LBS to the rescue again....

[simon the viking]

I snapped the rear gear cable on the way to work and obviously the the chain dumped itself on to the smallest cog right in the middle on the steepest uphill bit of my commute....... so I dropped it to the small chain ring and put up with the slight grating until I could move it back on to the big ring........

When I got to work I put in an S.O.S call to my LBS.....

I explained my problem and said if they hadn't got time could they drop me a cable over (on my own in a shop) and I would do it, but the adjusting would've have been a pain as I had limited space, no stand and errr.... work to do.......

Don't worry we will pick it up and fix it for you...... the charge? £7.50....bargain a retail packed cable must be 3 to 4 quid

Cheers James of Lloyds cycles Swadlincote

 

[cyberknight]

I snapped the rear gear cable on the way to work and obviously the the chain dumped itself on to the smallest cog right in the middle on the steepest uphill bit of my commute....... so I dropped it to the small chain ring and put up with the slight grating until I could move it back on to the big ring........

When I got to work I put in an S.O.S call to my LBS.....

I explained my problem and said if they hadn't got time could they drop me a cable over (on my own in a shop) and I would do it, but the adjusting would've have been a pain as I had limited space, no stand and errr.... work to do.......

Don't worry we will pick it up and fix it for you...... the charge? £7.50....bargain a retail packed cable must be 3 to 4 quid

Cheers James of Lloyds cycles Swadlincote

Yes Lloyds are great , i bought a new cable set , 2 inners + 2 outers for £7 along with ferrules etc as although mine had not snapped all the road gunk from all that rain friday had gunked up the shifting so i re cabled + regreased the rear wheel .
£7.50 for lets say 15 mins of work including a reindex and cable is worth it imho .

 

[Cycleops]

Is someone in the LBS in love with you or something?

 

[simon the viking]

Is someone in the LBS in love with you or something?

Hope not but we are both retail shops a 100 yards apart so help each other out......

 

[cyberknight]

Is someone in the LBS in love with you or something?

He works in a car parts shop, mebbe they want a large can of oil

 

[simon the viking]

Yes Lloyds are great , i bought a new cable set , 2 inners + 2 outers for £7 along with ferrules etc as although mine had not snapped all the road gunk from all that rain friday had gunked up the shifting so i re cabled + regreased the rear wheel .
£7.50 for lets say 15 mins of work including a reindex and cable is worth it imho .

It also made me give the bike a bit of a clean before he fetched it it was seriously mucky and the jockey wheels were seriously gunked up..... didnt realise they were so bad

 

[simon the viking]

Trying to fit and adjust the gears in between phone calls and customers would have been a nightmare.... so £7.50 fitted was great

 

[cyberknight]

It also made me give the bike a bit of a clean before he fetched it it was seriously mucky and the jockey wheels were seriously gunked up..... didnt realise they were so bad

Should see mine now after i degreased everything , it needs a good hose down !

 

[cyberknight]

Trying to fit and adjust the gears in between phone calls and customers would have been a nightmare.... so £7.50 fitted was great

Uhm 2 kids running into kitchen constantly , trying to keep them from getting covered in oil /grease ans out of the tool box............

 

[simon the viking]

Uhm 2 kids running into kitchen constantly , trying to keep them from getting covered in oil /grease ans out of the tool box............

Unlocking the shed or opening the toolbox is a nightmare in our house as well..... Dad what's this do..... how does this work.... what you doing now......