Good morning,
What's our ethos? People before profit. Simple.
Remember the National Living Wage for over 23s is £9.50/hour,
The Service (
https://www.brixtoncycles.co.uk/bike-servicing/) price list seems comparable to other shops who have been abused a bit on this site
for charging a lot as I could do that in not very many minutes. :-)
Looking at the £40 tune up and the £80 general service which seems to be particularly bad value, I am confused by the apparent duplication of gear and brakes, whilst the big £145 Senior Service might almost see me off to
Halfords to buy a whole new bike.
So the general service is well over a full day's work for someone doing a 40 hour week on NLW which suggests that it is a place where reality has set in with labour prices seemingly based around £40-£50/hour or 4-5 times NLW.
For an 18-20 year old on Minimum Wage of £6.83/hour an £80 general service is nearly 12 hours work, or a day and a half.
Hardware fitting also comes in at a lot if you look at it in NLW terms
Fit rack: £15.00 or 1 1/2 hours at NLW,
Fit bartape: £15.00 or 1 1/2 hours at NLW
Fit mudguards: £20.00 or 2 hours at NLW
Fit computer: £15.00 or 1 1/2 hours at NLW
A reasonable shop on the edge of Worcester town centre where a similar service could be offered would be in the order of £30k-£60k p.a. for rent and rates, ouch, so I get where the shop's prices come from.
If you take home £500 plus a week then these numbers are fairly small, but they are a long way from keeping basic bikes on the road as you can see why many people are reluctant to pay "how much?"
Bye
Ian