is it a rip off???

2fast4u2

i am getting a new full suss frame in the next few days, need to get the head set pressed in to it, phoned my local bike shop and they quoted me £10 to do it does this seem a bit much or am i getting tight in my old age???

Andy B

£10 is a good price for the work.

llamafarmer

Sounds excellent value to me, have you seen how much the tool costs?

nicklouse

and if you had bought the headset from them they may have done it for free.

Wooliferkins

What hourly rate would you charge for the work of a skilled mechanic? Bear in mind UK min wage is £5.80 an hour?

RichMTB

a tenner is the going rate for a headset being installed

projectsome

that's pretty cheap

MrChuck

Are you joking? I'd have thought £10 was a fair price for any job like that. It's not really worth them charging any less, and why would they do it for free?

paulrockliffe

If £10 is too expensive, just use a mallet.

salsarider79

I work in a bike shop and would happily fit a headset for free if you buy it from the shop. Thats a no-brainer. Tools wise, you are looking at the thick end of £400 for all the correct park tools you need, so to do it for £10...

Course you could just use 2 blocks of wood and a hammer on your nice shiny new frame.... :twisted:

Northwind

Tenner is decent. Or make your own press for under a tenner and fit it yourself. Or mash it in with a rubber mallet and don't complain if you oval the headtube or knacker the headset

ExeterSimon

I paid a tenner when the LBS did it for me 3 years ago.

Not sure what they'd charge now mind.

ride_whenever

Just putting cups into a frame is a tenner. If you start doing crown races etc then i'd say £20.

The tool needed be that expensive, the cyclo one is fine for the odd headset that lbs have to do. Make sure they ream and face the headtube first though.

biff55

2fast4u2 wrote:

i am getting a new full suss frame in the next few days, need to get the head set pressed in to it, phoned my local bike shop and they quoted me £10 to do it does this seem a bit much or am i getting tight in my old age???

yes , you are very tight.
what were you expecting ? 50 pence and a stick of gum ?
the bikeshop owner has to make a living after overheads to buy luxuries like food , clothes and fuel :roll:
idiot.

freeride-mike

£10 seems good to me, i had a cassette swopped onto a new wheel a few months back and they only charged me £2 unfortunatly the same shop closed down last week

Mark_K

freeride-mike wrote:

£10 seems good to me, i had a cassette swopped onto a new wheel a few months back and they only charged me £2 unfortunatly the same shop closed down last week

I wonder why :shock: :roll:

freeride-mike

Mark_K wrote:

freeride-mike wrote:

£10 seems good to me, i had a cassette swopped onto a new wheel a few months back and they only charged me £2 unfortunatly the same shop closed down last week

I wonder why :shock: :roll:

good things never last, i LOVED my LBS :roll:

supersonic

I'd have charged you more.

Where are my stabilisers?

I bought the Cyclus headset press for about £35 - way cheaper than Park and did the same job!

Obviously, it's more expensive than £10, but I don't regret my purchase at all!

Ryan Jones

sealed internal headsets for the win

supersonic

Internal headsets use cups still.

Ryan Jones

i've never had to use a tool to remove a bmx internal headset though. Plus if it's tough enough for bmx it's tough enough for anyone

supersonic

Do you mean integrated?

nicklouse

a lot of BMX do you internal headsets and yes no tools are needed.

Ryan Jones

same thing isn't it :? The bmx's i've had already have the cups the bearing sit on machined into the headtube and the tapered bearing sits on these and is secured when tightened

supersonic

On MTBs internal and integrated are two different standards - the former generally refers to Zero Stack, and uses shallow press in cups, while integrated uses a machined headtube where the bearing sits and is usually inferior.

Ryan Jones

yes i recall my old mongoose tyax ran a zero stack headtube taking into account what you just said. In terms of durability in my personal experience i've never had any issues with intergrated headsets despite some rather dodgy landings

delcol

bring to me i'l do it for free....