Originally Posted by
streetstomper
As you can see, there are people like Dan Burkhart above who charge reasonable prices, unfortunately I can't find them locally. If you can find new spokes for 10¢, more power to you. I personally don't see the point in spending $100 on new spokes if I already have 72 unused, too-long DTs available. That's "cost effective" to me. As for how quick and easy it is, watch somebody do in less than 2 minutes what some shops would charge up to $60 for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4asS6--9mo
Sure, at that price, if spoke quality isn't compromised, it's a more sensible option.