vanbabbler
05-20-07, 04:58 PM
What is a fair price for a complete rim respoke?. Thank you.
Bicycle Mechanics - How Much to Pay for Complete Rim respoke?
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ianjk
05-20-07, 05:01 PM
must.be.more.specific.
#spokes
type of spokes
type of nipples
#spokes
type of spokes
type of nipples
Retro Grouch
05-20-07, 05:03 PM
I'd say that $50 for labor would be fair. Whenever this question comes up, however, I'm always surprised by the range of quotes.
In the end, it doesn't really matter all that much what a wheelbuilder in some distant city charges. You pretty much have to deal with whoever you can find locally.
In the end, it doesn't really matter all that much what a wheelbuilder in some distant city charges. You pretty much have to deal with whoever you can find locally.
vanbabbler
05-20-07, 05:08 PM
31 Spokes Campagholo Rims....Thanks
vanbabbler
05-20-07, 05:10 PM
Thank You
kandnhome
05-20-07, 06:20 PM
31 Spokes Campagholo Rims....Thanks
Admittedly, I have no experience with Campagnolo products, but I've never seen a bike wheel with an odd number of spokes. Are you sure you counted right? Try starting at the valve stem and counting left or right from there, until you get back.
But yeah, if you're just getting the spokes replaced, it should be somewhere around an hour or ninety minutes worth of your local wrench's time, so multiply that by whatever $/hr your guy charges. If they do it flat rate, I'd guess around $50-$75 -- but this varies widely, even shop to shop in the same town. Especially if you've done a lot of business with them in the past.
Admittedly, I have no experience with Campagnolo products, but I've never seen a bike wheel with an odd number of spokes. Are you sure you counted right? Try starting at the valve stem and counting left or right from there, until you get back.
But yeah, if you're just getting the spokes replaced, it should be somewhere around an hour or ninety minutes worth of your local wrench's time, so multiply that by whatever $/hr your guy charges. If they do it flat rate, I'd guess around $50-$75 -- but this varies widely, even shop to shop in the same town. Especially if you've done a lot of business with them in the past.
IanJ
05-21-07, 12:48 AM
Straight gauge spokes cost about 50 cents apiece. Double-butted cost just under a dollar each. Labor should be around an hour or so, maybe an hour and a half. 32 x .5 is $16 for spokes, and your shop's labor rate will determine the labor charge. If the rim is bent, you can also expect them to either push for a new rim, or charge more to deal with the bent one.
By the way, if you actually have a 31 spoke wheel, I *really* want to see a picture of it. By my reckoning, an odd number of spokes should make a wheel impossible to true, unless it used some kind of uneven spacing, or was completely asymmetrical between sides.
By the way, if you actually have a 31 spoke wheel, I *really* want to see a picture of it. By my reckoning, an odd number of spokes should make a wheel impossible to true, unless it used some kind of uneven spacing, or was completely asymmetrical between sides.
Soil_Sampler
05-21-07, 02:49 AM
By my reckoning, an odd number of spokes should make a wheel impossible to true, unless it used some kind of uneven spacing, or was completely asymmetrical between sides.
Campy G3 spoking.
Campy G3 spoking.
wroomwroomoops
05-21-07, 03:08 AM
By the way, if you actually have a 31 spoke wheel, I *really* want to see a picture of it. By my reckoning, an odd number of spokes should make a wheel impossible to true, unless it used some kind of uneven spacing, or was completely asymmetrical between sides.
Not impossible, if you think of it.
+1 on wanting to see that thang!!!
Not impossible, if you think of it.
+1 on wanting to see that thang!!!
Stacey
05-21-07, 03:38 AM
Admittedly, I have no experience with Campagnolo products, but I've never seen a bike wheel with an odd number of spokes. Are you sure you counted right? Try starting at the valve stem and counting left or right from there, until you get back.
But yeah, if you're just getting the spokes replaced, it should be somewhere around an hour or ninety minutes worth of your local wrench's time, so multiply that by whatever $/hr your guy charges. If they do it flat rate, I'd guess around $50-$75 -- but this varies widely, even shop to shop in the same town. Especially if you've done a lot of business with them in the past.
Easier if you start at the valve hole, count the crosses on one side and multiply by four. Nine crosses x four = thirty six spokes.
But yeah, if you're just getting the spokes replaced, it should be somewhere around an hour or ninety minutes worth of your local wrench's time, so multiply that by whatever $/hr your guy charges. If they do it flat rate, I'd guess around $50-$75 -- but this varies widely, even shop to shop in the same town. Especially if you've done a lot of business with them in the past.
Easier if you start at the valve hole, count the crosses on one side and multiply by four. Nine crosses x four = thirty six spokes.