Originally Posted by
bikebreak
I asked a couple LBS here and both said $50...seems high to me as my tire cost $50!
How hard is DIY gluing for a newbie?
What glue would you recommend as easiest to use?
Questions of legal liability make many mechanics uncomfortable with gluing tires for people. Plus it can be a time consuming process depending on the glue used. Even 45 years ago, the shop I worked for resisted mounting tubulars, except when setting up a new bike, or for a few regular customers who were known not to be complainers. We also felt that tire mounting was a rider's responsibility and pushed people very hard to do this for themselves. If pushed we would mount tires, but charged exorbitantly. If people complained, we reminded them that we didn't want to do it in the first place.
Some shops will mount tires bought from them, and I agree that the price quoted is high, but maybe they're sending you a message to do your own, as you would need to on the road.
The legal climate affects the availability of low cost jobs with high potential for lawsuit. I dive using mixed gasses. Filling a tank is about $10.00 or so, but no reputable shop will fill a tank for you unless you have a gas analyzer to verify the mix yourself, and countersign the receipt before leaving. After all, who wants to face a wrongful death lawsuit arising out of a $10.00 sale.