mathew Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 with the weather getting nicer i decided to dig out the bike from the folks shed today. i havent used it for a few years and as a result a lot of the stuff has seized such as the shocks, brakes, gears etc. could a novice like myself fix these sorta problems or are they a specialist job? are the shocks repairable or will i have to get new ones? if so how much would i be looking at to replace them for a half decent set? im just trying to work out wether it would be cheaper for me to buy a new bike or tart this one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin.starr Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 What bike is it that you have. If its a cheap bike from say tescos or something then your probs better off buying a new one but it depends on how badly the parts have seised. If its a deacent bike that you would like to keep then do it up but some parts such as suspention forks for good makes of bike can cost hundreds for a new set. Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 its a GT, not sure on the model but paid around £500 for it a good few years ago. i had a feeling the forks wouldnt be cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Course you can, its only a bit of oil, GT40 ptfe spray and some elbow grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movistar Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Why dont you just buy mine :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin.starr Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Why dont you just buy mine :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil-NA Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 It probably wouldn't take much to sort the problems out, all depends how bad things are, for instance if your chain is too rusty and siezed then it will need replacing, but in doing that you might need to do the chainset and cassette at a cost of around £60 minimum. If the brakes and gears just need cables then you are looking at around £15 atleast for the inner and outer cables. Suspension starts around £50 for something with pre load, so you are talking possibly over £100 and if you need your LBS to do it then the labout will be around £50. As said its all easy stuff to do with a bit of common sense, if in doubt check out the tech section on http://www.bikeradar.com Easiest thing to do would be to buy Movistar's bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Personally I wouldn't bother unless you're interested in learning about your bike and how it works and stuff, if not I'd just buy a second hand one or whatever you can afford new. I bought my bike for £40 and spent about £45 getting some new bits for it to make it nice, but I did it all because I wanted to learn how it all goes together, and now I don't worry when I'm riding when gears aren't set up right or anything I know how to adjust them and the cables etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Its pretty straight forward mate...but its been my full time proffesion for years :S so i will think that lol Not much you can do with the forks if the legs are rusted! Use GT85 or TF2, spay them on the forks legs and try and compress the forks... With the brakes, if they feel seized it will be the cables, u will need to replace the inner and outer cables which at my shop its £3.99 for 1 brake and u need to cut down to lenth, that goes for the gears aswell! As Neil NA said replacing the chain can become rather costly! its very rare the chainset (which is the front cogs) will need replacing when changing the chain but the casset will. Shimano chains from us start at £17.99 and the casset £12.99 With a shop to do the work labour would have to be paid. If the bike came to me id advice a standard service which would cost £41 inc VAT then that would cover all your labour costs of what we would do... just have to pay parts ontop! If you need any more help mate PM me and i can advise Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 thanks for the replies guys. ive decided to tackle the repairs myself as a kinda 'little project' considering the amount of time i have on my hands these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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