Cycling... a leisure pastime, gets you out and about, able to appreciate nature and the great outdoors - I could go on.
Performing a quick Cost/Benefit analysis, the resultant savings are immense - NO fuel costs, a fitter, more healthier rider, a chance to unwind however when a specific bill arrives it is still a shock!
So the posh bike, 2 years old, excluding tyres, tubes, cleaning and lubricants has probably cost me less than £150 for the best part of 10-12,000 miles (i have more than one bike) and evaluating what I have just written would logically suggest that a bigger bill was coming and last week it arrived.
Issues presented - iffy gear changing, tendency for gears to slip (getting worse) and some play with front chain rings.
Diagnosis from LBS - New Cassette, chain, chainrings and BB = £230 - OUCH! Had reckoned on half that amount but having said that it is now a dream to ride again, and considering there are not many other moving parts as such, I almost have a new bike?!
Sadly only been out on it properly twice since, as am on training this week (the head knowledge kind not the fitness kind) roll on the weekend!
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