How much should I be paying for fitting a new crankset?

russboy

Ordered some new wheels, saddle, crankset, cassette & chain.

Now the wheels (presuming the cassette is easy to fit to it), chain, saddle I have no probs with.

Going to leave fitting the crankset to the pros & ask them to set the gears up etc. Going to use Fudge cycles in Epsom as its minutes from my office, the thing is they might not be overly happy with me as orignally I was going to buy the parts from them, but made a saving of £30 buying the crankset, cassette & chain online so couldnt turn that down.

So how much do you reckon i'm in for?

Anonymous

Fitting the crankset is no harder than fitting a cassette.

1mancity2

The £30 you saved is not really a saving as I bet the shop would have fitted them for free if you would have bought them there.

I would have asked them before buying from elsewere, your frame may need facing off so around £40-£60 I reckon.

nicklouse

25/30 depending on what actually needs doing.

russboy

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Fitting the crankset is no harder than fitting a cassette.

Tis when you've not done one before!

Trouble is I have no patience & wouldnt be confident of what i'm doing. Fitting the cassette I was told by the guys at Merlin was easy as you can't get it wrong ................. although possibly I could!!

Anonymous

It really isn't. You need the correct tools, but it is a very simple, very straightforward job.

russboy

1mancity2 wrote:

The £30 you saved is not really a saving as I bet the shop would have fitted them for free if you would have bought them there.

I would have asked them before buying from elsewere, your frame may need facing off so around £40-£60 I reckon.

I did ask them before hand & they wouldnt have fitted for free, just wondering if it'll now go up as I didnt buy the bits from them.

There was mention of £20 labour I think for the crank, £15 for a gear service etc Basically with paying £75 for the crankset from them I was looking at £150-£160 total including the new chain & cassette, so maybe £45 all in for the labour.

At the moment the crankset, cassette & chain stand me in at £90, roughly £25 on those bits alone cheaper than the shop would have charged.

russboy

nicklouse wrote:

25/30 depending on what actually needs doing.

Thanks, on that basis it should give me a significant saving overall, even if it creeps up to £40 or £50 for labour

Chris McG

personally though I wouldn't get Fudges Cycles to do it; I had them fit a new BB for me and it came out loose...

Corridori Cycles at the Drift Bridge is much better...

But fitting yourself really isn't that hard, all you need is the right tools...

nicklouse

Russboy wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

25/30 depending on what actually needs doing.

Thanks, on that basis it should give me a significant saving overall, even if it creeps up to £40 or £50 for labour

again it depends.. a chase and face can be about the same.

naefearjustbeer

My local bike shop fitted new parts for free because I bought the stuff from them.

russboy

naefearjustbeer wrote:

My local bike shop fitted new parts for free because I bought the stuff from them.

All depends on the price of the parts really as if they have enough mark up they may fit for free. As I say they said they would charge so was better for me to get the parts online

diy

Fudge have never given me much confidence in their knowledge. Firstly they seem to have some great on-line deals but wont let you buy online and collect in store without making a fuss. Then the staff seem to be clueless about anything more challenging than a BSO/entry level bike.

If you tell us what the crank set and bb is we can tell you how easy it is to fit. Personally I think its easier than a cassette and given its a good idea to regularly strip and clean, I would say worth learning.

russboy

I've bought:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=40496

Gone for the larger 48.36.26, didn't but it from chain reaction as it was £11 cheaper delivered from Merlin

nicklouse

Russboy wrote:

I've bought:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=40496

Gone for the larger 48.36.26, didn't but it from chain reaction as it was £11 cheaper delivered from Merlin

why the touring version?

hope the rings clear the chainstays. you will have to move the front mech and re set it.

russboy

nicklouse wrote:

Russboy wrote:

I've bought:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=40496

Gone for the larger 48.36.26, didn't but it from chain reaction as it was £11 cheaper delivered from Merlin

why the touring version?

hope the rings clear the chainstays. you will have to move the front mech and re set it.

Its still compatible with an MTB & yep, gonna have the gears re set up anyway so moving the mech shouldnt be a prob.

Wanted this as I only do very light off road, mainly use the bike for my daily commute so a bit more pace top end would be useful, needs replacing after 2k miles on the old one so thought I might as well get what I wanted.

diy

Assuming you have the tools to remove the old, you will need a HT2 and bb tool - about a 5-8 quid. worth going for the one that can be attached via a socket set, so that you can attached a torque wrench.

As long as you remember which way the threads go for each side it will be done in 15-20mins tops.

Will you need a new chain and rear mech for those chainrings? what do you have on the back?

russboy

diy wrote:

Assuming you have the tools to remove the old, you will need a HT2 and bb tool - about a 5-8 quid. worth going for the one that can be attached via a socket set, so that you can attached a torque wrench.

As long as you remember which way the threads go for each side it will be done in 15-20mins tops.

Will you need a new chain and rear mech for those chainrings? what do you have on the back?

This chain & cassette i've prob done about 700 miles on & one of the links popped the other day so for the sake of £26 for the cassette & chain decided to go for it. Plus I was told my current chain isn't really long enough & could stress the rear derailleur

Anonymous

Cassette and chain for £26? huh?

russboy

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Cassette and chain for £26? huh?

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/ProductDe ... ASS-MASTER

£27 total rather, not £26

Anonymous

wow!
Shimano chain though, hmmmmm. I'd happilly NOT use a shimano chain for a tenner.

Chunkers1980

Nowt wrong with it if you use a power link. Cant fault the value.

Anonymous

No, the value is excellent, I must admit. Powerlink or not, I've snapped too many Shimano chains though.

diy

Personally I would go for a SRAM chain, and then suffer the slight compromise on the SRAM cassette. The 970/971 deals are pretty good.

cooldad

There is no compromise using different chains and cassettes, makes no difference.

Personally I would use a KMC chain.

thel33ter

I've only ever used Sram and KMC, and I've only ever snapped Sram ones.

Saying that, I bought an unbranded 8 speed chain for £1.50 new on eBay, including a missing link, and that hasn't snapped, so it may just be a bit of luck.

Anonymous

thel33ter wrote:

Saying that, I bought an unbranded 8 speed chain for £1.50 new on eBay, including a missing link, and that hasn't snapped, so it may just be a bit of luck.

Quite possibly, yes.
But, as a human (vaguely), I do have human traits, such as trying to find a pattern to things occasionally.
Every SRAM chain I've had has snapped repeatedly, and Shimano chains have faired only slightly better.
Wipperman, and KMC chains have not. May well be a coincidence, but it'll take quite something for me to trust SRAM.

diy

cooldad wrote:

There is no compromise using different chains and cassettes, makes no difference.

Personally I would use a KMC chain.

The compromise is because SRAM make good chains and OK Cassettes and you tend to get a better deal if you buy a "chain and sprocket" bundle.