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Services

Here is our catalog of services.  For work not listed here, we use typical industry rates or our shop labor rate of $75/hour.

Service shops typically have what are sometimes called their shop labor rate, or simply shop rate. From that shop rate, a service manager pays for everything the service department does.  We base our prices on a shop labor rate of $75 per hour.   The prices we put to our catalog of services are based on industry standards of how much time a task should take under ideal conditions.

Please note, we charge for parts separately.

Tune-Up

This service is typically what we’d do to a bike before putting it back into use after being stored for the winter.  We highly recommend this service for any new bike purchase, when the retailer did not do this before you take it home.  A tune-up includes the following services:

  • Complete safety inspection – I check all contact points between the rider and the bicycle: saddle, seat post, handlebars/controls, pedals.
  • Minor wheel truing – This is truing I can correct with some spoke manipulation. If the entire wheel needs re-tensioning or dishing, it is major wheel truing, charged separately below.
  • Adjust front and rear brakes – I will align rim brake pads to the rim correctly, adjust lever throw for even and correct engagement. If your bike has mechanical disc brakes, I ensure the calipers are centered and the pads are engaging evenly.
  • Adjust derailleurs and shifting – I check and adjust as necessary, derailleur limits and indexing
  • Clean and lubricate chain – It isn’t useful to lubricate a chain without cleaning it, it simply makes grinding paste of the dirt inside the chain links and rollers
  • If adjustable, adjust hubs, bottom bracket, and headset bearings – I adjust bearings so they are smooth, with no play
  • Air up tires – I set tire pressure to within the range defined on the tire sidewalls.

Prices: $50 for a single speed bike, $70 for a multi-speed bike, and $90 for tandems, three wheelers, and e-bikes.

Overhaul

For an overhaul, we do everything we do for a tune up.   In addition, we do the following services:

  • Detailed cleaning of chain, chainrings, cassette, and derailleurs – I’ll remove the chain and cassette to clean them in an ultrasonic cleaner, clean jockey wheels in rear derailleur
  • Re-lubricate and reassemble drive train – I lubricate derailleur jockey wheels and derailleur pivot points, lubricate and reinstall chain and cassette
  • If able to be serviced, rebuild headset, bottom bracket, and hubs – I will disassemble components as required, clean, re-grease, and install new ball bearings

Prices: $50 for a child’s single speed bike, $115 for an adult single speed bike, $135 for a multi-speed bike, and $155 for tandems, three wheelers, and e-bikes.

Individual Services

Do you only need us to do one job?  Here’s what we can do for you:

  • Install tire/inner tube – $10 (on an e-bike hub motor wheel, $20)
  • Repair flat tire – $10 (on an e-bike hub motor wheel, $20) – I will remove the tire and inner tube, diagnose the cause of the flat, and patch the inner tube if appropriate. If I cannot patch the inner tube, I will replace it.
  • Replace control cable and housing (shift or brake) – $15
  • Adjust rim brakes – $10 per wheel
  • Replace rim brake pads – $15 per wheel
  • Replace disc brake pads – $15 per wheel (on an e-bike hub motor wheel, $20)
  • Adjust mechanical disk brake – $15
  • Bleed hydraulic disc brake – $35
  • Adjust derailleur – $10
  • Minor wheel truing (off bike) – $15 per wheel
  • Major wheel truing (off-bike) – $25 per wheel – I do this if the entire wheel needs re-tensioning or dishing beyond simple spoke manipulation to correct wheel true
  • True disc brake rotor – $10
  • Build wheel – $50
  • Replace broken/damaged spokes – $20 (disc brake wheel – $25, e-bike hub motor wheel – $30)
  • Adjust hub, headset, or bottom bracket – $10
  • Overhaul hub, headset, or bottom bracket – $20
  • Replace chain – $5
  • Clean drivetrain (chain, front chain rings, cassette, derailleurs) – $30
  • Replace cassette/freewheel – $10 (on an e-bike hub motor wheel – $20)
  • Replace cartridge bottom bracket – $20
  • Install pedals – $5
  • Install handlebar tape – $15

Bike Assembly

Did you just get your new bike in a box, ordered from an internet retailer?  We can put that bike together for you properly and give you a basic fitting for your new bike.  Here’s what we do:

  • Attach stem and handlebar
  • True and attach wheels
  • Adjust hubs
  • Route control cables
  • Adjust shifting and brakes
  • Lubricate moving parts as needed
  • Safety check
  • Basic bike fit

Price: $40 for juvenile bikes, $50 for adult most adult bikes.  $60 for e-bikes and three wheelers

Custom Builds

This service is a complete bike build from a bare frame.

Price: $220