For those of you that have commented on being able to by Shimano, Sram, and other such brands at MEC, I would like you to ask you local MEC store where they buy it from? They have skipped all the conventional buying channels and have choosen to buy grey market product. They have been unable to find a distributor in Canada that is willing to sell to them due to their business practices. MEC chooses to buy grey market product for a fraction of the actual cost and still charge close to full retail on many items. The bike industry can survive with MEC in it, and we will survive with MEC in it. We don't have a choice on that, all our IBD's want is a level playing field. MEC's status as a coop should no longer exsist, and they should no longer be buying grey market product. Give us a fair playing field and there is no reason to complain. After all a lil competion is a good thing.