spokes or wheels???

Hell and High Water said:

I need some advice.

I've got an older Bianchi Premio. Did NOT pay much for it, so I don't
want to put a ton into it....

The spokes are a bit rusty and I'd like to take care of that.
(Cosmetic only, no deep damage.)

I checked with my local shop and it's about $30 per wheel, (plus the
cost of the spokes), to have them replace the spokes.

I'm almost thinking I can get a new set of wheels for a bit more than
that, and to me that seems like a better value.

Suggestions?

Give the bike away. You're not prepared to be a cyclist.

:-P

!!!! What a horrible response.

The LBS will steer you in the right direction. They make good money on
either course of action.

bryanska said:

!!!! What a horrible response.

What was?

Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Did you not get my POINT that, if this guy thinks he can get /replacement
wheels/ (2) for a Bianchi for $50 or $60, then he's in for a rude awakening?

It was good-natured ribbing. Bikes are money pits (God love 'em). A bite
of a reality sandwich. Shall I go on?!?

BS

PS: Learn to quote, bryanska; it's really not that difficult.

Hell and High Water said:

I need some advice.

I've got an older Bianchi Premio. Did NOT pay much for it, so I don't
want to put a ton into it....

The spokes are a bit rusty and I'd like to take care of that. (Cosmetic
only, no deep damage.)

I checked with my local shop and it's about $30 per wheel, (plus the
cost of the spokes), to have them replace the spokes.

I'm almost thinking I can get a new set of wheels for a bit more than
that, and to me that seems like a better value.

It would depend on the quality of the existing wheels, if the existing
wheels are good quality, then it makes sense to rebuild them.
Especially if the shop has a decent wheel guy, who will lace , stress
relieve and true them properly. It's likely a $50 wheel was machine
made in China, and stress relieving and truing never happened.

W

Quoted message said:

What was?

Quoted message said:

Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Dude I thought the :-P was a bad thing, not a good thing.

bryanska said:

Quoted message said:

What was?

Quoted message said:

Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Dude I thought the :-P was a bad thing, not a good thing.

🙁 <eg> 🙁

Quoted message said:

🙁 <eg> 🙁

What's that one?

bryanska said:

Quoted message said:

🙁 <eg> 🙁

What's that one?

Bad majumbo.

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Quoted message said:

bryanska said:

!!!! What a horrible response.

What was?

Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Did you not get my POINT that, if this guy thinks he can get /replacement
wheels/ (2) for a Bianchi for $50 or $60, then he's in for a rude awakening?

$65.99 at my LBS.

Thanks for nothing...

-Bob

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Quoted message said:

!!!! What a horrible response.

Agreed, but where would we be without these types of people to teach us
patience and forgiveness??

Quoted message said:

The LBS will steer you in the right direction. They make good money on
either course of action.

As well they did!

Bicycles Inc, in Arlington, TX.

The guy spent about 15 minutes with me discussing the options.

1. Buy new spokes and replace them myself.

Good: Not too expensive!
Bad: Probably turn out like an asynchronous spider web of some kind..

2. Have them put on new spokes for me.

Good: Would come out perfectly.
Bad: Would cost $30 plus $18 for spokes.

3. Buy new wheels.

Good: Not bad wheels at all for only $65.
Bad: A bit expensive compared to the price of the bike.

4. STEEL WOOL!!!

Good: CHEAP!!
Bad: Not perfect, but an excellent suggestion!!

Anyway, thanks for the help to those who helped, and thanks for the
opportunity to practice patience for those who suggested I get out of
the sport...

-Bob

Hell and High Water said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

!!!! What a horrible response.

Agreed, but where would we be without these types of people to teach
us patience and forgiveness??

{rolls eyes}

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The LBS will steer you in the right direction. They make good money
on either course of action.

As well they did!

Bicycles Inc, in Arlington, TX.

The guy spent about 15 minutes with me discussing the options.

1. Buy new spokes and replace them myself.

Good: Not too expensive!
Bad: Probably turn out like an asynchronous spider web of some kind..

2. Have them put on new spokes for me.

Good: Would come out perfectly.
Bad: Would cost $30 plus $18 for spokes.

3. Buy new wheels.

Good: Not bad wheels at all for only $65.
Bad: A bit expensive compared to the price of the bike.

4. STEEL WOOL!!!

Good: CHEAP!!
Bad: Not perfect, but an excellent suggestion!!

Anyway, thanks for the help to those who helped, and thanks for the
opportunity to practice patience for those who suggested I get out of
the sport...

