Just want to check if a dealer imports a certain model of road bike from USA to MY, is it tax free or taxable?

We were informed that road bike are taxable while mountain bikes are not. Meanwhile, my friend who is in the shipping business said otherwise - road bike are non taxable while mountain bike is.

Who's right?

bros....kindof new here...wanna ask any recommended bikes below 3k? And if possible where to get it?

Roadbike, complete assembly, non taxable
Mountainbike, taxable

your friend is right... mountain bikes are taxable according to the customs table...road bikes for some odd reasons that it shares the same wheel size as those old normal singlespeed bikes are not...

if a dealer imports a bike, they would have hide any necessary shipping charges, taxes, or any other charges into the final price... they would not be itemizing it out for you...that is also one of the reasons why the bike would not costs the same from just a plain currency conversion of the price you saw online...

the standard answer....

try Giant (jbs bike), Merida (pedalspot), and Polygon (rodalink) first. Then take a look at the rest, if you can afford them, then go for it...

http://www.baikbike.com/bicycle-shops/

hyjedal crashed out of tour of suisse...

looks like it will be an epic battle between sexybank and sky juice at the tour...

for the numbnuts who keeps crashing

the guy in the red shirt on the opposite side of the road kept filming even after getting hit in the head by a bike...

lesson of the day: always wear a helmet out even if you are not riding, never gonna know what's gonna happen...

My dealer tell me to pay for tax and freight separately. Is this allowed?

there are 2 scenarios to this...

1) you want the bike fast, and they have to fly it in separately or just flying that particular bike over in a single shipment... then i think, it is fair to pay the freight charges... tax wise i am not so sure of as tax is a grey area in malaysia as you know it... if it they really get taxed and there is docs to prove it... i guess there is no ways but to pay for it...

usually bike shops ships their bikes in batches of large quantities 2 or 3 times yearly to make the costs of the container worth it...so, even if they are willing to order it over, you might have to wait months to get it if you missed their last shipment...

2) they might be shipping it over from some shops they have connections with from neighboring countries as they could not get a single bike from their main supply source... i've heard of this being done and the declarations for taxation is a bit more murky on this one and there is high chances shipments like this gets into trouble with customs..

if they are asking you to wait for a couple of months so they can ship together with their next batch of bikes and still make you pay the extra on top of the price of that bike (which is sold at the same price as the simillar models of smaller size in their shop)... then it is questionable since the costs would have been embedded into their main shipment...

it's the same thing as if i buy my japanese domestic blu-rays, DVD or CDs ...i have to pay the tax rate, shipping charges which actually ends up higher than sites like cdjapan or yesasia... leading to the costs per album as high as RM180-RM200 as opposed to local released ones at less than RM50... it just depends if they want to tell you what you are paying for...

what bike are you looking to ship in btw, if you don't mind me asking?

This post has been edited by butthead: Jun 11 2013, 10:10 AM

sweet mother of god

dopestrong bikes

Roller are for those elite rider. Roller are for them to perfection their cycling gait... postures etc etc.

trainer are for those want fitness improvement.

have you look at Athetele Circle?

Elite riders already have strength, thus roller are better suit.

My twinhead still in good condition since Jan 2012.

have you tried BHP petrol station? their old analog pump can tune up quite high.

but i never go petrol station pump before.

Gotcha!

Too bad, i no joins PD Tri or Powerman... else

ur twinhead must be special one la. mine kaput, a friend of mine's kaput. even the rodalink shop i talked to said they keep in stock the replacement twinheads because many customers return with kaput twinheads

Thanks for your enlightenment abang vin_ann. Athlete Circle got demo/sales? Long time never been there.

ur twinheads, ur friend twinheads and my twinheads, all the same what.

FYI, i only ride weekend, pump front and back wheels once a week. from Jan12 until now, you can counts how many weekends, minus my cycling off season period from Nov12 until April13....

my twinheads lifespan not yet end.... just matter of time.

now i know why Rodalink have the twinheads replacement.... so easy to spoil 1 ah....

she is looking for a way to keep her fitness levels when she don't have time to go out riding mar...

in other words... it is like winter training for guai los lar...

BHP mana ada lagi analog pump... unless those in ulu ulu areas lar... even the one near my house who has resisted being renovated for the longest time possible also tukar adi...

at least it is RM45 only... if spoil adi can replace mar.. other brands, if tarak hose replacement... f@ked big time and have to buy new one...

mine also still going strong.... maybe because i give my heads TLC...

minoura trainers la... try spez shop. i think among various trainer brands, cheapest is beto, followed by minoura.

search BBS la, many units available

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