Cost to repair part that moves gear on front chain

seanie500

I recently borrowed my mates racer to do a triathlon - an Aluxx Buttd 6000 series The part that moves the front chain from say gear 5 to gear 10 broke and i had to take it off completely. Does anyone know how much roughly this will cost to fix???

Chips Lovell

Do you mean the front derailleur? This thing:


As bike parts go, they're relatively cheap. With all but the most expensive models, replacing would be cheaper than repairing.

seanie500

Yeah el tonto its the de-railer alright how much would you be looking at for a cycle shop to replace it? ballpark

Chips Lovell

Do you know the make and the model? Should be written on the derailleur itself. The part itself will cost anything between €15 and €80. I've no idea how much you'd be charged for labour. It's an easy enough job to do yourself though.

E@gle.

Do you know what brand of derailleurs it was. Iv never heard of a Aluxx Buttd 6000
before so im assuming thats its a low end shimano derailleur. the part its self shouldnt cost more than maybe €20-€25 and bike shop may charge 10 -15 to fit it

seanie500

its actually a shimano ultegra bet thats an expensive one?! tried e bay but couldnt see a price - The gear cable is loose as well so suppose i better get someone proper to do it considering its not my bike!

Raam

seanie500 wrote: »

its actually a shimano ultegra bet thats an expensive one?! tried e bay but couldnt see a price - The gear cable is loose as well so suppose i better get someone proper to do it considering its not my bike!

Second most expensive in the Shimano range. I'll look for a price...

Chips Lovell

seanie500 wrote: »

its actually a shimano ultegra bet thats an expensive one?! tried e bay but couldnt see a price - The gear cable is loose as well so suppose i better get someone proper to do it considering its not my bike!

€25 at Chain Reaction. It won't break the bank.

Raam

Price ain't too bad...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13613
or
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13616

there are others here: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Categories.aspx?CategoryID=660
If ordering from web, make sure to get the double or triple, depending on how many rings you have at the front.

Raam

Actually, I have a question on something I just noticed.
Why does this one care that the cassette has to be 9 speed?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13625

Chips Lovell

Raam wrote: »

If ordering from web, make sure to get the double or triple, depending on how many rings you have at the front.

And check whether its clamped or braze-on.

seanie500

cheers for the links not too bad at all thought it would be worse!

Chips Lovell

Raam wrote: »

Actually, I have a question on something I just noticed.
Why does this one care that the cassette has to be 9 speed?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13625

I doubt if it would make that much of a difference, but I'm sure the official reasoning is that it's designed to work with a specific chain width.

Chips Lovell

seanie500 wrote: »

cheers for the links not too bad at all thought it would be worse!

If you were going to break anything on your mate's bike, that was a good choice.

E@gle.

Raam wrote: »

Actually, I have a question on something I just noticed.
Why does this one care that the cassette has to be 9 speed?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13625

probaly got to do with the length and maybe the width of the chain