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DIY add a new cassette / chain / disk rotor - or get a bike shop to do it?

  • 23-01-2012 2:19pm
    #1
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭


    Im deliberating getting all the tools and doing it myself, well myself and you tube and having the tools and know how at the end of it .....

    Ive see a few videos and it doesnt look like rocket science.

    Is it better to get a kit of bicycle tools rather than buy separately (more expensive)?

    What say you?


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  • #2
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭worded


    I really should get a few whells tools before I start

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17714


  • #3
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    If you're referring to a brake rotor, I managed to change those myself on my MTB. Dropped the wheels out, there were six torx bolts holding it to the wheel, used some Loctite when putting them back in, fitted the wheels again and centred the calipers around the rotor so that they weren't rubbing. If you're fitting a larger/smaller rotor, you might need to change the bracket holding the caliper. My torx screwdrivers are Stanley and I think I got them from B&Q years ago.

    If I could do it, you can do it. As for the chain skipping, maybe someone else can advise you.


  • #4
    Dubba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭Dubba


    worded wrote: »
    I really should get a few whells tools before I start

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17714

    If you got €900 for tools fair enough, but I recently got a basic tool set for
    €53 to change the cassette and adjust the gears, works fine for me.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=40997


  • #5
    funkyjebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭funkyjebus


    Dubba wrote: »
    If you got €900 for tools fair enough, but I recently got a basic tool set for
    €53 to change the cassette and adjust the gears, works fine for me.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=40997

    In the early days, I got a cheap bike tool kit, which was great as I didn't know which tools were which, but after a while, the cheapness did show. That said one or two of the tools are still knocking around.

    I didnt have a couple of hundred for a good full tool set, so I bought as I needed. In reality, there are only a handful of bike specific tools you need for maintainance, the rest are basic man tools, adjustable wrench, allen keys, etc.

    Do it yourself, its all easy if you have patience and a youtube videos / boardies help. Good luck


  • #6
    Conneff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭Conneff


    Deffo do it yourself, it'll be a doddle and you'll learn as you go. A few things to be carefull of first: if you are buying the parts online, then make sure to get exactly the same size as you are taking off, esp. the disc rotor.

    Tools wise you wont need much. You'll need a cassette tool and a chain whip, and an adjustable spanner (or correct size spanner for the cassette tool). Everything else you need should be on your multitool (you do have a multitool?) If not then you'll need a T25 torx,and a chain tool.

    Best of luck, and remember you'll need all these new skills if (when!!) you have a mechanical on the side of a mountain.


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