Free air from LBS

James Hodson said:

As others said in the other thread, a little bit of kindness for free
may well pay dividends at some later date.

A LBS I had never visited before yesterday charged me a fiver to true
and tension a front wheel, and repaired my old chainset for free. Yes,
they only found and fitted a suitable bolt which was probably lying
around dong nothing in the workshop, but it's the thought that counts.

In contrasr, many years ago a shop in Headingley sold me a screw-on
freewheel AND charged me four quid for the 10 second job of removing
the old one.

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Richard Bates said:

James Hodson said:

As others said in the other thread, a little bit of kindness for free
may well pay dividends at some later date.

A LBS I had never visited before yesterday charged me a fiver to true
and tension a front wheel, and repaired my old chainset for free. Yes,
they only found and fitted a suitable bolt which was probably lying
around dong nothing in the workshop, but it's the thought that counts.

In contrast, many years ago a shop in Headingley sold me a screw-on
freewheel AND charged me four quid for the 10 second job of removing
the old one.

Hi Richard

I certainly wouldn't mind paying £5.00 for the retrueing and
retensioning of a wheel as it's a job I would find hard if not
impossible to do myself. Also, I'd guess it's something that would
take more than a minute of two, especially if the wheel is more than
slightly off. A pump up, OTOH, takes but a moment and although we can
all do it makes for good PR.

The same LBS charges, ARAIK, five quid for the replacement of an inner
tube/puncture repair; this includes the price of the new tube (about
£2 to £3 quid).

I do know, however, that Michael is less likely to do those freebies
on, say, a Saturday afternoon when the shop is quite busy.

Back to wheels: I was knocked off my road bike soon after I bought it.
The only damage to the bike (I faired worse) was to the front wheel.
LBS man retrued that wheel gratis. FWIW, Orbea wheels, even on my
el-cheapo bike, seem to be quite well made; they're both sturdy and
lightish considering the bike's cost.

James

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Quoted message said:

James Hodson said:

As others said in the other thread, a little bit of kindness for free
may well pay dividends at some later date.

A LBS I had never visited before yesterday charged me a fiver to true
and tension a front wheel, and repaired my old chainset for free. Yes,
they only found and fitted a suitable bolt which was probably lying
around dong nothing in the workshop, but it's the thought that counts.

In contrasr, many years ago a shop in Headingley sold me a screw-on
freewheel AND charged me four quid for the 10 second job of removing
the old one.

The Italian one I used last year takes some beating; took a gear
hanger off a brand new frame, fitted it to mine, put a new cable on,
adjusted the gears, replaced a spoke and gave me a botlle all for
20eu, and he didn't speak a word of English (or me Italian);-)

Richard Bates said:

In contrasr, many years ago a shop in Headingley sold me a screw-on
freewheel AND charged me four quid for the 10 second job of removing
the old one.

Just out of noseyness, was it the inflexible one or the going downhill
without pedaling one?

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