Hi! Newbie nervous about husbands redo of my bike.......

[Steph]

Hi, we have been riding for about a month and I had a Diamondback Sorrento and Raleigh M20. My husband decided to take them both apart and put the best of both together. I have been having serious issues with the break levers and shifters on the Diamondback. I don't even ride the Raleigh because the shocks are shot. I have wrecked the last three rides because the levers are to hard to grip. Anyway, he is not a bike mechanic and as much as I know he would do his best to make sure he did it right, I have some reservations about flying down a trail over rocks and limbs on this bike. I don't want to hurt his feelings, but I am thinking maybe I should run it by the bike shop to get it looked over. What would be a ball park range to have that done?

[madisongrrl]

Take the bike in and have the breaks looked at. Breaks are not something to mess around with. I've seen tune ups range from $50 on up. If your LBS is only looking at your breaks, then it might be less than that.

[mimitabby]

and sometimes they dink with it for a moment and don't charge you anything!

[sandy45]

where are you at steph? like what state/city. my husband does that with bikes also, but he use to work at LBS. but i just take it there sometimes to have it double checked. it isnt expensive.

sandy

[Steph]

Cool. We are in the Chattanooga, TN area.

[sandy45]

I use to live in Murfreesboro...great places to ride out there! I miss it sooooo much