New drivetrain
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Hi there!
I’m new to the forums about here, and reasonably unknowledgeable about parts, though not inexperienced as a rider. My bike is not flashy by any means. It’s a 2009(ish) diamondback 29er. I think it cost about £500 when new, and I bought it for £130 in May. It’s had a new left arm crank, new brake pads (old owner was a spanner who thought wd40 was a good fix for squeaky brakes) and some new grips. Other than that it’s original as far as I can tell.
I recently went for a 16 mile ride with no hitches, until 200m before I was home again when my derailleur and chain munched themselves together and have twisted and bent fully. I’ve been given a quote of £100 by my local shop to replace the derailleur, hanger, cassette and chain including fitment. The cassette doesn’t strictly need doing but given how much already is being done, it seems like a logical upgrade.
Is this reasonable? What kind of quality am I likely to get for my £100 (assuming 20ish for labour)? Am I better off buying myself the parts, and asking a friend or two over to have an afternoon project?
My other option would be to buy new? I don’t know if it’s worth me spending this money on my current bike even if it’s a good deal. My riding probably is probably about dead on the definition for a 29er, and I’m 6ft 1 so I like the sizing. I’d be looking to spend about £500-700 absolute max. Preferably hardtail. Doesn’t matter if it’s a buy it in bits, and I build it, so long as you can send me a list of all the bits I need.
If it was your money, do I buy new and complete, buy in bits and build a new one, send it to the shop and they do everything, or buy the parts myself and the tools and then fix it?
Use this as an excuse for window shopping while spending my money for me.
I’m new to the forums about here, and reasonably unknowledgeable about parts, though not inexperienced as a rider. My bike is not flashy by any means. It’s a 2009(ish) diamondback 29er. I think it cost about £500 when new, and I bought it for £130 in May. It’s had a new left arm crank, new brake pads (old owner was a spanner who thought wd40 was a good fix for squeaky brakes) and some new grips. Other than that it’s original as far as I can tell.
I recently went for a 16 mile ride with no hitches, until 200m before I was home again when my derailleur and chain munched themselves together and have twisted and bent fully. I’ve been given a quote of £100 by my local shop to replace the derailleur, hanger, cassette and chain including fitment. The cassette doesn’t strictly need doing but given how much already is being done, it seems like a logical upgrade.
Is this reasonable? What kind of quality am I likely to get for my £100 (assuming 20ish for labour)? Am I better off buying myself the parts, and asking a friend or two over to have an afternoon project?
My other option would be to buy new? I don’t know if it’s worth me spending this money on my current bike even if it’s a good deal. My riding probably is probably about dead on the definition for a 29er, and I’m 6ft 1 so I like the sizing. I’d be looking to spend about £500-700 absolute max. Preferably hardtail. Doesn’t matter if it’s a buy it in bits, and I build it, so long as you can send me a list of all the bits I need.
If it was your money, do I buy new and complete, buy in bits and build a new one, send it to the shop and they do everything, or buy the parts myself and the tools and then fix it?
Use this as an excuse for window shopping while spending my money for me.
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Depends whether they are using bottom end parts or XTR (rather unlikely). Parts probably about £50/£60, less with some shopping around. Changing the cassette is probably worthwhile as the old will be worn and a new chain might skip.
With the right tools (cassette tool, a few Allen keys and a chain tool) it's a half hour job maximum, including indexing.
Assuming you get the indexing right, or the new stuff will get munched as well. So another £15/£20 or so for tools. But at least you'll have them for next time.
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And change the cables while you're at it, inners and outers.I don't do smileys.
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