Originally Posted by
Roadfrog
What should I expect to pay to have a new 8 gear Shimano 105 cassette and a new chain installed on an old but classic bike?
Cost of materials and labor? It will be interesting to see how your answers compare to local bike shop quotes. I would do it myself but really don't like working on bikes. I might be talked out of having someone else doing it if someone here told me it was easy which it likely is.....
Thank you!
It will cost you about $1,200, as that is the cost of a new road bike. Unless you go into your standard shop committed only to get the chain & cassette replaced, and armed with information, you will hit the brick wall of:
- 8-speed? They haven't made that in years!
- We don't stock that
- We can't get that
- They no longer make that.