I cycle in to the city of London. There is an independant shop there I use. It is in a prime location in a tourist area and the shop have numerous income streams other shops don't have, and 2 floors one of which has a showroom.
They stock top of the range bikes and accesories and even have thier own catalogue. I reckon they are turning over a high 6 or 7 figure sum and they have another shop out of London.
Anyway thier wheel true price which doesnt include any spoke replacement is £10 labour it's £20 including a spoke replacement.
I rang other places in south London where I live thinking I would get qoutes of a fiver and I got quotes of £17 & £20 from two LBS's and £14.99 from Halfords, these where all labour qoutes.
I was wondering why the place in the city was cheaper, I feel a bit too embarrased to ask them.
They stock top of the range bikes and accesories and even have thier own catalogue. I reckon they are turning over a high 6 or 7 figure sum and they have another shop out of London.
Anyway thier wheel true price which doesnt include any spoke replacement is £10 labour it's £20 including a spoke replacement.
I rang other places in south London where I live thinking I would get qoutes of a fiver and I got quotes of £17 & £20 from two LBS's and £14.99 from Halfords, these where all labour qoutes.
I was wondering why the place in the city was cheaper, I feel a bit too embarrased to ask them.