Southern California - Big Shout Out to Surf City Cyclery
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maddmike
10-25-06, 02:22 PM
I now there were some threads a few weeks ago about mechanics and repair shops in SoCal and I just want to say thanks to the guys at Surf City Cyclery for their work on my Cannnondale CAAD7 road bike. It need a bunch of work: chain rings, chain, cassette, shift cables. They turned it around in one day! I rode it three days later on the Fall Solvang Double on Sunday ( the staff ride) and it worked flawlessly, didn't miss a shift. It made for an awesome ride.
Now if I could just get xtort to fix his bottom bracket so I don't have to listen to all the time I'm riding with him!!!!
voltman
10-25-06, 02:23 PM
How much did they charge?
maddmike
10-25-06, 02:34 PM
How much did they charge?
I wasn't cheap, the whole thing with parts and labor, with repacking my wheel beearings and the cost of new wheel bearings on order was about $320.
$320 only sounds expensive until you're broken down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
maddmike
10-25-06, 02:56 PM
$320 only sounds expensive until you're broken down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
Touche!
Or when your 800 miles into getting you 1,000 mile jersey and just really need your bike to work!!
Mr. Beanz
10-25-06, 03:22 PM
I was going to say that store looked very expensive and overpriced when I browsed the shop.
I had a shop repack my bearing in a tandem hub for $12, he did it while I waited about 1/2 an hour.!:D
Pays to do it yourself though. I uprgraded my Ultegra 8 to DA 9 speed. Rear derailleur, chain, cassette, cables,brifters, bar tape, and the tools (Park cable/ housing cutter)to do it for $300!
Not very hard and worth it to learn!
Mr. Beanz
10-25-06, 03:31 PM
Touche!
Or when your 800 miles into getting you 1,000 mile jersey and just really need your bike to work!!
I thought everybody had 2 bikes!:p