[Closed] How much does the average LBS charge for....

i would be interested in an answer also please? i want my white spokes on a rear wheel replacing with black ones. 36 hole if that makes a difference

Is it not just based on the hourly rate? The wheelbuilder we used to use when I worked in a shop used to turn out an acceptable wheel in less than half an hour from parts to true!

I believe I build a more accurate, and to me, better, wheel but at my peak, I build a wheel a day.

I have been quoted £40 per wheel.

if I remember correctly my LBS http://badassbikes.co.uk/bike-servicing.php was about £30 a wheel labour but that was a couple of years ago and they have updated their site so can't check. I would expect about £40 a wheel, maybe a discount of £10 on two or a discount if you buy all/most of the bits from them.

£36 here.

big al at wheelcraft rebuilt a wheel of mine with new spokes for £25. the £25 included the new spokes

Evans quote £30.95 per wheel

A couple of other local places quote £29.95 per wheel and £35 per wheel (£60 pair) respectively.

I have been quoted £40 per wheel.

£36 here.

Christ, I'm too cheap! 🙂

the £25 included the new spokes

So - this is another "promoting your own business" thread?

Nope. I'm not a business. 🙂
I build wheels for mates, that's all. Was £10/wheel, but that's just gone up! 😉
To be fair I have just been trained, so I'm probably as good as most LBSs now, I wasn't shoddy before....

£25 a wheel but that seems cheap been ages since it changed

£30 + cake per wheel.

Glad I got mine done when I did then Peter!

same as above £25-£30

But my lBS builds wheels for free if you buy all the parts off them,

Pete, yeah, true! 🙂
But since then I've had some training and bought £300 worth of professional wheel building tools to be fair!
Yours will be fine, I've never had a problem with any I've built.

I'll probably go to £20/wheel £35/pair

Where are you located Peter?

Farnborough, Hants. 🙂

we charge £20 per wheel if you bring all the bits in, usually free if we supply all the bits (unless its something really odd like snowflake lacing etc)

I lace mine and take it to my local witchdoctor for the tensioning voodoo, costs me £10 an end.

Try building them yourself, it's a beautiful thing!

It is. I do. 🙂

Does cake come with the wheels? Two pieces for a pair mind. 😉

I get mine done for £10 per wheel but it's not the lbs 😉

[i]Try building them yourself, it's a beautiful thing! [/i]

really? I think it's a real PITA.

£35.00 plus spokes, are the prices plus spokes?

Funny that, I was in All Terrain today and Ben said £40+ something. I guess that might include std spokes...
It's a rebuild on Pro's II I need.

717 already on rear; front was tacoed by kind car driver in a crash so might be new 717 or 719..

My LBS charged 20 quid to build mine. I supplied all the bits.

I got charged £15 per wheel at Slam69 in Gloucester, Just Riding Along charge £20

[url= http://www.247cycleshop.com ]www.247cycleshop.com[/url]We charge £18 a wheel for labour