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I get my new tyres fitted for free, I just pay cost for disposal and a new valve
How??
Because I buy the tyres through the same tyre place that fits them and I've used that place for 18 years. I understand that everyone needs to make money, and having a relationship with a shop like that means it actually works out cheaper that buying online and hunting for a cheap fitting price..
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I don't like paying over a fiver a loose wheel.
When the price at most trackdays went up to £12.50, I got a manual bead breaker and did them all myself.
I had to do the tyres on my mum's bike too, which meant I had easily recouped the cost of the extra kit in a week.
While it does take a little longer to do, still less time than taking them to a tyre place, waiting, paying etc.
Prices may have gone up now, but always used to use Ride in Tyres in Reading that was a very small place with low overheads.
Way-back my time would occasionally be chargable to clients for the tech company I worked for. If it was, it was charged at £1k per day.
Of course, I saw a tiny fraction of that being salaried and not on that great a salary there - but that covered a good range of overheads.
When you got paid £300 a day, you get paid for the whole day, including toilet breaks, pontificating and the like.
A tyre guy also doesn't have the security of work every day - how many people do you think were getting their tyres done during 'the best from the east'?
However, while I quite understand that, it doesn't mean I'm going to pay out if I can do the job for less myself. |
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G wrote: | I don't like paying over a fiver a loose wheel.
When the price at most trackdays went up to £12.50, I got a manual bead breaker and did them all myself.
I had to do the tyres on my mum's bike too, which meant I had easily recouped the cost of the extra kit in a week.
While it does take a little longer to do, still less time than taking them to a tyre place, waiting, paying etc.
Prices may have gone up now, but always used to use Ride in Tyres in Reading that was a very small place with low overheads.
Way-back my time would occasionally be chargable to clients for the tech company I worked for. If it was, it was charged at £1k per day.
Of course, I saw a tiny fraction of that being salaried and not on that great a salary there - but that covered a good range of overheads.
When you got paid £300 a day, you get paid for the whole day, including toilet breaks, pontificating and the like.
A tyre guy also doesn't have the security of work every day - how many people do you think were getting their tyres done during 'the best from the east'?
However, while I quite understand that, it doesn't mean I'm going to pay out if I can do the job for less myself. |
Pontificating.
Yeah, you still do that a lot.
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Bean stew and the tyres are on your bike? |
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Was talking to mate of mine in the tyre trade a bit over a year ago and one of the big manufacturers had let their sales manager for the South East go as his sales had dropped too much.
It was pointed out by my mate that 20 years ago when we had the original Pirelli Dragon Corsa tyres we expected to get 2000 miles out of them if we were lucky. These days you would expect 3-4000 miles from a full on race tyre on the road so 50-100% more mileage.
When I bought my ER6 new in 2009 it came with Bridgestone 020 sport touring tyres which I got 7500miles out of. My ER6 is now fitted with Avon Storm2 Ultras which just seem to last forever and are considerably cheaper at £160 a pair.
So over the last 20 years tyre prices have dropped and longevity has gone up considerably. At the same time the machinery for fitting tyres has gone up in price.
With a good tyre machine now costing lets say £2000 and a balancer at £2000 (prices checked on www.probike.co.uk) while charging £10 per wheel for a tyre change a dealer is looking at changing 400 tyres to cover the capital cost outlay before they make a profit.
So less tyres being sold as they last longer, Higher capital outlay. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 254 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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