| Re: you have to be kidding
"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:37:41 -0500, "Mary" <Sharkm@netcarrier.com> wrote:
>
>>I took the bike in once a year for a full tune-up to the shop in question.
>>They also did all of the maintenance and repairs on the bike over the last
>>6
>>years.
>
> Okay, we know it's been maintained. Let's look at this a little deeper
> then.
> What are your typical annual repair needs and bills like? Has the bike had
> a
> complete overhaul, all bearings replaced and repacked, cables, pads, tuned
> and
> tightened recently? Or is that all part of this $300 service package? If
> so,
> then this is not a bad thing or a bad deal. Especially if it's been a few
> years
> since a full overhaul.
>
> Bikes do last pretty well forever and the replacement parts are not
> usually real
> expensive but can add up. Labor is fairly extensive and increasingly
> expensive
> for them. I wouldn't worry about anything on that bike becoming obsolete.
> In the
> future those part might not be under the counter, but they will be
> available. I
> just overhauled my bikes, one from 1988 the other a 1990 with no parts
> problems.
> I do not like that guy's line about impending obsolescence but don't know
> what
> it's based on, sales spiffs, his sense that this bike might be needing a
> lot
> soon, something his boss tells him to say, or and as likely as anything
> else a
> tendency toward trendiness that afflicts this hobby. A lot of people are
> happy
> to have an excuse to buy a new bike, not disappointed at the need.
>
> The more involved you are in the maintenance and repair of your bike the
> less it
> will cost. That's the one thing I'm sure of. That's true of everything.
> The most
> expensive maintenance program for any object is to make it someone else's
> problem and just sign the checks. It is also among the surest ways of
> ensuring
> reliability as well.
>
> Anyway, let's see what he's proposing to do to the bike and what's been
> done in
> the last couple years and see if it adds up.
>
> Ron
>
>>
>>"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>>news:1u3a21hpgfro26vrr388nck04chv65obf5@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:18:59 -0500, "psycholist" <technico@wctel.net>
>>> wrote:
When I spoke with the mechanic he said the bearings were fine and I had the
pads and cables replaced end of last year. He said it was just the
cassette, chain and chainring. Everything else looked fine. I also planed
to buy 2 new tires but that was not in the price.
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