Took my bike to get a tune up and after $350 I’m wanting to know if these costs make sense.
I’m all for paying to get a tune up because I am not at the level where I can do this myself nor am I interested in doing this. Happy to pay for someone’s expertise.
However, this has been the most expensive tune up I’ve gotten so I’m wanted to get feedback from to community to see if these costs are justified.
Thanks everyone.
by Practical_Film_8493
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Expensive, yes but that’s in the ball park. Best to do your own maintenance. On youtube Bike Farmer walks you through how to do a tune up. But you need the knowledge, parts, tools, time and place to work. Most common issue is shifter adjustment that doesn’t require many tools and is more knowledge based.
Fuck me id be livid. But then again I have never paid for a service as I do it all myself so I don’t know if this is a good price or not.
personally it looks pretty expensive for non overhaul tune up.
don’t know what that add-on preapprove is for.
You paid $114 for the tune up (good), $90 for the drivetrain deep clean (good), another $30 for the handlebar wrap (ok), and $16 for bar tape (great).
But….
They have a $100 place holder that should have been taken off or clarified if they did something for the charge. I suspect they owe that back to you.
Sadly, people can forget to “finish the ticket” and either take charges off or include all the details. My shop could be guilty of the same mistake that I suspect happened here.
Please go talk to the shop. They’ll be mortified if they screwed up and thankful that you let them know.
Errors like this are seldom malicious/malignant and far more likely to be due to carelessness.
In Finland one of the local bikeshops does a complete overhaul for 200€ + parts.
FWIW, the shop I work for charges a similar amount ($350CAD).. For an entire overhaul of a road bike from top to bottom including an entire disassembly and wash of all parts, not just the drivetrain.. The only package we have that’s more extensive than that is a MTB overhaul that includes fork and suspension service.
I don’t want to comment too hard on that “Add-On Preapprove” charge because I don’t know the shop, or how they operate, but it looks like a charge for an amount that was taken up front (at the time of drop off) for anything unexpected that might turn up (the cost of a new chain, or new brake pads if necessary). I know this is a common thing for shops to do to expedite service when new parts are needed but, as the notes say, this kind of deposit is supposed to either be put towards the service charges, returned to the customer, or otherwise left on your file as a credit that can be put towards future purchases.
At the very least I would ask what the $100 ended up being used for because from the way this was itemized, and from the sparse notes from the mechanic, it doesn’t look like it was actually put towards anything and that line should have been deleted from the total.