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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yani – Can you have
a look at why my gear change is impossible to tune?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bikeshop – “You
have flogged it, how far have you been riding, it needs new gears all round, a
chain and likely new bearing real soon. It’s reached its duty limit.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So much for my Giant
mountain bike.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now the question is do I
pass the bike on to someone who wants a cycle for the garage and get a new one
or do I spent $300 on repairs sometime in the next 6 months?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s only 4 years
old so it look just fine. If I hadn’t asked I’d have thought it was
worth $400 s/h (at a pinch).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sell it and upgrade or
repair it? Giant Rincon with rim breaks. It’s been a great bike,
obviously been good to me. In pretty much perfect condition bar the miles I’ve
done. Nice black one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What is the consensus?
Repair bikes or replace them when they get plenty of use?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yani<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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