Bike Gear in Shanghai

**Fred** · 03-03-2011, 03:34 AM

Hey all,

Just figured I'd share some info I collected yesterday. I was on my way to the Qiyi shop on Wenshui Dong lu (the one recommended to me in my presentation thread by Euphonius www.qiyi.cc/ ), stopped on the way at the BMW shop (alos Wenshui Dong lu) and discussed a bit with the manager there as they had a lot of bikes in their showroom, contrary to the other times I went there.
I was looking for boots and he showed me some french ones, the brand is Soubirac and the model Tarmack, black, in strong leather. He didn't have my size so he drove me to the distributor, a nice shop in an apartment, selling on Taobao : http://shop59608066.taobao.com They have Schuberth helmets, a very nice selection of leather jackets, cases, back protections, etc. I saw in their shop the quality of the leather and was impressed. I didn't know we could find those quality stuff in Shanghai.

The manager of the BMW shop then drove me to another shop, I would say a more standard bikes shop. Forgot the address but their taobao account is http://shop35292903.taobao.com .

Figured it can help the current and new riders in Shanghai to buy their equipment...

**euphonius** · 03-03-2011, 04:00 AM

Nice sleuthing, Fred. Thanks for posting.

Taobao may be sh*tlisted by the US Commerce Department for tolerating (encouraging) pirated stuff, but it's an awesome resource in a country where the only other way to find stuff is word of mouth or sheer serendipity.

You mentioned in your other post that you're planning to get naked and oily at a Honda shop. You've decided what to buy? Somehow I thought you'd bought a bike already.

cheers

**Fred** · 03-03-2011, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by euphonius

You mentioned in your other post that you're planning to get naked and oily at a Honda shop. You've decided what to buy? Somehow I thought you'd bought a bike already.

cheers

Oh well, believe me, I would have so loved to have it already... But China being China...
I had to go several times to the Honda-Sundiro shop on Zhongshan lu / Wuyi lu, as they didn't know they coudl register the bike and the plates with my chinese name, they absolutely wanted me to give them an ID card of a Chinese, any Chinese...
I had to teach them myself how to do, so now they know but it's again a new delay as they didn't start the process to get the plates.

The bike is at their shop though, saw it, started it and checked it yesterday, it felt goooood ! But I won't have it until next Saturday (not this week, next week...), I was pretty pissed yesterday at their shop... They certainly never had a foreign customer before, which I find very surprising considering their location, or maybe they already registered many bikes and plates under Chinese names for foreigners...

So yeah, I'm still on foot, and believe me it gets annoying very fast when you can even touch your bike but not ride it... TIC...

**euphonius** · 03-03-2011, 05:52 AM

PM'd you.

**dewsnap** · 03-03-2011, 11:08 AM

Thanks for the taobao links Fred. I'll defo be checking them out. You did well to get in friendly with the manager of the BMW shop. Haha.

Don't worry mate, you've done all the hard work now. Only 2 weeks to go....

**bikerdoc** · 03-03-2011, 03:23 PM

Since this topic is about buying motorcycle gear... there's a great website called getgeared that has all kinds of riding gear and accessories at phenomenal prices, and there are often loads of specials going on. I've used them and bought a jacket, trousers and a pair of boots and got them into China without any issues. The quality of the gear is top notch, and the service I received was A+ I know it's not inside China, but since I have 3 sets of jackets. trousers and as many pairs of boots I wanted to get some alternative stuff that would work well on all of my rides, particularly my maxi scoot.

**Fred** · 05-04-2011, 03:59 AM

An update for Shanghai :
The Qiyi shop opened a new store on Pubei lu, Minhang, same street as the BMW, Benelli and Suzuki shops. The Manager didn't really "open" it yet, but I went there and bought plenty of stuff for my GF last week.
They're specialized in Spidi stuff (leather and mesh jackets, pants, back protection, gloves, protection pads for knees, shoulders, elbows, etc.), but they also have a nice selection of helmets (AGV, Caberg, Schuberth, etc.) and boots (Xpd).
The address : 231 Pubei Lu, just at the corner with Guilin lu, near the ICBC Bank.

**felix** · 05-04-2011, 02:49 PM

Hi fred thanks for this info! Nice to know there's a good bike shop not too far from me! (i'm in xujiajui)

Do you happen to know if they sell the HJC flip-up helmets, or if don't know do you have their contact? I wanna get one for my gf and wouldn't mind supporting local efforts!

**euphonius** · 05-04-2011, 03:49 PM

Felix,

Here's the website run by Qiyi Motorcycle Accessories aka 上海骑翼摩托车用品有限公司, run by Simon Wang aka 王俺云 (Wang Anyun).

His original shop was way up in Hongkou district in Wenshui Lu.

cheers

**Fred** · 05-05-2011, 12:32 AM

Euphonius beat me to it ! I didn't see HJC helmets, but I wasn't looking for flip-up helmets anyway.

Just a precision, because Euphonius wrote "His original shop was..." : the Wenshui lu shop up north is still open, I went there last week too. I don't think they plan to close it, they just have another one now. ;-)