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@ furious tiles: yeeeahh...I'm mostly in agreement there but there are exceptions like arthritic single mothers with pannier'd kids and, just as there's something a bit lame about an electrician charging an OAP twenty quid for a change of lightbulb, there's something lame about charging seventeen quid to change a ruddy inner tube. I mean SEVENTEEN FUCKING QUI.. Oh hold on, that's how this started..
Out of interest, anyone in the business put a figure on average bike-shop tyre changes per day? Is it four or forty? I mean how much of the take does it really consitute?
Labour for ten tyre changes per day would be an impressive £130 at this rate.. let's say the guy's slowish and takes six minutes per tyre..jeez that's 130 quid an hour!!!! That's more than most ice-cream men make!!