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Local Bike shop - use it or lose it!

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  • #102
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,009 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    fat bloke wrote: »
    ....when I go to the trouble of bringing it to a shop and being without it for a week....
    A week? WTF?

    Richie's in Swords does a same day service. He doesn't want anyone's bike in overnight. I've often got mine back within the hour.


  • #103
    Magilla Gorilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Magilla Gorilla


    Yourmama wrote: »
    99% of my purchases are online. The price difference is so substantial, I simply can't justify going to lbs unless I need something immediately. I do all repairs myself.


    This.


    I find most local shops won't have what I want or will have the cheapo version of it. Otherwise, it's a half-hearted "we can order it" and that usually means they won't or they won't bother to let you know it's in if they do (common to all Irish retailers IME). Plus that means two trips minimum and I live in the country so extra hassle.


    If I had a genuinely decent shop near me I might be tempted, but in essence no-one gets to mess with any of my bikes as I don't trust them...


  • #104
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    had another experience with my LBS where the owner turned down an easy couple of bob - my front wheel has a tiny bit of play in it, and a lad in work who has worked on many wheels in the past reckons that since it has about 20,000km on it, once you go near the hub, you may as well just replace the bearings as they owe you nothing.
    i don't own a bearing removal tool, and have never worked with cartridge bearings, so brought the bike around to the LBS and he said, 'sure just tighten up the nuts a hair and see how you go, and if that works, great, if not, bring it back to me'. and it's not the first time he's done something similar.

    FWIW, if i do get him to replace the bearings (mavic aksium), it's €25 all in.


  • #105
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    FWIW, if i do get him to replace the bearings (mavic aksium), it's €25 all in.

    I was under the impression you couldn't do that with Askiums, I await Doozerie to set me straight as he knows more about Mavics than anyone IIRC but I thought Mavics were built for death (and in that regard, not surviviing it once it comes).

    Either way if your shop sorts it for 25euro, I would say nope to the tightening and see can he pull it off.


  • #106
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    well, as it turns out, my hubs can't be adjusted - well, they don't tale 17mm spanners, they're auto adjusting (the relevant part would be LV2370300 KIT FRONT AUTO ADJUSTING PLAY 15mm AXLE); they're different looking to non-disc aksiums, which can be disassembled with a spanner.
    and when i put the wheel back on the bike, the play has disappeared - even though the QR was done up nice and tight to begin with.

    €25 saved, i guess.


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