Tyre fitting cost

I bought a pair of them there Maxxis to try on the Bindit.

Local dealer is quoting £23 + Vat to fit them to loose wheels. Seems a
bit high to me?

Any recommendations in the Newbury/Oxford (or central London I guess)
area for fitting only?

 

Yes I think I will, ta.

 

I use Protyre mostly and IIRC it's only £5 or 10 for loose wheels and
tyres supplied by yourself.

 

They're not specialist bike fitters so could, for example, fit the
tyre on the wrong way round (if it's unidirectional).

 

erm, Micheldever certainly seem to know what they're doing. They offer a
specialist ride-in ride-out service and been used by several on here IIRC.

 

Hmm no better. £28.01 for loose tyres, £48.01 ride-in ride-out.

 

Grove Street Tyres in Wantage. Ask for Bob (He rides a bike) 01235
763747

IIRC it was £15 per wheel, not in the bike though.

I've always trusted Micheldever, but on the last visit to get the
BT45s put on the Brick, I noticed that when they returned the bike to
me - the four front wheel spindle clamp bolts were all loose - and
"WELL" loose. They were very aplologetic and embarressed when I
pointed this out !

 

I've used them on and off for... <fx:counts, runs out of fingers, takes
off socks, runs out of toes>...at least 20 years. In fact, from when I
had my GS550E, so about 1984-5.

 

Yerp, £15 each. Maybe Probike price wasn't so bad after all.

oops.

 

Sounds reasonable to me, if that's for the pair.

 

Is that per wheel or for both? Sounds about right for both.

 

Both. Yes, it does seem competitive - just sounded a lot at first.

Ta.

 

they seem to have a decent reputation on UKGSer as a) competent b)
competitive and c) stockists of tyres to fit Adv bikes

 

I had some tyres fitted by ATS , they do have bike fitting kit at some
branches and only charged £8 per wheel. It was 3 yrs ago mind.

 

Is that 23 quid plus vat each for tyres they've supplied? If so then
it's a bit steep. Where I get my tyres they charge me 23 quid inc vat
for fitting of a pair to loose wheels, only if the tyres are bought
from another department of their company. I've never taken tyres
sourced elsewhere to be fitted there. In the race paddock Alan Russell
charges a fiver each tyre if you buy them elsewhere.

If you've walked in with tyres bought elsewhere and asked them to fit
them then fair enough, I'd charge the same or more if I had a tyre
fitting machine and balancer.

 

does it include the "green" old-tyre-removal "tax"?

If so, it sounds perfectly reasonable to me.