I'm pulling these figures off the top off my head' date=' but in 2004 I was quoted the following by my LBS: Chris King rear hub R 4800 Chris King front hub 2000 DT spokes x 64 +1000 Mavic XC-717 rims x 2 +1200 Total + 9000 In stead I ordered a fully-built set of wheels from Chain Reaction Cycles comprising the same components. Landed cost after shipping, duties and VAT was under R 5000! That's pretty simple math! And really....how many times have you had to warrenty bike parts....? I have once. It was purchased from JensonUSA. My crank-arm had developed play on the pressed-in spindle. They requested me to do what they termed a 'field-destroy'. This required rendering the entire crankset useless by whatever means at my disposal and sending them pics of the destroyed crankset. This was simply so that they could cover themselves from litigation in case they didn't remove the defective part from the market and someone then used the broken component, causing injury and then suing them. Due to the customer service rep being an idiot, I waited 4 weeks after emailing the pics for them to send me the new crank. Was it worth the hassle of being without my crankset for 5 weeks total? Well....erm....it was a Race Face Deus crankset. Local retail price R 4500 JensonUSA price including shipping, duties and VAT R 2000 The answer is HELL YES! Like I said....the math is pretty simple [/quote'] WHO THE HELL QUOTED R1000 FOR A SET OF SPOKES?????PipSnip2008-11-12 23:58:04
