have a spare QBP catalog?

More and more these days i find myself wanting to know the range of available components, instead of
just jumping from manufacturer site to site, or going into the lbs and peeking at their qbp copy.

does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local bike
shop doesn't.

anthony

 

"ant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> More and more these days i find myself wanting to know the range of available components,
> instead of just jumping from manufacturer site to site, or going into the lbs and peeking at
> their qbp copy.
>
> does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local bike shop
> doesn't.
>
> anthony

Harris Cyclery, among many others, has the QBP catalog online:

http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49

 

"ant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> More and more these days i find myself wanting to know the
range of
> available components, instead of just jumping from
manufacturer site
> to site, or going into the lbs and peeking at their qbp
copy.
>
> does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season
copy, that i
> could have? the local bike shop doesn't.
>
> anthony

Also try A. E. Bike - best prices around....

http://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=30

 

[email protected] (ant) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> More and more these days i find myself wanting to know the range of available components,
> instead of just jumping from manufacturer site to site, or going into the lbs and peeking at
> their qbp copy.
>
> does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local bike shop
> doesn't.
>
>....................Buy one from www.branfordbike.com

 

ant-<< does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local bike
shop doesn't.

QBP makes a consumer catalog, ask your LBS to buy you one.

Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

 

Qui si parla Campagnolo writes:

> ant-<< does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local
> bike shop doesn't.
>
> QBP makes a consumer catalog, ask your LBS to buy you one.

*Buy* him one? They actually charge for the privilege of selling stuff?

 

Richard Ney at [email protected] wrote on 5/11/03 7:37 AM:

> Qui si parla Campagnolo writes:
>
>> ant-<< does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local
>> bike shop doesn't.
>>
>> QBP makes a consumer catalog, ask your LBS to buy you one.
>
> *Buy* him one? They actually charge for the privilege of selling stuff?

No. They charge to cover their printing costs on the consumer catalog. That isn't free.

 

Jim Edgar writes:

>> Qui si parla Campagnolo writes:
>>
>>> ant-<< does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local
>>> bike shop doesn't.
>>>
>>> QBP makes a consumer catalog, ask your LBS to buy you one.
>>
>> *Buy* him one? They actually charge for the privilege of selling stuff?
>
> No. They charge to cover their printing costs on the consumer catalog. That isn't free.

Pshaw!

 

Jim Edgar <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<BAE3B2B7.417EE%[email protected]>...
> Richard Ney at [email protected] wrote on 5/11/03 7:37 AM:
>
> > Qui si parla Campagnolo writes:
> >
> >> ant-<< does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local
> >> bike shop doesn't.
> >>
> >> QBP makes a consumer catalog, ask your LBS to buy you one.
> >
> > *Buy* him one? They actually charge for the privilege of selling stuff?
>
> No. They charge to cover their printing costs on the consumer catalog. That isn't free.

And considering the amount of detailed, relatively unbiased technical information that's in the QBP
catalog, well worth the cost.

I have a 2002 copy sitting by my couch. Much more useful and entertaining than Bicycling magazine
and more fun than surfing the online catalog. Who wants to spend more time in front of the computer?

Jeff

 

> > ant-<< does anyone have an extra copy, or even a last season copy, that i could have? the local
> > bike shop doesn't.

> Qui si parla Campagnolo writes:
> > QBP makes a consumer catalog, ask your LBS to buy you one.

"Richard Ney" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> *Buy* him one? They actually charge for the privilege of selling stuff?

One of fifty reasons I do not have an account there.
--
Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
>
> Richard-<< *Buy* him one? They actually charge for the privilege of selling stuff?
>
> The consumer catalog from Quality is not free to the bike shop, as is the catalog with prices...
>

Not only is it not free, but some shops deal with many suppliers. There are other distributors other
than QBP, some bike manufacturers deal with accessories under different names than the bikes, and
some stuff is obtained direct from the manufacturer. QBP is one of the largest wholesalers, but
certainly isn't the only one.

However, some brands may be exclusive to a certain wholesaler. So, if QBP has an exclusive on
something, no QBP account equals no product.

As an alternate to the catalog, ask if your LBS uses Bike-A-Log. Bike-A-Log can be run in retail
mode, and can give some idea of what may be available if you're looking for a range of items.
Unfortunately, even Bike-A-Log is missing some excellent manufacturers.

Barry

 

>>You know, I started this week with a long rant about Bicycling magazine, and I stand by all of it.
>>But then, this week, they had an amazing, wonderful article about Sean Obree, ill-starred hour
>>record cyclist.

That was indeed a good article, and surprising to find in there.

>now its a neon girly magazine full of 50-word articles and cheesy reviews.

The "style dude" (or whatever) section and basic writing style seem to be appealing to a superhip
early to mid 20's crowd that has a short attention span and responds to the cliched in-your-face
stuff and what's chic.

Of course, we all enter our 30's and beyond and have less time for and interest in mag
reading, leading to the inevitable case where 20-somethings and their peculiarities dominate
the target audience. I am more disappointed in the cycling audience of today than the mag
trying to cater to it.

Doug

 

Donald Gillies wrote:
>
> Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]> writes:
>
> >You know, I started this week with a long rant about Bicycling magazine, and I stand by all of
> >it. But then, this week, they had an amazing, wonderful article about Sean Obree, ill-starred
> >hour record cyclist.
>
> Yeah, imho the article by obree was a fluke. bicycling used to be filled with tech information,
> frank berto, et. al, and now its a neon girly magazine full of 50-word articles and cheesy
> reviews.

50 words? I thought it was 7 words about the bike. <G>

Barry