$40 at my shop (in west oakland) gets you a basic tune-up, which includes minor wheel truing, drivetrain adjustment (derailleurs and whatnot), a clean chain, brake adjustment, hub adjustment, and the bolts tightened up. anything that needs to be replaced gets replaced for whatever the parts cost, no extra labor.

$80 gets a "performance" tune-up, which is pretty much everything above, plus cranks, cassette, derailleurs and taken off, disassembled and thoroughly cleand and lubed, plus major wheel truing.

$120 is basically where we take the bike totally apart, clean it, repack bearings, and re-assemble everything.

I'll take my chances with the head butt. I'm thinking I should be safe enough, as long as you don't have a stool or milk crate handy.

As for the tune-up, I'm getting a lot of noise when I'm spinning in the 53-27, so if you could take a look at that, it'd be great.

Thanks.

That's a good price for basic. My price was relative to some LBS's in RWC, Mtn View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale. Perhaps better to go more independent...which I'd prefer.