Originally Posted by
Stpetegurl
This bike is at least 16-18 years of age, maintained all those years but lived in fort myers during Ian. Was only in 4 inches of water for a day and in non conditioned air for 10 days. Did not ride after as roads were glass and debris. Moved and had bike serviced. Mechanic said derailer and shifter both were frozen and need replacing but parts are hard to find. He fixed as good as he could and as every mechanic I have ever had said, the bike is better than its replacement on the market today. (Assuming a bike of like type) . So, being illiterate on bikes, do I have to replace these component with exactly what I had or can I get new but different components. (I think it’s a 3/9 front with bottom pull and shifter, all shimano) I could be way taken advantage of as I don’t know what I’m looking for so any help on parts or a replacement bike is what I’m looking for.
A local shop should be able to get you parts easily. You can swap parts to different stuff. Any Shimano 9 speed stuff will work and even 7 and 8 speed stuff will work if you find older high quality stuff as the shifter in this case will determine the number of gears you can run. Chains and cassettes are easy to find and all you need is a 9 speed from SRAM or Shimano or even someone else basically so long as it isn't for Campagnolo you should be fine.
If a shop cannot get you those parts these days they are either having issues or simply the person looking at parts cannot use QBP or Shimano's B2B website or another distributor. It isn't hard and QBP especially makes it super easy to use and find parts. There are 3 bottom pull FDs in stock 1 Sora from Shimano and 2 Microshift options and a few options as well for shifters. You could also ditch the old 3x9 stuff and go with a 1x11 Deore or CUES or similar set up depending on how much you are using the front derailleur. On that front you would just need a new shifter, rear derailleur and I would recommend a narrow wide chainring and you are likely to replace the chain and cassette if things are damaged from flooding and such.
You have tons of options beyond what I gave you there but a local shop should be able to get you the needed replacement parts or new parts pretty easily. I could understand them saying it will take time because a lot of shops aren't ordering as often in winter but to say they cannot get it unless they are looking for the exact replacements which you won't find unless used or some NOS stuff somewhere which isn't worth seeking.
The Coda's aren't bad bikes, I really liked them and if Jamis hadn't been so difficult to us during the pandemic I would happily carry their stuff again. Sadly though they lost me when we drove up there during the pandemic because they couldn't get a truck, and we had to get a trailer load up the trailer ourselves and drive it back on our dime and NO discounts, NO nothing. It was ridiculous I would have said here is a discount or here let us load for you or here is extra terms or something.