WTB: Paul Motolites and Love Levers 2.5s

[brendonoid]

Hey guys thought I'd throw this out to the group I've been waiting for Paul to restock the ol' motolites for what seems like it must be at least 6 months now with no success. My poor Appaloosa just wants to go for a ride and the only thing on my build list that is missing are the brakes.

I am after silver for the brakes and levers but boy if someone had some blue anodised laying around that they were actually willing to part with that would be amazing.

Main caveat: I live in Australia so will require you to international ship.

I know this might be a long-shot but thanks in advance.

-Brendon M.

[Joe Bernard]

I feel your pain brother. I have these on order at Analog Cycles for a custom anodizing job and I'm not sure I'll ever see the dang things. 

[Philip Barrett]

Riv's site show these as available? I managed to add a pair to the cart even.

https://www.rivbike.com/products/brakes-linear-pull-paul-motolite?variant=3856150298637

[Eric Marth]

Pretty sure there's also a note on the Riv site about how they don't stock any Paul parts and they order from Paul as needed because they're nearby. So likely if you order from Riv you'd face the same availability issues. Pardon my assumptions! Call Riv when they open? 

[Philip Barrett]

Ah, that would make sense.

[brendonoid]

Ordering from Riv just puts you in the queue, sadly.

[Eric Marth]

One solution: Blue Lug has motolites and love levers in stock in a few different colors. Higher cost all around plus slow, spendy shipping. 

[Jason Fuller]

Blue Lug shipping certainly is costly, but it's actually very quick - I had my last order show up within 48 hours of checking out!  My Riv order placed the same day took an additional 3 weeks to show up.  Seems like a great option if you can stomach the cost premium  

[Eric Marth]

I stand corrected! Wow, that is faaaast. 

[brendonoid]

Thanks guys, yeah I've had the motolites at blue lug in a cart for weeks. I just know that when I finally cave and pay the $95 premium price that Paul will restock the next day.

The shipping is actually pretty samey for me, 70 USD-ish from Japan or the US. Good ol' Australia tax, I'm used to it.

[Jason Fuller]

I emailed Paul a production forecasting question a while back and the man himself sent me a reply with estimated dates, might be worth doing for this too! I am surprised they've been out this long, being that they are their own supply chain 

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[velomann]

Regarding Paul components and supply/restock.

I've ordered special stuff from Paul several times over the years and always had fantastic and very personal service. And sometimes they've even "found" stuff for me that wasn't available on the website. 

That said, they have mentioned more than once on blog and social media that their production is hampered right now by the need to have each person working alone and maintaining Covid protocol. The downside to running a small production operation in these times.

Mike M

On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 11:39:32 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote:

[Peter Adler]

Plus, they also have a supply chain. They're not mining the bauxite, smelting the aluminum and fabricating the CNC tools themselves; their suppliers are constrained in all the same ways as everyone else, and the delays magnify through each stage.

Peter "sad, but true" Adler

Berkeley, CA

[Eric Marth]

Jason makes a great point. Things have a better chance of turning up when you call or email for specifics rather than refreshing that product page! If you get a definitive idea of when those parts will be back in stock at Paul it will help you decide if you want to purchase from Blue Lug instead. Food for thought :)