K2 stopped doing Parts? !!!!!!!PANIC!!!!!!

[Colin]

Uh Oh!
K2 are listing all bike parts as "SOLD OUT"

http://www.k2bike.com/

https://secure11.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=k2parts&BusType=BtoC&Count1=303173243&Count2=220313668

Product             SKU             Description             Price             
Noleen Mega Air And Smart Fork Slider Fork Bearing Kit
           RK016                        $16.99             Sold Out

Noleen Mega Air And Smart Fork Wiper Seal Kit
           RK015                        $16.99             Sold Out

Cross-Link & Vector Fork Bearing Kit
           RK006                        $10.99             Sold Out

Cross-Link Fork Seal Spacer Kit
           RK004                        $10.99             Sold Out

Girvin Vector Fork Seal Spacer Kit
           RK005                        $10.99             Sold Out

93-97 Pro-Flex Attack Style Frame Rebuild Kit
           RK003                        $19.99             Sold Out

95-97 Pro-Flex World Cup Frame Rebuild Kit
           RK002                        $29.99             Sold Out

97-98 Pro-Flex 9-Style Frame Rebuild Kit
           RK001                        $19.99             Sold Out

98 K2 4000, 4500, 5000,5500, Animal, Animal Dh, And Beast
           RK008                        $16.99             Sold Out

99-02 Evo Style Frame Rebuild Kit
           RK012                        $39.99             Sold Out

Chubby Lt Seal Rebuild Kit
           RK007-23                  $16.99             Sold Out

Chubby Seal Rebuild Kit
           RK007                        $16.99             Sold Out

Derailleur Hanger Mtb
           RK013                        $11.99             Sold Out

Derailleur Hanger Mtb
           RK011                        $11.99             Sold Out

Derailleur Hanger Mtb
           RK010                        $11.99             Sold Out

Noleen Mega Air And Smart Fork Slider Bushing Tool Kit
           K007032                        $100.00             Sold Out

Noleen Mega Air Fork Vto Kit
           K013901                        $29.99             Sold Out

Smart Fork Spring, Red Medium 65lb/In
           16202-2                        $24.00             Sold Out

Smart Fork Spring, Yellow Soft 55lb/In
           16202-1                        $24.00             Sold Out

Unified Lower Link Kit For Girvin Vector Forks
           GFULK                        $49.99             Sold Out

Does this mean we are now officially obsolete?

Anyone got a good contact for K2 to find out what's going on?

Is this part of the K2 bike Buy-out discussed previously on this forum......??

Colin S

[Bruce]

Hey everyone,
Made  a few well placed calls and e-mails and voila...

Thanks for the email. You are correct Iron Horse bikes will now be handling all K2 and Proflex parts and bikes. I should be receiving all the K2 parts some time next week. Please contact me late next week with the make, model and year of your bike and I will do my best to get you what you need.
Thanks,
Tom B.
Iron Horse Bikes
Warranty and Customer Service
tomb@ironhorsebikes.com
1-800-645-5477 ext:214

Thats all for now,
Bruce

[Frankd3000]

(reads Colin's post) AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRHGHGHGHG! NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo! We're all gonna die!

(reads Bruce's post) Oh, okay.

[smiley=laughing.gif]

Yeah, forgot to mention that about a week ago I was looking at K2's site and they had the listings in screwed up. They didn't have any bike parts lited, but if you used their Search feature you could find them. I guess Bruce's post fills in why.

I wonder if/how much IH will mark-up price's.

AAAAAAAAAAARHGHGHHG! NOOOOOOOoooo!!!!

[smiley=laughing.gif]

[Colin]

Maybe they'll be cheaper..........?

[Frankd3000]

Maybe they'll be cheaper..........?

BUWHWHAHWHAHAHAHA!!!!! Good one, Colin.

Oh, you were serious? Sorry, my mistake.

Who know what they'll do untill they do it. Bruce? Have any more info for us? [smiley=laughing.gif]

I officially nominate Bruce as our un-official detective. [smiley=blankstare.gif]

[kiwi]

shesh i am gonna buy a few bits

[Colin]

Anyone ever thought of asking K2 (now Iron Horse?) if they'll do us an "Official K2+Pro~Flex Riders Group" discount?

sic: (sad old bastards who can't afford new bikes.......)

either as an individual thing when any of us buys parts or maybe we could approach them to do a bulk purchase?

I know I'd feel a lot more comfortable with a couple of Pivot and X-Link spare kits..............

Anyone already got a good relationship with them?

Col.

[kiwi]

if we cant pull something off i dont think anyone could.....i vote for a bulk purchase thing...could be that it will take somone to be the main man....

[Bruce]

Colin makes a good point,

when I speak with Tom at Iron Horse next week I will make the inquiry about a bulk purchase for the group. Why be selfish about this.
It will be interesting to hear what they have left in stock.
Happy trails until then,
I'll keep you posted.
Bruce

[shovelon]

Well let's hope Iron Horse keeps up line. Just off the  top of my head, main pivot bushings and derallieur hangers are desireable.

So no more K2? Unthinkable.

Terry

[Simon]

Don't Panic
can't even remember when I last bought a K2/Proflex part,
even with no spares available we'll still keep em running its what we do  .

Simon

[kiwi]

i am thinking of crosslink and pivot kits

[LIBW]

K2 has a lot of kits for Proflex and Older Model K2 Bikes. Mostly everything except the disc brake adapter. They also have hangers as well.

Currently the new company is sourcing elastomers to sell inside the USA and should have them in the next two months

The new K2 contact information is:

customerservice@eccyclesupply.com

Phone: 1.631.780.5360

[orange]

Thanks for this info - are you well placed?