Local Bike Shop Hell
- Thread starter Dirt Jumper
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Bottom brackets and parts like that shouldn't cost that much...just buy online if you think shops are charging too much.
Sounds like you were dealing with someone new at that shop.(?) Or it's just a crap shop. I agree that SS with vertical dropouts isn't a good idea, unless you're chainstays are perfect length to tension the chain. Find a new shop and TELL them what you want to do and ask their opinions on what they think would be the best thing to do.
Road cass. on a mtb deraileur works fine.
Road cass. on a mtb deraileur works fine.
Yeah, I understood what the guy was trying to get at about the tensioners, but when it reached the point where he was trying to talk me out of a road cassette is when I got pissed off. I mean, do they NOT want me to buy something? Do they not want my money? Pfft.
I think I will go ahead and buy the road cassette, and just tell them to put it on, no arguements. I trust you guys more then them yoinks.
I think I will go ahead and buy the road cassette, and just tell them to put it on, no arguements. I trust you guys more then them yoinks.
Frankly this sounds like a he said she said. First I work in a shop. While I don't think the shop monkey was top notch (I would have laid out all your options before I touched your bike), neverthless, it sounded like you were work together on the problem.
Secondly, while you could run a SS with vertical dropouts, shops will rarely cobble it together. For insurance reasons, they want to set up bikes according to instructions, with a chain tensioner. I learned that one when I was going to lock out 3 cogs which had broken off.
Finally, from my perspective, this would be the classic "fill out the tag and put it into the queue" repair job: Something out of the ordinary with a whiny owner. It is better to work on it in private and make sure it is 100%.
Secondly, while you could run a SS with vertical dropouts, shops will rarely cobble it together. For insurance reasons, they want to set up bikes according to instructions, with a chain tensioner. I learned that one when I was going to lock out 3 cogs which had broken off.
Finally, from my perspective, this would be the classic "fill out the tag and put it into the queue" repair job: Something out of the ordinary with a whiny owner. It is better to work on it in private and make sure it is 100%.
Sliding Verticle Dropouts work fine for SS.
Bikes are so easy to work on. I'll never understand why people serious about riding go there for anything other than tubes and "maybe" to have a headset pressed in, or maybe a bb shell faced or something.
bikes w/ vertical drop outs should have a tensioner. I don't know why he was pissed about that. Yes it shoulds like the shop was a little dumb ans didn't know ****, but they were right with the chain tensioner.
This thread makes me feel so lucky.
ATLANTIC BIKES RULES!!!
ATLANTIC BIKES RULES!!!
It can be a pain in the A$$, but SS w/Vert's(w/o a tensioner) is doalbale. All you have to do is pick a gear set-up you like(ie. 32 X 18 tooth), and then put it on the bike, and fit the chain as close as possable. Then change the rear cog(rough ajustment), or the front ring(fine ajustment), by 1 tooth at a time, 'till it fits perfect(or close as possable). The nice thing, is no worries of the rear wheel slipping and loosening the chain, and it will work w/diskbrakes!
except that doing it with a tensioner is 4,200 times easier?
Yes, but a tensioner allows 2,100 times more chances for your chain to fall off.
how do u figure? i got a chain tensioner and i havnt droped a chain yet??? and thats on my hartail that i rode at snowshoe.Urban FR'er 666 said:
Even easier spend a little extra and buy a SS frame. Less headache and then you can have the gear ratio you specifically want with out the chain falling off.
No, not all bikes with vertical drop outs need a tensioner. Vertical sliding drops are just as good as horizontal.aggrorider said: