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  • For the past 6 months I've been trying to get lead times and costs for upgrading our medium Douze to a long Douze with zero luck! No UK shops can help and Douze themselves cannot tell me either! I've been told by Douze that no one has long front ends for the V2 including across the Channel.

    If you view this video you'll see that between 9:30 and 9:50 the Douze representative talks about how you can simply upgrade the front if you wanted more room, if only this was actually possible I would!!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvioxmGU6eE&ab_channel=Radelbande

    The last thought was upgrading the canopy as the new one is taller but Douze told me to talk to LGC who told me that it could be double the retail price due to delivery and import tarrif's based on their last order, plus they have no idea how it would take.

    Looks like we need to stop feeding our 8 year old to stop him growing! :)

    Apparently Douze are in the process of shifting manufacturing from Asia to France, but this hasn't come from Douze themselves.

  • Its the same for many UK shops and persons with Douze, basically they aren't fobbing you off, they are just totally slammed, have been since 2019 and with C19 their life has become quite hectic. They aren't taking on any new dealers and can barely get existing orders fullfilled. Sucks as they are a really good bike and company TBH.

    Would honestly get a mate in France to acquire one and post it back to you. Or use a shipping forwarder yourself and order from a French/Belgium retailer. LGC and others are all in the same boat. Small orders are at the mercy of UK custom's, some things come in correctly on the right %, others, do, not. I'm sure LGC can get it for you, they are just warning you of the implications, it might be totally fine and come in at retail price.

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