barkwindjammer Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 tyre prices have shot up in the last month and a half !, my local bike shop has increased the cost of a Bridgestone BT 45 from £65 to a whopping £80, with a 'good-will'' reduction of a fiver, £75, by my rough calc' thats nearly a 25% increase in just short of 2 months, a 'shares' opportunity, or a rip off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 tyre prices have shot up in the last month and a half !, my local bike shop has increased the cost of a Bridgestone BT 45 from £65 to a whopping £80, with a 'good-will'' reduction of a fiver, £75, by my rough calc' thats nearly a 25% increase in just short of 2 months, a 'shares' opportunity, or a rip off ? Hi Jim, get a cheese wire and cut some deeper groves in the old ones !! Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1949 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Hi Jim, get a cheese wire and cut some deeper groves in the old ones !! Regards Jim I kid you not Jim, in my last job in an agricultural engineering firm I saw one of the fitters put his bike on the centre stand, start it up and put it into first gear and while the rear wheel was spinning round he used an angle grinder to deepen the centre groove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I kid you not Jim, in my last job in an agricultural engineering firm I saw one of the fitters put his bike on the centre stand, start it up and put it into first gear and while the rear wheel was spinning round he used an angle grinder to deepen the centre groove. Hi Mike I've seen that too.... along with 'adjustments' to the side tread but they are beyond it ! Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkwindjammer Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 I kid you not Jim, in my last job in an agricultural engineering firm I saw one of the fitters put his bike on the centre stand, start it up and put it into first gear and while the rear wheel was spinning round he used an angle grinder to deepen the centre groove. but thats farmers for you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator DirtyDT Posted June 8, 2009 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2009 tyre prices have shot up in the last month and a half !, my local bike shop has increased the cost of a Bridgestone BT 45 from £65 to a whopping £80, with a 'good-will'' reduction of a fiver, £75, by my rough calc' thats nearly a 25% increase in just short of 2 months, a 'shares' opportunity, or a rip off ? Tis true but what goes around, comes around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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