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  • About 6 weeks ago, I changed my bike tyre(Viking VX750) for £45 at a normal bike shop. I asked the guy for tyres and prices and he told me a middle range tyre that can last for 1 or 1 and a half year cost £46. He gave me a £1 reduction. 3 weeks ago, I asked a staff(Probably the manager) at Cycle King and he told me charges £15 for tyre and THE QUALITY IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME as the one I previously changed. After this, I have suspicions that the bike shop might be ripping me off, maybe because I seem as a bike beginner, ask many questions etc. However, I don't have A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE about bikes and cycling therefore I do not want to make a fast and haste judgement or write a bad review on the bike shop. My judgement may be wrong. Hence, I want to get advice and opinions of fellow cyclists here.

  • Fair question, but which tyres are you taking about.
    Not all tyres are the same quality.

  • Check the side wall of your tyre and post here what you see. The brand, model and size all can point us to what sort of price you would expect to pay.

  • Unless you are physically unable to change a tyre I think paying anyone to do this is not value for money as it’s pretty easy to do.

    Asking questions about maintenance on forums like this will teach you all you need to know and prevent you from feeling ripped off 👍

  • Hello

    Once we are a bit more free, why not come to a drinks and meet some people and chat about bike tyres.

    Bike tyres are quite a personal choice.

  • " I want to get advice and opinions of fellow cyclists here."

    If you get an email with a link offering tickets to a Spice Girls reunion tour, DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK! If you do you get offered tickets to a Spice Girls reunion tour.

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