06-18-2004, 12:58 PM
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#112 (permalink)
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:23:58 -0600, drew@revolt.poohsticks.org (Drew
Eckhardt) wrote:
>In article <l8j3d09q0cn5hmk7eif6jg8b3fqjv1c5h0@4ax.com>,
>Badger_South <Badger@South.net> wrote:
>>Dunno if this is correct. FWIW. (this is the same guy who wants to charge
>>my brother 30 bucks to true a wheel...!!)
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>Wheels that go out of true usually weren't built right. Making it true,
>dishing, tensioning to uniform high tension, and stress relieving is 3/4 the
>work of building a new wheel. If you charge $40 for a new wheel then $30
>to true isn't unreasonable.
Well, wouldn't argue with that, but I think we're just talking about
eyeballing the wheel on a spinner and tweaking a little with the spoke
wrench, and since he's not a world-class rider, that's all he needs/wants.
In fact I'd go so far as to say very few bike shops do that kind of
'truing' unless you ask them and the wheel they're working on is of obvious
high quality, but I'm just guessing. <g>
My guy just charged me $15 bucks, so that's what I'm basing it on.
I'm not suggesting trying to scam the nice bike shop guys...just wondering
why they'd charge this for a 20 year old wheel of medium quality, that's
all.
-Badger
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