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by Virginie Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:24 pm
Dear all

We have decided to re-launch our website dedicated to helping cyclists all over the UK to locate their desired bikes and / or bike related equipment at the lowest possible price, but we have made some changes.

Cyclists love communities! They read bike magazines, they join forums and they meet up together for rides, yet when it comes to purchasing, they typically negotiate on their own. Like-Bikes.co.uk want cyclists to collaborate and use our collective buying power to drive down the cost of individual purchases. We want to take the concept of “group buys” to the next level.

How it works:

· As you know, Bike Manufacturers use distributors to represent them within the UK. The distributors have multiple manufacturers within their portfolio and they take their portfolio to retailers. Their retailers then have the ability to sell any item within the distributors’ portfolio directly to the general public, i.e. Manufacturer -> Distributor -> Retailer

· So, rather than the traditional route to group buy on just one item, we will collect cyclists’ requirements for any bike related item and allocate it to a “purchase pot” for each respective distributor. As an example, orders for Cervelo, Easton and Shimano would be allocated to the “Madison Pot”, while orders for Avid, Rock Shox and Sram would be added to the “Fisher Outdoors Pot”. During each calendar month, we’ll accumulate the orders and will approach retailers for each distributor asking them to provide a discount based upon the cumulative total value. This discount level will be updated on our website / twitter etc and as more items are allocated to the “purchase pot” for each distributor, the greater the level of discounts that we’ll be able to negotiate for the consumer.

· At the end of each month, we’ll simply select the retailer who offers the greatest level of discount and subject to that discount being suitable, each cyclist will then transact directly with the retailer.

How much does this service cost?
· Nothing! Gratis! Free of charge!

What can a cyclist group buy through the Like-Bikes website?
· Absolutely anything bike related (Bikes, accessories, components, clothing etc).
When does this start?

· 1st May 2011
We hope that your forum find our website useful.

If you’d like to know more about us or have any questions relating to this service, please do not hesitate to contact me at james@like-bikes.co.uk.

Best regards

James

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