Ooops. Hadn't spotted that.

But, my point is still valid if you check the figures. The Airhawk at Ghost in the US is $136.95 and looking on the USPS website, shipping is around $45.00, making the total $181.95, about �115.00 at current rates. Add in duty at 6% takes it to �121.19, add the VAT and it becomes �146.28, add in the courier handling charge of around �10 and your at �156.28. At which point the savings aren't what they first looked.

So, given all that why not support UK bike businesses. Where I live, over the past few years we have lost Kawsaki, Suzuki, Yamaha and Ducati dealers from the town as well as a long established bike clothing / helmet shop, and ony have one remaining franchised bike shop left, a Honda dealership. I don't think it's the only town like it.

I like a bargain as much as anyone, and have bought stuff abroad a lot when I can't get it here in the UK, but it's not always as cheap as it looks, and most UK dealers aren't ripping customers off as it sometimes looks from the bare figures. But, if I can support my local shop then I'm happy to, because if he goes under it's not really good for any of us in the long term.