

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by Stolichnaya

You know, our forum sponsor Starbike does not mind the business from WW's... They are very professional, have a good selection and offer competitive prices. WW usually get a discount.

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by bangkok

Ditto that ... I purchased Campy Bora's from Star Bike ... good price, good service.

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by athletic

Bike is in Leipzig and our budget is around 150-200 euros I think, so we can not afford the gems.
But getting the lightest for the buck would be nice.

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Stole hit the nail on the head. thanks for that. Weight weenies, please check out our site host and help them host the site ;)
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by tinozee

I have bought from Starbike, very good service. I was just looking at some Boras and metrons on their site with the Euro so low on the dollar it's a good bet for us yanks.

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by Lugan

Starbike has as low prices as anyone, great service, very cheap shipping cost (to the US) and they host this forum. Lots of reasons to default to Starbike. I just ordered a set of 2015 Bora One wheels from them last week.

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Hi,
I'm a newbie and I just wanted to mention that I too just used starbike to buy 2015 Bora One's at a very reasonable price. In fact a stand out price. I will certainly be checking them when they arrive to make sure they are the new 24.5 mm wide one's as the price was so good it looked like an error. So starbike have to be a consideration. Also postage was ridiculously cheap and they seem to have a very good reputation. Certainly my fingers are crossed. Ordered March 10th, should be here in Sydney soon.

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