LBS just quoted £30 to true 2 wheels

[BigonaBianchi]

..erm...something is telling me this is EXPENSIVE..or am I just out of touch?

 

[Radius]

So that's £180 an hour then....

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I think I'll give them a miss....

 

[weely]

My LBS charged me £10 for new bearings Trueing and a rear wheel service. (edinburgh coop) Good value IMO

 

[TWBNK]

I had a true and spokes replaced on one wheel and that cost about £15.

 

[mondobongo]

Normally anywhere between a fiver and a tenner, £15 a wheel is steep thats probably more than Evans would charge.

 

[Mortiroloboy]

IIRC my LBS charges £12 a wheel.

 

[Rob S]

My LBS charged £10 to true a wheel that was bent as **** after my accident and I thought that was bloody great....yours is effectively charging £15 but I guess it depends where your shop is and how out of true it is.

 

[Steve Austin]

£15 each wheel is way too much!

 

[bonj2]

depends how untrue they are. If they're so untrue they need a rebuild then it's reasonable.
see: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13250

 

[byegad]

If they are only slightly out do it yourself, a good spoke key is a lot less than that and you can true all the wheels you'll ever have with it.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

^+1. There's a lot of mystique around the truing of wheels, but it's not that difficult. I did mine for years using the brake blocks as guides, until I finally bought a truing stand. Even now I don't always use the stand.

 

[peanut]

name and shame name and shame.
This shop needs to be made an example of. If they haven't the time or expertise to true wheels then they should be honest enough to say so.
I suspect they would probably farm it out to a local wheel builder and put some profit on the top for themselves..

 

[dodgy]

Hang on a minute, name and shame? For what? The OP hasn't even said how badly the wheels are out of true, it could be a complete rebuild, in which case the price is roughly right.

 

[marinyork]

Well it sounds a rip off to me too. I can't get the torque to get the freewheel cassette off any more on the rear so the LBS does the truing on that side. I got a rebuilt wheel for about a tenner.