Gibraltar is a Rock, yes, but it has 29,000 plus inhabitants. We're Gibraltarians and we're descended from all over the Mediterranean....mainly Genoa (Italy). Portugal, Malta, Spain etc.
My surname is Perera (Portuguese) and my mum's is Olivero (Italian) for example...we're just like the Americans.
History: In 1704 an Anglo-Dutch fleet took Gibraltar by force from a very small Spanish garrison on the Rock at the time and we have endured Sieges of all types until this day.....hey, it was the done thing at the time...didn't the Spanish have Florida at one point?
.....we're harrassed by Spain politically, as they want Gibraltar - although they're hypocrites as they have Ceuta and Melilla in Morroco, not to mention the Balearic islands etc which are miles and miles from Spain.....
.....and British Prime Minister Tony Blair is no friend to Gibraltar either - he tried to fob off a joint sovereignty agreement with Spain on us, which we rejected big tim......so we're alone against the world.
Luckily our Constitiution states we can't be 'sold off' to anyone against our wishes so we remain British, although decolonisation and independance is our ultimate aim.
That all said, on a personal level we have no quarrel with the English or the Spanish so we're not like Israel-Palestine or Northern Ireland. We get on a s normal but don't politically.....
Going back to the PowerTap business, there are many PowerTap owners out there in this forum and many in other forums, mainly: http://lists.topica.com/lists/wattage
So I am positive you would be able to shift quite a few if you made some.
As for shipping to Gibraltar, a whole wheel costs from $30 to $40 by USPS so it would be cheap!!!! I have bought ZIPP 404's, RENN 575 disc from the States in the past and the shipping has been cheap!
Stephen Perera
Gibraltar, Europe
graphics@gibraltar.gi
