Originally Posted by
morph999
Is there any way that I can take a bike in and have them work on it right there? My bike is worth over $900 with all the electronics on it and stuff. That's all I'm worried about.
you don't have to worry about the bike, if its a decent sized shop, I'm sure they work on $3000 bikes every day, they're employees, they're not going to steal your stuff.
And yeah, if it is simple enough, and the shop isn't busy, they may work on it right there, it might only be a few minute job.
If you buy those Avid brakes you linked to on the first post, you will have to buy new brake levers also. And if you do that, you're going to have to take it to a shop anyways.
But what you can do, is first the brakes have to be installed correctly, then unscrew the barrel adjuster on your brake lever, which will move the pads farther away from the rim.