I'll type slowly: W A S A J O K E .

Enjoy your new wheels.

Sheesh!

Hell and High Water said:

Thanks for nothing...

No charge. (As that seesm to be all you care about.)

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What was?

Quoted message said:

Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Dude I thought the :-P was a bad thing, not a good thing.

It's: Sticking your tongue out at someone...

-Bob

Hell and High Water said:

Anyway, thanks for the help to those who helped, and thanks for the
opportunity to practice patience for those who suggested I get out of
the sport...

-Bob

You sound like a cool guy, Bob. Don't let the sillyness around here get to
you.

There's a lot of joking around and nothing personal.

Be sure and wear a paper mask when you do the steel wool thing, eh?

jj

Bill Sornson said:

I'll type slowly: W A S A J O K E .

Enjoy your new wheels.

Sheesh!

As Bill knows, that's an old Indian term. Pronounced:

"Wazz-ah-joe-kay".

It means 'Hey, Dumbass, Welcome to rbr!"

HTH,

jj

Hell and High Water said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What was?

Quoted message said:

Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Dude I thought the :-P was a bad thing, not a good thing.

It's: Sticking your tongue out at someone...

Wow. Again, if your skin is that thin, DON'T RISK RIDING A BIKE! (That was
for Frank.)

Hint: :-P is a cute little smiley thing. The animation some see with the
little tongue poking out is CUTE, CLEVER, ADORABLE unless you're /really/
paranoid.

My God, man, are you really that sensitive?!?

I'm going for a ride before someone hurts my feelings.... (Like NEIL did by
ignoring my invite!)

<eg> (OK now that's a big bad mean one)

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Quoted message said:

Hell and High Water said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

> What was?

> Did you miss my little smiley thing?

Dude I thought the :-P was a bad thing, not a good thing.

It's: Sticking your tongue out at someone...

Wow. Again, if your skin is that thin, DON'T RISK RIDING A BIKE! (That was
for Frank.)

Hint: :-P is a cute little smiley thing. The animation some see with the
little tongue poking out is CUTE, CLEVER, ADORABLE unless you're /really/
paranoid.

http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html

-l One-sided smile
:-M Speak no evil
:-O Open-mouthed, surprised
:-o Surprised look, or yawn

:-P Sticking out tongue

:-p Sticking tongue out
:-p~ Heavy smoker
:-Q Tongue hanging out in disgust, or a smoker
:-Q~ Smoking

-Bob

Bill Sornson said:

Hell and High Water said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

!!!! What a horrible response.

Agreed, but where would we be without these types of people to teach
us patience and forgiveness??

{rolls eyes}

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The LBS will steer you in the right direction. They make good money
on either course of action.

As well they did!

Bicycles Inc, in Arlington, TX.

The guy spent about 15 minutes with me discussing the options.

1. Buy new spokes and replace them myself.

Good: Not too expensive!
Bad: Probably turn out like an asynchronous spider web of some kind..

2. Have them put on new spokes for me.

Good: Would come out perfectly.
Bad: Would cost $30 plus $18 for spokes.

3. Buy new wheels.

Good: Not bad wheels at all for only $65.
Bad: A bit expensive compared to the price of the bike.

4. STEEL WOOL!!!

Good: CHEAP!!
Bad: Not perfect, but an excellent suggestion!!

Anyway, thanks for the help to those who helped, and thanks for the
opportunity to practice patience for those who suggested I get out of
the sport...

I'll type slowly: W A S A J O K E .

Enjoy your new wheels.

Sheesh!

Bill,

Might want to save up. You know that if this guy is getting a set (2)
of wheels for $65 that he will be back here soon with more problems.
Then you can use a whole store of emoticons during that discussion :-)

Wonder what rims/hubs those $65 wheels use?

-rick

Hell and High Water said:

Quoted message said:

Did you not get my POINT that, if this guy thinks he can get /replacement
wheels/ (2) for a Bianchi for $50 or $60, then he's in for a rude awakening?

$65.99 at my LBS.

I'd have to say that's an extraordinarily low price for new [quality]
wheels, especially to keep company with a Bianchi, which is a pretty
decent bike.

I've had some cheap $50 wheels work out OK for a low end MTB. Had
to true them a bit more often than more pricey wheels, but no
broken spokes or anything. I don't do tough demanding stuff on my
MTB, so that helps.

Hope the wheels work out for you. If you start popping spokes, or
end up having to true the wheel frequently, go back to the shop and
ensure they don't just tension the spokes, but stress relieve them
as well. It's important.

SMH