| Re: you have to be kidding
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:18:50 -0500, "Mary" <Sharkm@netcarrier.com> wrote:
>I am the original poster. The shop wants $300 to replace the chainring,
>chain and cassette. That's all folks. As I stated in a second post. I
>took this bike to the shop for a full tune-up every year. I have had
>general maintenance and some components replaced as needed. The kicker to
>my conversation with the mechanic was that it would be more cost effective
>to buy a new bike than fix the one I had. That is what really threw me for
>a loop. I can't believe that a 7 year old bike is obsolete but he said it
>was and that bikes are now built to become obsolete after a few years. He
>said in 6 months there would be no parts available for the bike
>I think he saw a middle aged woman and figured I was an easy mark. Will
>pick my bike up tomorrow. Have found a shop who is sure they have the parts
>and can do the work for a resonable price.
Okay, If that's it, no other maintenance involved then pick it up unrepaired.
That's a "go to hell" price from someone who doesn't want to be in the repair
business.
I expect a bike that goes as far as yours to need a fair amount of work done and
a $300 bill every couple or three years is reasonable. That would be a lot more
work than what you describe.
The fashions now change faster than ever before, but the need to replace a bike
hasn't changed much.
Ron
> Thanks to all for the help.
>.
>"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:mdfa21dgpb8o1nf6b8gs3mo2h01frktbov@4ax.com.. .
>> On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:45:17 +0000, Ken <uce@ftc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>>RonSonic <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in
>>>news:1u3a21hpgfro26vrr388nck04chv65obf5@4ax.com :
>>>> One of the shops in my area is advertising their overhaul which they
>>>> recommend for any bike over two years old at $192.
>>>
>>>An overhaul includes replacing and repacking all your bearings. This is a
>>>fairly labor intensive operation, so $200 isn't totally out-of-line.
>>>The original poster was talking about 3 easy-to-replace parts, so labor
>>>should
>>>be a lot less.
>>
>> Add those three easy to replace parts to the $200 and what do you get?
>>
>> The original post says: "He said that the front ring is worn out and that
>> total
>> cost of replacing everything that needs to be replaced will be about
>> $300."
>>
>> I don't know enough to say this is a rip off. Yet.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
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