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Originally Posted by FBinNY (Post 19923242)

yes and no.

Changing a chain is simple enough and often all that's called for. But the shop was simply giving you fair warning of the possibility that the new chain might skip on a worn cassette. This is a common problem, and discussed at length here on multiple threads.

The shop rightfully felt obligated to warn you to the issue because IF they installed a chain and IF it skipped, and then they told you you'd need to shell out another $70, nobody would be happy.

FWIW - the potential skipping issue can be predicted, with some cases near certainty that it will skip, or that it won't. But there's a wide band of gray where it MIGHT skip, and the only way to know is to fit the chain and ride.

Best answer.

Common problems in a bicycle are the chains, in case if you broke your bicycle's chains and if you don't know how to fix it yourself better call someone who knows how, and observe how he does it so that next time you know how to do it by yourself. We can learn stuff sometimes by just asking and observing.