Originally Posted by
operator
Assuming your labor costs nothing. Detensioning the wheel, transferring spokes over to a new rim is more time consuming than a straight up lace and factoring in that cost, is probably *not* cheaper than a prebuilt new wheel. Don't kid yourself here.
I already said "and a little time" so I don't think I was kidding anyone here. But how much should I ascribe as the labor cost when I spend a couple hours rebuilding the wheels while also watching some TV shows that I would otherwise have watched anyway?