Originally Posted by
shouldberiding
Before spending $155 on an extended warranty service plan (which almost always are a waste of money) make sure it's worth it over what the standard (two year?) warranty will already cover.
Secondly, you said you're a tinkerer so why not learn how to fix the stuff yourself? Most things are very easy to do with a few basic tools.
I'd buy the new bike and over time amass some upgrade parts for the old bike on craigslist.
1. I think that the guys working the sales floor make a serious cut off the warranty of the bike. The price he gave me was
conditional of getting that warranty. I will be back there on Wednesday to try the bike again and see what kind of price he will give me without the warranty. I read through the entire warranty (ok, just the parts that mattered) after making the OP and the warranty is a little sketchy. They can deny the claim if something gets worn out because of sand. Well, I live on the coast, commute along the coast, plan to do my touring along the coast and there is plenty of sand and salty air to go around.
speaking of living on the coast we just had an earthquake as I wrote this!!! HAHAHA
2. I currently do fix, upgrade, repair everything myself...but setting the hi/low on a friction shifter and doing the occasional upgrade is fairly straight forward. Now if I could true/build wheels then i would really be in business.