Cheap Wheel Building in Melbourne

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Hi all,

Having just moved to Melbourne i don't know of the cheapest bike shops yet (only the expensive
ones with nice bikes). The problem is, while mucking around on my friends new Mongoose hard tail i
did a 180 degree tail whip followed by folding the back wheel into a taco upon landing. Asking for
it on a [censored] Mongoose, yer i know.

But i said i would buy him a new wheel, but its a piece of [censored] and i

don't

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wanna spend my good money on that hunk of junk. It has this cheap crappy disc brake system with
[censored] hubs, now from my memory you cant buy [censored] disc brake hub wheels complete can you?? I have
only seen them with

shimano

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deore hubs etc. (maybe i shop in places with good stuff though)

Also, to rebuild the wheel with just spokes and rim (everything else is fine) i got quoted $100
including labour. Where is a cheapo place that i

can

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get this done? I was looking at more around the 50-100 mark even lower for this Mongoose!!

If the scorn and invective you heap on the wheel you destroyed is based on sound knowledge and
experience, then surely you could re-build it yourself. That way you could avoid building in all the
excrement with which you pepper your post.

John Retchford

"mtbau.commtbau.comOpen ↗" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Hi all,

Having just moved to Melbourne i don't know of the cheapest bike shops yet (only the expensive
ones with nice bikes). The problem is, while mucking around on my friends new Mongoose hard tail i
did a 180 degree tail whip followed by folding the back wheel into a taco upon landing. Asking for
it on a [censored] Mongoose, yer i know.

But i said i would buy him a new wheel, but its a piece of [censored] and i

don't

Quoted message said:

wanna spend my good money on that hunk of junk. It has this cheap crappy disc brake system with
[censored] hubs, now from my memory you cant buy [censored] disc brake hub wheels complete can you?? I have
only seen them with

shimano

Quoted message said:

deore hubs etc. (maybe i shop in places with good stuff though)

Also, to rebuild the wheel with just spokes and rim (everything else is fine) i got quoted $100
including labour. Where is a cheapo place that i

can

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get this done? I was looking at more around the 50-100 mark even lower for this Mongoose!!

Last time I had a wheel rebuilt, it cost me $ 60 from Bicycle Recycle in Nth Melbourne. That was two
and a bit years ago.

John,

Yes it is based on sound knowledge and experience, and i would rebuild it myself but where i used to
live i had access to friends wheel trueing stands and better tools. Know i do not have these, and
don't want to make a dodgy wheel (as cheap as the components are).

Plus, it isn't my bike, i really don't feel like spending the time on doing something someone else
could do while i concentrate my efforts on my website. But i found a place in Footscray that will
rebuild the wheel for me for $69 including labour, so i am much happier with this price.

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"John Retchford" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

If the scorn and invective you heap on the wheel you destroyed is based on sound knowledge and
experience, then surely you could re-build it

yourself.

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That way you could avoid building in all the excrement with which you

pepper

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your post.

John Retchford