How much does it cost?
The quote table at the bottom of the page gives some ideas. But you can re–use some of your parts. Often the tyre, tube, rim and rimtape can be reused. So really, all you'd be paying for would be the build, hub and spokes.
That would come to say £40.00 for a decent rear hub, £15.00 for the build and £13.00 for the spokes. That comes to £68.00. You could of course use cheaper or more expensive parts.
Current Prices
- Build – £15.00 per wheel
- Build – £25.00 per wheelset (pair)
- Basic Repair – £5.00 per wheel
- Rebuild (rim replacement etc.) – £15.00 per wheel
- Truing – £5.00 per wheel
- Truing and re-tensioning – £10.00 per wheel
- Disassembly (of old wheel) – £5.00 per wheel
The 100 mile Guarantee
£ 15.00 each
£ 25.00 pair
spokes at cost
takes about a week
When a newly built wheel leaves my place in your hands it comes with the 100 mile guarantee. That means that if anything happens to go wrong with it or it is defective in any way during the first one hundred miles of riding then you can have your money back or I'll fix it for free.
A hundred miles is not very far and I usually cycle that much in a week. So this is more of a DOA guarantee. If it turns to a pringle during that first week then I've done a bad job and I will rectify it.
What can I do?
My skills have greatly improved mainly due to making loads more wheels. Now I can offer radial, one–cross, two–cross as well as the above. I even did my first crow's foot lacing. It's always better to get a new rim if you budget permits rather than use an old one as it's the part that takes the most stress.
I can make new wheels from scratch, repair damaged ones or rebuild existing wheels. I can do 1, 2, 3 or 4 cross, road or mountain bike. If the rim is slightly out of true then it can be made true. If it's looking closer to a pringle then it's better to get a new rim.
You can provide me with the parts (rim, spokes, rimtape, hub and nipples) and I will assemble them for you. Or you can ask me to source the parts, order them and build. Local collection is from SE London.
Queueing System
When I have a number of orders at the same time I will build the wheels on a first come first served basis. I will tell you where you are in the queue and expected turnaround time.
You can pay with Paypal online, cash or with a personal cheque or via bank transfer.
Email me with the link below and ask for a quote if you want me to source parts and build as well. I don't have any of the parts at home so have to order them which of course adds to the the turnaround time. The typical turnaround time is about 10 days from the time you place your order to the time you have the wheel in your hand. See the table below for some typical prices (August 2006).
quote table (examples)
| hubs | rims | rimtape | spokes | tyres | tubes | build | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miche Primato Track | Mavic Open Pro | Velox | DT Swiss | Specialized Turbo Armadillo | Vittoria | £ 25.00 set | £ PAIR |
| £ 59.00 | £ 45.00 | £ 4.00 | £ 35.00 | £ 40.00 | £ 4.50 | £ 25.00 | £ 212.50 |
| Goldtec | Mavic Open Pro | Michelin | DT Swiss | Specialized Turbo Armadillo | Vittoria | £ 15.00 each | £ REAR |
| £ 70.00 | £ 29.00 | £ 1.00 | £ 13.00 | £ 20.00 | £ 2.00 | £ 15.00 | £ 150.00 |
| sjs double fixed | re–use own | re–use own | DT Swiss | re–use own | re–use own | £ 25.00 set | £ PAIR |
| £ 40.00 | £ 0.00 | £ 0.00 | £ 25.00 | £ 0.00 | £ 0.00 | £ 25.00 | £ 90.00 |
