At Sac Bike Kitchen, we also do $2/each for cables and $1/ft for housing with used cables and housing being free. We used to not allow cables and housing sales for projects outside the shop but recently changed this as our contacts at the local bike shops made pretty clear what we do doesn't effect them in any appreciable way. It probably helps that our hours are limited and we are usually open when they are closed...
-Shannon
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:04 AM, LaBikery labikery@gmail.com wrote:
We also don't re-use old cables/housing (however sometimes people will still grab it from our recycle bin). Typically we explain why it's better to use new (as Arlin explained). If people can't afford the price we have a Fund set aside that and we'll give them new cables/housing.
Our prices are $1.50 per cable, and $1/ft for housing.
We stick pretty hard to keeping our prices at a 50% markup from our supplier so that it's a fair market price. (Our prices are set at cables we bought quite a few years ago when we did a big order...we have to order more so they'll likely go up a tad soon).
Because we have a fund put aside for folks that can't afford parts it means that people can pay-what-they-can or not at all. We don't advertise that fund really but we let anyone know when they come in not to worry about money as a barrier to repairs.
Krysta
On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 at 19:55 Reno Bikes renobikeproject@gmail.com wrote:
At Reno Bike Project we do pretty much just like Bike Farm, above. $2/cable and $1/foot of housing. Used cables and housing are free/donations accepted.
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Gabriel Trainer getrainer@bikefarm.org wrote:
At Bike Farm we charge the following for new cable/housing:
Cables, brake or shifter $2 for non-member, $1.50 for members
Cable Housing, brake or shift $1 per foot
We save old housing and cables in a large plastic container in coils, and we do not charge for them. Free for everyone to use.
Gabriel
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Arlin Schaffel arlin@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com wrote:
We don't keep old housing / cables as we've had problems in the past
with
proper storage and also just generally being too rusted to use again.
We have a suggested donations list and currently have cables at
$1.00/cable
& housing at $0.50/ft. This is definitely undercutting shops but it
hasn't
been an issue for us thus far. Possibly due to us serving different
clients
than our local shops.
Attached is our Suggested Price List. I believe we started with the Suggested Donation list from the Bike Dump in Winnipeg (thanks!) and modified from there.
Arlin Schaffel Bridge City Bicycle Co-op http://bridgecitybicyclecoop.com facebook.com/bridgecitybicyclecoop/ twitter.com/the_bcbc
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, how do folks price their new cables and housing? And howzabout
you
recycled cables and housing? Is this an area in which it's ok to
underprice
the retail markup of commercial shops, and if so what's the rationale
for
doing so per se?
We have our FIRST EVER batch of new cables and there are a number of
ideas
about how to price them. Help us with your wisdom, fam.
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op 596 Acres Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
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