Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,244
Likes: 6,497
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
There is a general business rule that you charge three times the rate you pay your worker. Bike shops typically charge $60 per hour, but I believe they pay less than $20 per hour to mechanics. I wish they paid their mechanics more, but I also know they are not raking in big bucks. Margins in the bike biz overall are surprisingly thin, in case you don't know.