I ordered some Rycote lyres from daleproaudio.com on Sunday and received them yesterday (Wednesday). I didn't ask for special rush service, either.
(I prefer to buy pro audio equipment from local, independent pro audio dealers because if people don't do that, there soon won't be any local, independent pro audio dealers--and I want them to exist.)
By the way, voltronic, I've been helped quite a lot by your posts on this topic.
Dale was not on my radar as a good source of Rycote lyres, but they are now, thanks to you.
Also, I'm glad my incessant Rycote posts have been helpful. If I can help
you with something in this realm, that's saying quite a bit. My experience using the very lightweight and vibration-sensitive Line Audio mics is what initially led me to dig below the surface of shock mounting.
As I said in another one of these threads, I have to give credit to John Willett who pointed me in the right direction, and then especially to Simon Davies at Rycote who finally de-mystified the single lyre / duo-lyre situation I was struggling with.
I get the strong impression that Rycote is similar to Schoeps, in the sense that both are highly respected companies with a large international customer base, but neither has compromised their customer relations or service as they have grown to what they are today.