My Pro2 bearing tools have arrived so I popped over the road to a local bearing supplier (Brammer) to get a price.
Front and rear hubs-7 bearings .

Guess how much they quoted?!

£20

£45?

£35?

£40?

£200

£18?

£57?

Somewhere between £1 and £1000?

£43

One of these numbers;

The tools were about £20.

More than £40 Jamie you cheapskate.

£60 and a reacharound?

More than £40

a lot more or just a little more?

£45 and a Dutch Rudder?

a Dutch Rudder

*daren’t ask or google*

*daren’t ask or google*

Just did, wish i hadnt 😯

A friend of mine was quoted £85 for 4 bearings for a pro II at a local bearing shop. He obviously questioned this. The guy then went out the back and on reapearing said, “Managed to get you a bit off. £35 please”
So magically he knocked £50 off! We assumed they are used to folk coming in and buying for business so they just make up a price and hope whoever it is doesn’t question.

I always thought they bumped up the price for cash sales so they could show a big discount for account holders…

Not even wwaswas was there.

Price quoted was £92.95
+ VAT (£18.59)
Final price £111.54p

£111.54, Damnit too slow.

Did you tell them you can get them online for about a third of their price?

Someone is selling a set of rear Hope 2 bearings in the classifieds.

I certainly told them they were some way off me getting my wallet out.

thanks Cardo-tip!

What bearings are they out of intertest?

Brammer aren’t cheap for pretty much anything in my experience.

Never had an issue with Hope ones TBH

thats loads more that I have ever paid, did you tell them you were an engineer?

What’s an acceptable going rate for pro II bearings then?

Well considering CRC charge £28 for the complete set of rear ones, less than the OP paid
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hope-pro-2-bearing-kit/rp-prod24132?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=Australia&gclid=COSqtpi8iL4CFUEJvAodvrwAQQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

LOL*, not heard ‘NOT’ in about 10 years. Made me smile

*Internet LOL, breathed out through my nose and nodded head forward slightly.

HTH 😉

Katec on ebay

Katec on ebay

You get added mind ray wielding postal workers with Katec too.

He goes the extra mile.

Yep Katec are great 😀

We were ac holders with bsl brammer and they were cheaper than any of the bike shop suppliers by a country mile.

Tried to set something similar up when i worked in alpine and eriks the bearing supplier just tried to rip the piss…. Like the op i have never laughed so hard when. Quoted.

Yep.Katec.All my frame and wheel bearings are off our once very own resident shall we say character.. 😉

Come back Kaesae, we miss you

mikewsmith – Member
Well considering CRC charge £28 for the complete set of rear ones, less than the OP paid

As the OP can I point out no monies were paid; I merely PMSL at their ‘quote’ then bought some off the classifieds for £23. I’m not a complete ####, although I did ride a drop barred big wheeler home in baggies/helmet peak so you may disagree!