Wheel Servicing

Whether it’s built for racing, utility, commuting, or touring, one of the biggest improvements that can be made to enhance the performance of your bike is to its wheels! This can mean anything from a complete set of custom wheels to a simple repair that puts some pep back in your pedalling.

New custom wheels are our specialty here at Michael Hartley Wheelworks but we also take pride in our repair work and bring a wealth of experience to any job—big or small.

Wheel Repairing

A little work may be all that is required to restore the performance of your existing wheels!

    • Replacing individual spokes and nipples
    • Re-lacing an entire wheel with new nipples
    • Re-building an existing wheel to a different lacing pattern
    • Installing new rims to replace existing rims worn and/or damaged
    • Truing (axial and radial) and tensioning wheels
    • Removing an existing hub and installing a new/overhauled hub.

Hub Repairing

All that may be required to restore or perhaps even improve the performance of your existing hubs is a thorough cleaning, and/or perhaps a few new parts such as bearings, seals, and/or ratchets and pawls (or quite possibly a spring or two…).

    • Cleaning: removal of oils and greases, road dirt and grit, etc.
    • Cleaning or, where necessary, replacement of freewheel bodies, rachets, pawls, and/or springs
    • Bearing replacement: steel or ceramic bearings
    • Cleaning or, where necessary, replacement of seals
    • Re-threading or replacement of axles, and new bearing and axle caps

Spoke Cutting and Threading

    • Buy only the quantity of spokes needed for your new builds or repairs
    • Prevent waste and un-used inventory with a ‘just-in-time’ and ‘lean manufacturing’ approach
    • Spokes processed at Michael Hartley Wheelworks are accurately cut to length, improving the quality of repairs and new builds

Pricing

The services and prices described below are intended only to be a general guide. Each customer’s unique requirements will be discussed and quoted on an individual basis. Consequently, if your wheel requires more than one type of service, our final quote to you may be different than any one or more of the individual prices shown below. Cost for any new parts is extra.

    • Wheel Build – CDN$90.00 per wheel
    • Wheel Build – CDN$170.00 per wheelset (pair)
    • Rebuild (rim replacement) – CDN$70.00 per wheel
    • Rebuild (replace all nipples) – CDN$70.00 per wheel
    • Basic Truing – CDN$40.00 per wheel
    • Wheel Repair – CDN$40.00 per wheel (Cost of Basic Truing) plus spokes (CDN$2.50 per spoke)
    • Truing and Re-tensioning – CDN$40.00 per wheel
    • Disassembly (of an existing wheel) – CDN$25.00 per wheel
    • Push order ahead of others – CDN$50.00 per wheel
    • One-day turn-around – CDN$50.00 per wheel
    • Calculate spoke length – CDN$50.00 per wheel
    • Sourcing & ordering parts – CDN$15.00 per wheel
    • Spoke cutting & threading – CDN$1.25 per spoke (new spokes only)
    • Overhauling hub bearings (FF) – CDN$30.00 per wheel hub (parts extra)
    • Overhauling hub bearings (RR) – CDN$30.00 per wheel hub (parts extra)

Contact Michael with any questions or for a more detailed quote.