Was my buddy lied to?
11-05-23, 05:33 PM
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Was the bike fixed and there are no issues?
If yes, just let it go.
Unless you pulled the wheel, inspected it, and tried to true it on a stand, neither you nor your friend have anything.
John
If yes, just let it go.
Unless you pulled the wheel, inspected it, and tried to true it on a stand, neither you nor your friend have anything.
John
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11-05-23, 07:16 PM
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Did the shop lie, nobody knows, did the friend lie, possibly but again nobody knows. There is really nothing here. Though I am curious what the OP thinks the shop lied to them about and then would love to here from the shop and see what they have to say on the matter. But really it is pretty immaterial and maybe it wasn't an intentional lie or something.
What we can glean is the shop seems to have given this friend quick service for a potentially low price seeing as how it was not expensive and lacing a wheel is not cheap and a cheap new wheel costs about that much so either way it seems like the friend is able to ride again and hopefully won't be jumping curbs.
What we can glean is the shop seems to have given this friend quick service for a potentially low price seeing as how it was not expensive and lacing a wheel is not cheap and a cheap new wheel costs about that much so either way it seems like the friend is able to ride again and hopefully won't be jumping curbs.
11-05-23, 07:24 PM
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82 year old rode his bike off the pavement, and it only cost him 130 bucks...
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11-05-23, 08:43 PM
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Thanks all. It a regular 700c wheel. The motor is at the bottom bracket.
$130 For a new hub and wheel rebuild seems too low a price to me also. He's not always completely honest with me, yet he doesn't seem to pay attention also. I guess it's not my problem, but I'd hate it if they simply trued the wheel and charged him $130. Maybe they told him the hub was broken and that they found an inexpensive wheel and replaced the whole thing. If that's the case, I'm not sure he's getting much of a wheel for $130.
I do wish he would have had them give him back his old parts so I could varify the hub was toast.
$130 For a new hub and wheel rebuild seems too low a price to me also. He's not always completely honest with me, yet he doesn't seem to pay attention also. I guess it's not my problem, but I'd hate it if they simply trued the wheel and charged him $130. Maybe they told him the hub was broken and that they found an inexpensive wheel and replaced the whole thing. If that's the case, I'm not sure he's getting much of a wheel for $130.
I do wish he would have had them give him back his old parts so I could varify the hub was toast.
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11-09-23, 11:18 AM
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Unless there was visible damage to the hub where the spokes are inserted, the bike shop person was in error. They may lack the expertise to rebuild a damaged rim and so easier to sell an entire wheel assembly to the customer.
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11-10-23, 01:32 AM
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11-10-23, 10:11 AM
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There is also the chance that he didn't want to leave his bike for a week or two waiting for the work to get done.
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11-10-23, 02:45 PM
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Truly anything is possible, I’d say the initial post/question gives us about nothing to go on. But we could speculate pretty much anything. Perhaps the bike shop had a pet dinosaur that took a bite out of your friend’s hub while it was there?
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