Thanks for that reply. You make a good point Russ Roth . I'll just try to get them swapped out as soon as I can since I think it's a relatively inexpensive fix.

I have noticed that every since getting more into road cycling, and getting my first actual road bike, it's been a bunch of little costs here and there. I wonder if I'm just worrying more about things or if I'm just riding more, or both?

How often do you guys find that you have little issues come up now and again?