wel im  deppresed, well yestoday i put my rally rave bike into the local bike shop (not helfords) went n to the shop to pick it up and thay now saying its a wright off, why ? the chain is fuged, the jocky wheels are geting sharp, coges are sharping up, and the bottom bracket keeps coming lose some some reasion, the shop says this will cost about £150 ( more then the bike is worth, and we got it from helford for £100)

bugger. try and source teh parts off wiggle or something for cheap maybe?


gutted mate

na just got to get a new bike, the old one is about 3 years old.

Ignore them, theyll always say a bike is written off.  My guess is you could fix it up with bits and bobs for a quarter of what theyre telling you it will cost.

Dont ever, ever, ever go to halfords for bikes.  Theyll sell you sh*t and then a year later when it breaks try and sell you a new one.

Chain: KMC Z 7/8 speed: $10
Reach Mech: Alivio: $20
Bottom Bracket: Shimano UN53: $20

$50 in parts(25GBP). Have a mate throw it on. An hour, tops. Youll need a crank puller, a bottom bracket tool, a chain tool, and some allen wrenches. Even if you bought all the tools, itd still be less than 50GBP.

i have veryr little knoage of bikes, so i would not be knowing what part would go where.

buy a decent bike book. something like the art of bicycle maintenance.

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sod that Id just buy a new bike....