You are reading a single comment by @frankenbike and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
frankenbike
Contracts are usually for over 100 parcels per week so smaller businesses don't get access to them.
Not sure about CycleBasket pricing / business strategy but it does not look like a big business.
I also imagine they probably order in bulk from ACI in the far east so would be tied up to the poor GBP exchange rates. That's another thing to add to the list.
In short, everyone wants a good deal and it is sometimes hard to pay the actual price things cost.