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My Pro2 bearing tools have arrived so I popped over the road to a local bearing supplier (Brammer) to get a price.
Front and rear hubs-7 bearings .
Guess how much they quoted?!
£20
£45?
£35?
£40?
£200
£18?
£57?
Somewhere between £1 and £1000?
£43
One of these numbers;
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The tools were about £20.
More than £40 Jamie you cheapskate.
£60 and a reacharound?
[i]More than £40[/i]
a lot more or just a little more?
£45 and a Dutch Rudder?
[i]a Dutch Rudder[/i]
*daren't ask or google*
*daren't ask or google*
Just did, wish i hadnt 😯
A friend of mine was quoted £85 for 4 bearings for a pro II at a local bearing shop. He obviously questioned this. The guy then went out the back and on reapearing said, "Managed to get you a bit off. £35 please"
So magically he knocked £50 off! We assumed they are used to folk coming in and buying for business so they just make up a price and hope whoever it is doesn't question.
I always thought they bumped up the price for cash sales so they could show a big discount for account holders...
Not even wwaswas was there.
Price quoted was £92.95
+ VAT (£18.59)
Final price £111.54p
£111.54, Damnit too slow.
Did you tell them you can get them online for about a third of their price?
Someone is selling a set of rear Hope 2 bearings in the classifieds.
I certainly told them they were some way off me getting my wallet out.
thanks Cardo-tip!
What bearings are they out of intertest?
Brammer aren't cheap for pretty much anything in my experience.
Never had an issue with Hope ones TBH
thats loads more that I have ever paid, did you tell them you were an engineer?
What's an acceptable going rate for pro II bearings then?
Well considering CRC charge £28 for the complete set of rear ones, less than the OP paid
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hope-pro-2-bearing-kit/rp-prod24132?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=Australia&gclid=COSqtpi8iL4CFUEJvAodvrwAQQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
LOL*, not heard 'NOT' in about 10 years. Made me smile
*Internet LOL, breathed out through my nose and nodded head forward slightly.
HTH 😉
Katec on ebay
[i]Katec on ebay [/i]
You get added mind ray wielding postal workers with Katec too.
He goes the extra mile.
Yep Katec are great 😀
We were ac holders with bsl brammer and they were cheaper than any of the bike shop suppliers by a country mile.
Tried to set something similar up when i worked in alpine and eriks the bearing supplier just tried to rip the piss.... Like the op i have never laughed so hard when. Quoted.
Yep.Katec.All my frame and wheel bearings are off our once very own resident shall we say character.. 😉
Come back Kaesae, we miss you
mikewsmith - Member
Well considering CRC charge £28 for the complete set of rear ones, less than the OP paid
As the OP can I point out no monies were paid; I merely PMSL at their 'quote' then bought some off the classifieds for £23. I'm not a complete ####, although I did ride a drop barred big wheeler home in baggies/helmet peak so you may disagree!