Originally Posted by
2old
I dismissed that because in my burg it cost $100 labor (or more, haven't checked lately) plus at least $30 for a rim and $35 - 50 for spokes. Dealers are staying alive by price gouging for labor since bike sales are dormant.
Yeah. Shame on them for having to charge enough to avoid going out of business. Not that there will be many non-corporate bike stores still around in a couple of years, given the rate at which they're currently disappearing.