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Bicycle repair shop in Church Hill, Richmond Va.

2225 E. Clay St., Richmond, Va. 23223
itswheelsimple@gmail.com
TEXT ONLY! 844.763.8184
No one will answer a phone call here!
Owner operated bicycle repair shop

Repair – Service – Sales – Loaners – Demos – Brazing – Paint

Bicycle Tune Ups

Based on a $100/hr rate.

–Dirty tune = $65

                Like it sounds, no cleaning, quick chain lube, brake and gear adjustments only, a safety check etc., and out the door. Install fees ARE NOT waived at this level of service! If you ask for this, We may tell you this package just won’t cut it.

–Basic =   $150 Also my assembly fee, discounted for s.s. and fixies.

                Extensive cable work and servicing of shifters, derailleurs, brake levers, and brakes. All cables and housing will be saved where possible but will replace if appropriate. Bearing adjustments throughout, safety check, rim strip and tube inspection/corrections. Grease stem, pedal threads, and seat post. Check torque on crank arms and bottom bracket cups. Frame, fork, wheels cleaned, and waxed where appropriate. Chain, gears, and cranks cleaned in ultrasonic tank, then rinsed and re-lubed. Hanger align, minor wheel truing, all install fees waived on replacement parts. Hub bearings are serviced on SINGLE SPEED bikes 🙂 Brakeless fixed geared bikes get this package at $100 🙂

-Yearly = $250 Optimized for daily drivers, contemporary or vintage, as well as gravel/all-road bikes, and bikes which have been sitting for extended periods of time.

                Everything in previous but with the addition of loose ball and/or cartridge bearing service/repack of headset, bottom bracket, hubs, and even pedals (of quality), and in depth wheel truing both radial and lateral. ALL non-hydraulic components are cleaned in the tank and re-lubed. We recommend you plan on paying for the usual culprits to be replaced – chain, cassette, pads, maybe tires and grips/wrap, etc. and road bikes must pre-approve new tape and cables where necessary. This is standard across most shops.
               
For gravel and mountain bikes, all of that plus in depth hydraulic brake service/repair and tubeless setup/repair. All bolts properly torqued. Assembly grease applied where appropriate. Coming soon: Fork lowers can be serviced for an extra $60 plus $20-$40 for wipers/oil/seal.

–Vintage bicycle refurb base price $350

Everything in previous tunes plus either protective urethane clear top coat on frame/fork/fenders/chainguard or polish and buff (whichever is called for). Aluminum and chromed parts polishing including hubs/rims, brakes, levers, shifters, stem etc. Wheel building labor included where modern spokes and/or rims are being swapped in (this is required), and much more. Any silver brazing or paint goes beyond the base price and will be added piece meal. ALL PARTS are sold separately. Base price already represents a bundled discount on labor. I have been developing this package and optimizing it for 11+ years. The results are always amazing, and I’m happy to announce the addition of brazing and paint as add-ons to it.

This bicycle got the Vintage Refurb plus new paint and decals. It was absolutely stunning.

Wheel Building

Wheel Building:
– $65 surprise repair – as add on to a tune up only
– $100 new set. I’m happy to use your hubs/rims, but I only use my own spokes. No motor wheels.

Piecemeal

air is free

• $10 install part (including tube/tire)
• $10 patch tube (includes patch)
• $40 tubeless setup from scratch (includes sealant, tape, and valve)
• $12 shift indexing
• $30 integrated install (includes setting up of a system in the process)
• $10-$45 tire repair, depending on tire and tear
• $20 cabled brake/gear full service. This includes hanger align on the rear, shifter flush/lube, cable surfacing, housing lube, pad adjustment/resurface, pivots lubed, etc. etc.
• $20 mineral oil system bleed per line
• $35 DOT fluid system bleed per line or any time two syringes are required
• $25 general wheel truing
• $35 major wheel truing
• $25 **** dynamo wire solder 
• $25 loose ball bearing overhaul of hub, bottom bracket, pedals, or headset
• $35 loose ball bearing service of gear hubs
• $10 Cartridge bearing install per component
• $45 single main component polishing EACH
• $80 frame set urethane clear top coat and internal frame saver. Only available to add onto a DELUXE tune
• $25-$100 Seized component removal

Frame Work – – – – Steel only

• Frame Work – – – – Steel only
• Stay dimple for tire clearance (comes with respacing as a result) $50
• Rear spacing for hub                                            $25
• Pair bottle cage rivnuts                                       $30
• Dropout align                                                      $10
• Relocate or install new single bridge for fender or tire clearance $80
• Add kickstand plate                                                 $50
• Respray – Price varies widely based on what’s presented and what work goes along with it. Inquire directly.
• Steerer Tube Replacement                                   $175
• ​Fork end replace                        $150 – $200
• Disc Tab ISO 160 with brace                 ​            $160
• Cantilever Brake Mounts                                    $50
• Frame & Fork Alignment                            $100
• Frame Alignment                                                   $75
• Fork Alignment                                           $30
• ​​​​​Head Tube Replacement                            $250
• Pump Nipple on Head Tube                      $20
• Pump Peg                                                     $20
• Top Tube Replacement                                $250
• New front triangle                                               $325
• Top Tube Cable Guides (3)                          $40
• Down Tube Replacement                             $250
• Down Tube Shifter Bosses (pair)                $50
• Water Bottle Bosses (pair)                            $50
• Bottom Bracket Shell Replacement              $300
• Seat Tube Replacement                                $250
• Seat Stay Splitter for Belt Drive​                          $200
• Single seatstay  Replacement                             $150
• New rear triangle                                      $325
• ​Single chainstay Replacement                             $150
• Chainstay Cable Stop                                           $35
• Pair of rack or fender eyelets/mounts             $25
• ​New dropouts                                                          $150
• New lugged steel fork                                            $325 -$600

What is “Far Far?”

It’s a frame brand which is now in “development.” It’s in the infancy stages now. It is my vision and goal to become proficient in building frames and forks in the traditional styles in order to diversify the business’s income streams and to keep myself challenged, rewarded, and fulfilled in this industry which is constantly eating itself. Do I expect to make a living on fabrication? No. It is my hope that I am able to meaningfully add to the shop’s bottom line with frame, fork work, and with paint. One must be creative to survive.