repairs are not all that hard, but its skilled labour so they have to pay the mechanics probably double minimum wage or somthing like that, and they still need to make enough profit to make it worth their while. There was on time where i was shocked at how low the price was. After completly trashing a wheel and wipping the rim, i had to get the wheel rebuilt, and the rim fixed as it was warped, they laced it together with a new set of spokes seeing as most of mine had just been snapped on 1 side and bent on the other. They sent it off to be rebuilt somewhere else, so here i am hoping it will cost less then £50, it cost me £30! for a new set of spokes, and an external professinal rebuild.