Thanks corporal_clegg, I've had a look at taobao, we have a similar thing here in Japan, http://global.rakuten.com/en/ where I've found some good looking stuff at pretty reasonable prices so will probably end up buying through them for convenience.
Take care on those wet roads, we don't want to see you hurting yourself just to field test gear for the forum.
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