Reckon not.

My LBS would probably fit it in that price. And make me a brew.

The Shimano polymer brake inners are £20 each now. Madness.

£13 for a run of the mill inner is a rip off.

Last time I needed an inner right now only Decathlon was open. PTFE cable for about a fiver…

My LBS does sell plain SS Jagwire immersed for a couple of quid though. 🙂

“I popped into a LBS for two metres of gear outer. £10. £5 per metre.

Not been back since.“

Identical experience, identical numbers, five years ago !

Similar experience here; Two new inners fitted & one of the outers spit and barrel adjuster inserted. £37. Ouch!

I paid £20 for an inner & outer for my front mech at Degla last year. I initially walked away but then I had second thoughts because I didn’t have my cutters, I was a long way from home and I’m stupid for not doing it earlier.
He did do a great job.

What brand cable? Won’t be a shimano one they are circa £16.99 for a polymer one and then £3.99 for a steel one I’d be grumpy at that price too and I work in the trade. You could have got a whole set for about £15.00 with shimano sp41 outer and ferrules

I too have been ripped off my cable inners at lbs, Wilkinson’s now and they are £2 there.

I use the Clarks stuff from Halfords if I’m in a rush. Cheap and good. Lifeline from Wiggle is a bit cheaper and just as good.

£3.50 for a stainless cable and six ferrules from my LBS last week. Not Teflon coated but servicable.

Seemed good value to me. Not surprisingly I will be going back.

Hmmm… I got charged over rrp the other day for some lube. I was most miffed. I thought it was a bit much but he’d made a great deal about finding it at the back of the shop and I felt uncomfortable about walking out without buying.

Checked the rrp online. Won’t be shopping there again but to be honest it was not my favourite lbs because the bloke is a surly fella with a bit of an attitude. Should have gone down the road.

We only use smooth stainless steel gear inners in the shop (well, we’ll stock the Sil-tec / teflon ones for those that think they’re worth the extra). Normally £2 each.

Depending on how complex the bike / cabling is, we’ll charge around a tenner to pop the bike in the stand and fit it.

I don’t think we’re struggling against the Internet on this one. What we’re struggling with is people who think paying more than £60 for a pair of Conti GP4000s is extortion, and then expect free tubes and fitting. Although when I say “struggling”, I mean “politely declining”.

My last venture into LBS’ was when urgently required a new GXP BB. First two shops didn’t actually know what they were and offered completely wrong BBs, third shop also didn’t know but they happened to have one after I explained what they were. Walked away paying 50% more than I could have got one online but couldn’t wait as wanted to use bike.

Bike shops for me are for absolute emergencies and only then if I have a few hours spare to go round a few shops before getting what I need.

So what is the actual RRP of the cable you were sold ?
There are inner cables out there that are more expensive than that so are you sure you have been over charged .
Could you have asked if they had anything cheaper ?
Did that price include fitting ?

Why don’t you wait until you are in posession of at least some of the facts before commenting . Before somebody else says it I know this is STW and the truth is irrelevant .

My local bike shop (a local chain of three shops) will price match. Went in the other day and he couldn’t match wiggle for a 105 rear mech but did within £5. I was pretty pleased with that and good service. Bought two frog bikes off them too and service was good then.

Clearly off the original post topic 🙂

It is actually cheaper for me to buy a 105 mech of wiggle than buy one of madison. I am in the trade so this is rubbish. Also why i am changing my business model as the a shops can longer sell shimano kit at a competative price. If shops are relying on price matching to keep customers that ultimatkey will loose them moneh in the long run as it takes tkme to order the part, time to un pack it time to phone the customer to let them know it is in i.e as loss. It no longer makes sense to keep stock of shimano parts either as you cant turn a profit on them at sale.

It wont be long before bike shops start buying all there shimano goods of wiggle or crc and raise there labour rates to compensate.