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8 Nov 2006
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buying bike in rrio
mike-
my friend and i are planning to buy a pair of bikes and tour s.a. starting in rio. you said that the bike you bought was $1700 for an 18 mo. old bike in 2001, was that u.s. dollars and what is the differences in prices now? i looked at shops online and saw a 2005 model of that bike for around us$5,000. i also wanted to know if you had to pay many bribes
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10 Nov 2006
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Bryon
Yes, that was US$. I haven't been back to Latin America since 2001 so can't comment on the current situation. No doubt prices have gone up, but I bet yr salary has too ;-)
As for bribes.. I'm rather surprised to see the question. No bribes. No question of bribes. No suggestion of bribes, apart from one official on the Argentina-Paraguay border, who charged me US$2 for a piece of paper. Hopefully you'll have the same positive experiences.
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30 Nov 2006
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cabral
mike,
i have sent an email to the address listed in the link you provided, but have not had any response. i am getting to crunch time and wanted to know if you could give me as much info about that bike shop, or if i should just look around for myself closer to rio
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Hello Bryon
Sorry but I have no more info about that shop.
But just to say.. it took me 2-3 days to find a reliable shop and a reliable bike.. and then it took me another three weeks to organise buying the bike.. the whole bureaucratic process is so complicated you hire a 'despachante' (= dispatcher/ quickener-upper) to do the legwork for you.
In other words, locating the bikes won't be the thing that stops you riding off into the sunset.
Perhaps yr best bet will be to get to Rio and locate some bike shops. See the bikes in person. The only thing I'd add is that I have a good friend in Rio who advised me to buy the bike in Curitiba "because everyone in Rio justs wants to rip you off." (But he lives in Rio and gave me a free bed and fed me for a week -- so there are *some* good deals to be had in Rio!)
Enjoy it all..
--Mike
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wow, 3 weeks! know of any rentals?
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