Myself and Racer38 had a chat about this very subject last night.
You can find what looks like a nice/mint 28 sp on Yahoo Japan for around £3500/£4000.Then it will cost around £1000 to import it what with the shipping costs and tax's.
So the fact you can walk in to Fastlines showroom and pick up a mint 28sp for £5500 seems to make more sence these days.

The 28sp seems to be more sort after in Japan than they are here.
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