Buying a bike in Europe from Overseas

[John Vincent 2]

My wife and I live in Canada but are planning to bike tour Europe for several months each year beginning in 2021. We are planning to buy two R&M Superlite bikes and outfit them for our touring. As my wife’s family live in Europe we will store them there when we return home each year. My question is whether it is possible to buy these bikes directly from R&M and pick them up at the factory? Or is it possible to buy through a dealer in Canada and then pick them up at the factory when we arrive there? Or do we have to find some dealer in Europe to buy them from; and if so then who would that be? As we are buying two bikes and would be willing to forego having them shipped we are hoping we can make some kind of discount from R&M or whomever. Certainly we would not want to buy them in Canada and have them shipped from Germany to Canada and then back again. Any suggestions on how we might arrange this and what would be the most economical way would be appreciated.

 

[Polivios]

Hi

In your place I would have gone in the R&M website and create there my preferred configuration, then I would have ask a family member in Europe to place the order with a local dealer...
Maybe you can even arrange everything with a local dealer via email as it was my case due to COVID19.
In the R&M site you have a list of all dealers per country ... (if it is Belgium you can ask me)
As far as I know a dealer is always involved in order finalize the assembly and to guarantee that the bike is in perfect order.
Hope it will work for you !

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Polivios' advice is the best. I would do the same if I needed an e-bike in the U.S. or Canada, travelling there from Europe.