Thanks for chiming in I am very interested in hearing about whether or not you have to pay the 13 percent duty. If you only have to pay sales tax I might get a bike shipped as well.
I am also a Canadian living in Ottawa interested in buying a 700 series Ride1Up. The duty on bicycles HS Code (Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System) 8712 is 13 percent and is based on country of manufacture , in this case china...