| Re: you have to be kidding
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 I can't believe that a 7 year old bike is obsolete but he said it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.
Thanks to all for the help.
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"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:45:17 +0000, Ken <uce@ftc.gov> wrote:
>
>>RonSonic <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in
>>news:1u3a21hpgfro26vrr388nck04chv65obf5@4ax.co m:
>>> 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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