[bikeqld] Bikeshop... "you've flogged it" opinion

[Yani]

That is getting close to matching my experience. I think I need to get the
bike shop to assess the rims.

 

I’d be more likely to fix the car than the bike. Bike shops seem to do it
right at very little cost. 

 

Yea I thin $400 was really pushing it I was hoping someone would react and
give me a real number.

 

I think I have 6 months to decide providing I can deal with a bit of
roughness in the drive train. But as you say it’s overdue now. ;) More Oil!

 

I guess I have to fix it for all the reasons started and because I’d feel
guilty if I sold it to a mate knowing it’s ¾ dead.

 

Not sure I could be arsed with mucking about with 3 chains. But I clearly
should.

 

 

Yani

 

 

 

 

PS: I have a letter here from the Mayor. They gave the local shopkeepers the
1 2 3. If you have an issue with compliance on the footpath the Regional
Manager (northern region) is Mr Mark Richardson, Compliance and Regulation,
Tel 3403 8888. 

 

I’ve reported another issue. Seems there are a lot of dead maggies near the
path at Wavell High and Kedron Street. I noticed 3 within 2 feet of each
other. That don’t sound ‘natural’ to me. I’ve noticed about 7 in 2 years
within 10 metres of this spot. Never see dead maggies anywhere else. It will
be interesting to see what council do to follow up on that. I did offer to
bag them and bring them into the office. They are about 3 weeks dead and
pretty gooey. We shot a bird with an air riffle when we were kids. Mum made
us pluck it, cook it and eat it. We didn’t shoot any more after that! ;)

 

 

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From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au]
On Behalf Of Aaron Wray
Sent: February 4, 2009 7:55 PM
To: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: [bikeqld] Bikeshop... "you've flogged it" opinion

 

Yani
I can sympathise. I went through this process last year with my Giant XTC2 I
was using for commuting. I decided to get a new bike as I wanted disc brakes
for the increased stopping power in the dry and most importantly in the wet.
In addition I was wearing through rims at an alarming rate. I generally keep
them until I get sick of spending money on them and newer models give me
better features then upgrade. 

I also kept my old one and upgraded the wheels and put discs on it so I have
it as my weekender take my nephews out on the wee ride and tagalong (It also
has minimal extras to remove at parks etc unlike my new commuter also an
XTC2). Environmentally you maybe better off keeping it and fixing it
although Bicycle Revolutions will always take your bike in any condition and
make something out of it. You could buy a lot of the stuff online if you are
that way inclined and save quite a bit of money if you can do it yourself.
The drivechain on a bike really is a disposable object I can generally get
1yr out of a chain and cluster. I think it would have been a rather tall
order to get that much for your bike as I found a new 2008 model for around
$500. 
Some thoughts.
Cheers
Aaron



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