HELP! Need a friend in Chengdu!

[soberpete]

I'm making this post on behalf of a friend of mine. The situation follows:

My friend is currently abroad but wishes to come to China in the near future to ride across Tibet with two other friends.
They can't get their bikes brought over here legally and so they've decided to buy three YBR 250s from Chengdu and ride from there.
They don't, however, have any contacts in Chengdu and so this is a plea to anyone who has a friend or some 'guan xi' with a dealer in Chengdu.
This is a bit of a desperate post but if you never ask then you'll never get. All he's asking for is for a connection. There must be a dealer somewhere who is eager to sell a YBR 250, or even better... 3 in one go!

Thanks for reading,
Pete

P.s. My YBR 250 is still going strong .

[humanbeing]

I strongly don't recommend YBR250 on this trip .
Trust the local wisom: Tibetan loves 五羊款(150-200 pushrod) which can easily blend into town w/o too much hassle to "police" as forigner in daytime. Every bike repair shop stocks parts . Easy to sell to "locals" if don't want to ride anymore.
The good reference material:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amoleji...57608529571445

[soberpete]

Thanks very much for the advice HB. I would be afraid of having a serious problem with my bike in a place where there are no parts at all and so I don't think I'd ever venture as far as Tibet on my YBR.
My friend has found a dealer in Jinghong, Yunnan, and already decided to buy the bikes from there. They're gonna ride around Yunnan a lot and see how they feel about pushing into Tibet after a while.
I have an issue that is off topic but does have a grammatical relation to the title of this thread:
"...Need a friend iin Chengdu!"
I made a spelling mistake in the title of the thread and can't find a way to edit it. Any advice?

[barnone]

sober,
"I made a spelling mistake in the title of the thread and can't find a way to edit it. Any advice?"
Talk nice to a moderator and he/she can fix it.

[soberpete]

Thanks Barnone. I'll give it a shot.

[jape]

We do listen! Got your email but someone else already did it. Good luck.

[soberpete]

Cheers Jape
Somebody else already did it? Perhaps it was ChinaV. Thanks... ChinaV?

[barnone]

We do listen! Got your email but someone else already did it. Good luck.

jape,
The title changed in the first post but not the others?
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