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User6179
Guest
10-15 quid as long as the nipples are not seized which Aksium wheels are bad for.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
It depends, like others have put, on the condition of the wheel. I've paid £8-15 at my LBS.
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I pay £10.
Pedropete
Guru
- Location
- West Sussex, UK
£20 per wheel build is the going rate round here, with around £10 for truing if no parts needed. Joys of the South East.
That's really quite reasonable.
confusedcyclist
Veteran
Easy enough to true a wheel yourself. Get the spoke key, watch a youtube video, or read a good guide. If you cock it up, you can always take it to a LBS. Just don't randomly tighten and loosen spokes hoping for the best, approach it rationally and with a basic understanding you can true it up nicely in short order, assuming the wheel was built properly in the first place.
confusedcyclist
Veteran
It's a 5 minute job. I don't know many making £120/hour, even with overheads
Obviously odd jobs always cost you a lot though.
night cycler
Guru
- Location
- Rotherham (near town)
Isn`t it the experience that is being paid for, not the time. Knowing what needs to be done and how to do it correctly.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
OP
OP
Rooster1
I was right about that saddle
Nipples are OK at the mo.
Not sure that a wheel build is a 5 minutes job. A wheel trueing maybe, but not a wheel build.It's a 5 minute job. I don't know many making £120/hour, even with overheads
Obviously odd jobs always cost you a lot though.
confusedcyclist
Veteran
Ah yes, I missed that, very reasonable for a full build!
Elybazza61
Guru
Usually a tenner for us to do it plus spokes if needed;obviously will depend on the condition of the wheel,if some nipples are seized or rounded off then obviously it'll take longer to do.
Oh and don't assume that your LBS can do it there and then
,give them a ring first.
Oh and don't assume that your LBS can do it there and then
,give them a ring first.
