Bike set up costs

scottybob
scottybob Posts: 84
edited January 2014 in Workshop
Hi all,
How much do you guys reckon a bike shop should be charging to:-
1. Put a new chain on (supplied)
2. Set gears up using new cable outers
3. Wrap bar tape on bars (supplied)

Any rough ideas what's a fair price?
Thanks guys

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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    About an hour's labour for an amateur like me. Depends what you think an hour's labour is worth.
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    From my LBS

    http://www.beelinebicycles.co.uk/workshop-_1873/

    Chain Fit: £15
    Gears Adjust (Front + Rear): £12.50

    Doesn't say about bar tape but maybe £5-10
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  • maringirl
    maringirl Posts: 195
    We would charge about £20-25
  • gozzy
    gozzy Posts: 640
    15 quid to fit a chain? 10 quid to fit an inner tube?
    If there was ever an incentive needed to DIY, then it's bike shop workshop costs.
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Gozzy wrote:
    15 quid to fit a chain? 10 quid to fit an inner tube?
    If there was ever an incentive needed to DIY, then it's bike shop workshop costs.

    One would argue that chain and gear maintenance should be something everyone should know. cables wear maybe take to a shop but if you don't know how to fix and fit a chain, what you going to do when it snaps miles from home? Gears need adjusting on my bikes at least every couple of months, a qtr turn of a barrel adjuster now and then. If you take it to a shop every time a gear jumps or clicks its gonna get expensive.
  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    About £40 - £50 total depending how much set up gears need. :)
  • Semantik
    Semantik Posts: 537
    Slightly OT but I think these servicing and repair prices are the reason why most non-self-reliant cyclists buy a new bike every two or 3 years instead of paying for their current one to be repaired. They neglect maintenance completely because they lack the courage/willingness to learn to do it themselves.
    Eventually the bike's component parts become unserviceable (usually transmission parts) and the bike lets them down. They then get a quote to put things right and decide it makes more sense to buy a new 'un. So either way the bike shop wins.
    It is surprising how even some decent club level cyclists do little or no maintenance themselves and bemoan their luck all the time when they have mechanical problems out on rides. And these are not just younger inexperienced riders but riders in their 30's, 40's and 50's who have never bothered to learn how to fix their bicycles.
  • penguin_of_death
    penguin_of_death Posts: 219
    This may get me stoned to death but having worked in a Halfords you could try them - depending on your local one's reputation

    1. Put a new chain on (supplied) - £7.99
    2. Set gears up using new cable outers - up to £17.99
    3. Wrap bar tape on bars (supplied) - Whatever they want, but I would have said £5
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    madasahattersley wrote:
    From the most recent shop I worked at you're looking at £29.95 as part of a tune up service. Wrapping bar tape is no WAY a quick enough job to do for £5, usually £10 at least.

    Then again, most people find that the prices that are sensible from a business point of view are a "rip-off"

    I think that's because most jobs on a bike fall under the 'easy-but-time-consuming' category rather than the 'difficult-and-needing-special-skills-and-tools' category; the latter being the one for which people find it easier to part with their money.
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