Fed up of fixing my bike

[Deleted member 35268]

Doing 4-5000 miles a year on the same bike for 4 or 5 years is taking its toll on my Giant Defy.
I am forever fixing stuff and the list gets longer and longer and longer.

The final straw today was finding the rear hub on my wheels is shot. I need a new set of wheels!

In addition, my Bottom Bracket is really noisy, I bought a dud, it was noisy from the start for some reason.

Some good news, my headset is now fully serviced so I don't have to steer into oncoming traffic when passing lines of stationery cars. Bonus.

My tyres are OK!
Oh, and I need new brake pads.

I do have another winter bike which is nearly finished.

Anyone else sick to death of fixing their bike ?

 

[Twizit]

Nah, not when I know the cost of servicing a car each year on that mileage, or the cost of an annual rail season ticket.

I'll take a bit of bike maintenance as more than fair payment against not having to stick my head in someone's sweaty armpit on over-crowded public transport any day of the week

 

[numbnuts]

There's an old saying, if it ain't bust why fix it, or keep fixing it until it's bust
sometime life's a bitch..............take care

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Nope.

But then, honestly, I'd rather build/fix/fettle 'em than ride 'em, most of the time.

 

[Racing roadkill]

As a man once said "If it ain't broke, you don't need to fix it". I try to nip any impending problems in the bud, with regular checking / maintainance. It saves expense / urine temperature elevation, in the long term. The same man also said "If you buy right, you buy once" I think it was this guy.

 

[Globalti]

Just a bit of simple maintenence can cut down on the need to fix your bike. For example, regular adjustment and cleaning of brake blocks helps prevent rim wear by embedded grit.

 

[Lonestar]

Nope.Can do most stuff and I have plenty of spare wheelsets.Also have spare bikes if needed.

 

[ianrauk]

Nope. I keep check and on top of maintenance of my bikes all the time. I find it's a nice satisfaction fixing something that's gone wrong. If something does go wrong then I get it fixed, sorted, repaired as soon as possible. I try do it myself, the tougher jobs or ones I don't want to handle it's down to the LBS.

 

[mjr]

Anyone else sick to death of fixing their bike ?

Yes but only with the vintage bike where it's quite often fix a bit, then order the necessary obsolete tool or sympathetic replacement part and wait for it before completing the fix. My day-to-day bike is a low-maintenance Dutchie (top up the gear hub grease every month - wash it, pump the tyres and lube the chain as needed) so it's not like it stops me riding, though.

 

[Dirk]

Nope. I keep check and on top of maintenance of my bikes all the time. I find it's a nice satisfaction fixing something that's gone wrong. If something does go wrong then I get it fixed, sorted, repaired as soon as possible. I try do it myself, the tougher jobs or ones I don't want to handle it's down to the LBS.

^^^^^^
Wot 'e said.

 

[winjim]

Nope.

But then, honestly, I'd rather build/fix/fettle 'em than ride 'em, most of the time.

Exactly this. An afternoon spent having a tinker down the shed can be very satisfying indeed.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

I don't mind fixing bikes, I don't mind building bikes, I don't mind tinkering with bikes but..... I don't like the constant expense of buying parts

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Exactly this. An afternoon spent having a tinker down the shed can be very satisfying indeed.

We are thinking of getting a garden office thingy place building wotsit. The lovely Helen gives me a very old-fashioned look when I refer to it as "my new workshop". (Not allowed to do anything but build brand new wheels in the house, not since she came home and found a filthy mtb in the bath, and the bike shed is too small and too full of bikes to work on them in, so my workshop is a stand on the lawn with a gazebo. If I can be are said. If it is raining.)

 

[EnPassant]

Nope.

But then, honestly, I'd rather build/fix/fettle 'em than ride 'em, most of the time.

Weirdo.

Exactly this. An afternoon spent having a tinker down the shed can be very satisfying indeed.

Oh, just a minute..... EnPassant takes long hard look at self....nope, still rather ride it than fix it.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I don't mind fixing bikes, I don't mind building bikes, I don't mind tinkering with bikes but..... I don't like the constant expense of buying parts

I am always amazed at how cheaply parts can be sourced, particularly if you avoid "bling" and whatever the latest fad is. And XTR*. And Campagnolo.

*And SRAM's equivalent. And Shimano's road equivalent,