Dr Pepper
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Registered: 21st Sep 02
Location: oxford Drives Renault Clio RS200
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I have a Gt mountain bike......front wheel is slightly buckled....
How much for a half decent wheel, tyre and inner tube these days?
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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not alot mate, ebay is your friend
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Dr Pepper
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
not alot mate, ebay is your friend
Probably gonna take it to a local specialist.... needs brakes and gears looking at too...done a fair few miles since I bought it so it could do with the once over
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Dr Pepper
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Registered: 21st Sep 02
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Also--- im gonna be cycling to work on this bike at least 2-3 times a week.... which is around a 22 mile round trip...all on roads. My original gt tyres were very knobbly for off road use mainly I would say.
Has anyone got any recommendations on good road tyres.....these seem to be popular and get decent reviews http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_215298_langId_-1_categoryId_228357#tab3
Also is there and advantage in different types of wheels for off road or on road use- I would assume the more you pay for a wheel the stronger and lighter it gets?
[Edited on 09-10-2009 by Dr Pepper]
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jimmy 2.1
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire
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Have a look on here for good bike bits...
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/
[Edited on 09-10-2009 by jimmy 2.1]
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr Pepper
I have a Gt mountain bike......front wheel is slightly buckled....
How much for a half decent wheel, tyre and inner tube these days?
Just get it straightened. Someone decent will be able to do it. Whats the bend like? Short and sharp or a long wobble? If its the later it will be easy to fix.
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
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£6-£8 for a wheel true in the shop i work in, a "decent" wheel would be around £50-60 and a tyre between £15 and £40
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philrussell81
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Registered: 27th Dec 04
Location: Sheffield
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my wheel cost £8 to true up, and it was bent as fcuk to start with!
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