Cheap Wheel Building in Melbourne

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
shitty Mongoose, yer i know.

But i said i would buy him a new wheel, but its a piece of crap and i don't wanna spend my good
money on that hunk of junk. It has this cheap crappy disc brake system with crap hubs, now from my
memory you cant buy shitty disc brake hub wheels complete can you?? I have only seen them with
shimano 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 get this done? I was looking at more around the
50-100 mark even lower for this Mongoose!!

Cheers, Ken

 

An anonymous person "http://www.mtbau.com/" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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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 shitty Mongoose, yer i know.
>
> But i said i would buy him a new wheel, but its a piece of crap and i
don't
> wanna spend my good money on that hunk of junk. It has this cheap crappy disc brake system with
> crap hubs, now from my memory you cant buy shitty disc brake hub wheels complete can you?? I have
> only seen them with
shimano
> 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
> 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

 

"http://www.mtbau.com/" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> 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 shitty Mongoose, yer i know.
>
> But i said i would buy him a new wheel, but its a piece of crap and i
don't
> wanna spend my good money on that hunk of junk. It has this cheap crappy disc brake system with
> crap hubs, now from my memory you cant buy shitty disc brake hub wheels complete can you?? I have
> only seen them with
shimano
> 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
> 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 protected]> wrote in message
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>
> 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