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May 2024
6:23pm, 16 May 2024
18,972 posts
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Mandymoo
About what I pay my LBS for a service
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May 2024
6:39pm, 16 May 2024
15,652 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
Sounds right to me too. I often use an lbs for the jobs I *can* do but only after it's taken me a week to work out what parts I need, a few days for it to be delivered, another few days til I find time to do the job etc etc! I've got one of my bikes booked in for a service next week because they'll do a much better job than I've got time and patience for.
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May 2024
9:00pm, 16 May 2024
10,302 posts
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Northern Exile
Good information. I have been doing an increasing amount of work on the local communities' bikes and it's about time I started charging properly for it. On a couple of occasions I've not only fixed their bikes for free, but also paid for the parts! It can't go on.
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May 2024
9:44pm, 16 May 2024
41,211 posts
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halfpint
I had a friend who did all my bike maintenance. Sadly his mechanical skills turned out to be his only redeeming quality and his twattish behaviour was not worth the free bike fettling. I shall be going back to the LBS to have bottom bracket looked.
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May 2024
10:49pm, 16 May 2024
10,305 posts
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Northern Exile
Nobody has yet accused me of twattish behaviour, I suppose there's time yet.
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May 2024
8:13pm, 20 May 2024
41,222 posts
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halfpint
My gravel bike has an issue. I think it’s the free hub. Initially it was making a horrible grinding when I was free wheeling. Today the chain felt like it was catching when I stopped pedalling (I think the hub jamming maybe). I’m taking it to the LBS tomorrow but would like to go in with an idea of what’s wrong.
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May 2024
8:36pm, 20 May 2024
10,310 posts
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Northern Exile
Agree. Sounds like the freehub for sure.
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May 2024
8:46pm, 20 May 2024
2,560 posts
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MudMeanderer
Sounds like the free hub pawls not moving properly. It can quickly go from mildly annoying to throwing the chain off every time you slow your pedalling (as happened with a heavily abused commuter of mine). Depending upon the hub I think it should be fairly easy for a LBS to overhaul though.
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May 2024
7:42am, 21 May 2024
41,223 posts
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halfpint
Thanks guys. It’s good to know I was on the right lines.
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May 2024
9:02am, 21 May 2024
10,315 posts
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Northern Exile
Freehubs can be funny things HP. Use the wrong lubricant in some of them and they very quickly get "sticky" and do exactly what you described, whenever I am forced to service them I usually wash them off in surgical spirit to guarantee all the gunge is removed.
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