The Canyon website today had a message for all UK based customers via a banner at the top of the home page.
“We’ve temporarily paused shipments to the UK…”
canyon.com
Clicking the message takes visitors to a page of explanation that includes…
..”The UK’s Brexit transition period ends on 31st December, so we’ve put extra processes in place to ensure your bike can be ordered and shipped without any issues. Due to the uncertainty and potential bottlenecks at the border, we are temporarily halting shipment of all bikes from 19th December until at least 11th January. We want your order to be tracked accurately and any hold-up at the border will challenge our ability to do this.“
“All duties and tariffs are included in the price of your bike which means you’ll never have to pay any hidden fees when your bike arrives on British soil. Canyon will handle all customs and import documentation further easing the process for you and getting you riding as soon as possible.
E-Bikes are affected due to the battery’s classification of dangerous goods as well as the heavier weight and increased dimensions of the box. It may take us beyond the 11th January to work through the additional process for these bikes and we apologise for the extended lead time to your order. We will keep you updated on the progress in our FAQs.”
While the Canyon website will still take orders during this period for UK mainland customers a further announcement on the Canyon website states that ordering will not be possible for residents of Northern Ireland. There is no indication of when Northern Ireland customers will be able to place orders again with the website simply stating, “We are working hard to implement processes that will enable you to order your new bike as soon as possible.”
The UK left the EU on the first of January 2020, entering into a one year transition period that comes to an end at 11pm on the 31st December 2020. At the time of writing a free trade deal has yet to be agreed between the EU and the UK, with World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade rules coming into force if both sides fail to agree a deal. WTO rules will mandate tariffs on the majority of goods traded between the two, including bicycles and bicycle parts.
I’d like to be surprised.
I’m sure theres gonna be loads more of this, and for more important items.
Early 2021 will be unpleasant.
51.6% voted for this.
Let them be the ones to go without (and lose their jobs becauseof the damage Brexit does) first.
Not all bad news, people may now decide to support their local bike shop and build relationships with those that work within them.
Also they have increased their UK prices by a HUGE margin overnight… a Spectral AL 6 was around £2.3K… now up to £3000!!!
Boris and co. are certainly ‚getting Brexit done‘ at *all* costs. Such a bad outcome for everyone involved: UK and inadvertently NI consumers + Canyon themselves.
“we’ve put extra processes in place to ensure your bike can be ordered and shipped without any issues. ……., we are temporarily halting shipment of all bikes ”
Who said the Germans don’t have a sense of humour?
Buy a bird, orange, Staunton, cotic.. And many other UK bikes.
Or even a stanton
You realise that Bird import all their frames and Cotic import some (no idea of the %)?
As has already been mentioned, there is likely to be loads more of this and it will be on more vital things than bikes.
And not just the frames. Everything they hang on it too.
Hell’s teeth! I’m glad I bought and received my Spectral 6 already – another 500 quid on what I paid for it sure is great value for “taking back control” :p
At least people now won’t have to deal with their shite customer service.
@robertajobb it was more like 17% of the country. Which doesn’t make it any easier to swallow.
In theory non eu bikes should get cheaper as the wto tariff is lower than the eu tariff. I won’t hold my breath on it being passed onto customers
Within the EU there are no tariffs. That’s where we were. That means the prices are only going one way.
How can Canyon already be applying extra import fees when nobody knows what the terms of trade will be in January?
Its good to see that we as a country have moved on and are harmoniously standing shoulder to shoulder as we face a uncertain future.
No??
Nothing like anything Brexit related to get all the ferrets in a sack fighting again.
Can see the Canyon and YT point. There is no deal currently there is no certainty as to what rules stuff will be arriving under in the New Year.
My review of the Strive wasn’t that bad.
@merk the trade agreement is only regarding goods made in the EU/UK. If they’re just distributing goods made in the Far East then we already know the tariffs that will apply.
No loss here. Celery.