Originally Posted by surreal

A typical spoke costs a shop less than a dollar, including brass nerp. The typical wrench makes, on average, $12.15 an hour. So, there's $25 or so of the $33 after the parts&labor come out. Sure, shops have to pay overhead like rent/mortgage, insurance, utilities, initial costs for equipment, etc. But guess what? Those are mostly fixed costs that will exist whether you replace that spoke or not.