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car tyres get done for less
My point was really that if it costs £30 to mount a bike tyre, then what the fuck are we doing thinking this technology is in any way appropriate for anybody outside a professional cycling team? In a workshop setting, with traditional tube tyres, QR wheels and rim brakes, I can change a tube in under 10 minutes with no tools from wheel-on-bike to wheel back on bike and ready to ride.
If the OP can't mount his own tyres, who is driving the service car behind him on every ride?
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£30 a wheel labour seems a bit much but not as far as tester is making out. Yeah car tyres get done for less but you can essentially make a living doing that all day everyday, the tools are pricey but make the job easy and all the parts are cheap and work together without so many worries about tape and cleaning etc. Sometimes it's an easy job on a bike, sometimes it's an absolute pain in the arse, not everything works together all the time, sometimes people have had a go themselves and you have to fix that, it's also something that's done a lot less often in most bike workshops with less specialist tools with more chance to fuck something delicate up. Tape sounds pricey AF though.