How often is too often?
#26
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The mechanic I spoke with said that he had done this before. Hopefully, he was telling the truth.
#27
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I would suggest going to the store and viewing your bike. Even with the supply issues from this stupid beer virus it would not take a full month to fix a bike. My opinion is the shop is either fluffing you off or purchasing a new bike is a much better option than to repair the current one.
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Thanks for the tip about that bike shop, Gebhard is freaking sweet. Took a bike in for repair and to try to buy a track bike and ended up walking out with a $150 single speed beater bike, it was kind of out of place for that shop haha. Chatted with him for like 30+ minutes about bike stuff, he's super passionate about bikes. also got a sick retro racing cap and a 150$ saddle to put on the single speed to protect my dick, figured I can just put the nice saddle on whatever bike im riding most.
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Thanks for the tip about that bike shop, Gebhard is freaking sweet. Took a bike in for repair and to try to buy a track bike and ended up walking out with a $150 single speed beater bike, it was kind of out of place for that shop haha. Chatted with him for like 30+ minutes about bike stuff, he's super passionate about bikes. also got a sick retro racing cap and a 150$ saddle to put on the single speed to protect my dick, figured I can just put the nice saddle on whatever bike im riding most.
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#31
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If it's taking that long and requiring that much effort.... at least I'm assuming the bike shop is making some effort to work on the bike, then this is probably going to already cost you more than all the pieces parts are worth.
Maybe you just need to cut your losses and go a different direction. Not all bike shops are equal in their abilities to work on anything that is slung at them. Some are only remove and replace type shops for things that are already in decent shape. And only for the lines of bikes they sell. Which is not a bad thing in itself.
But those places might not be equipped or even have experience with what you've dropped on them. Are you certain your bike shop is equipped and experienced for anything?
Maybe you just need to cut your losses and go a different direction. Not all bike shops are equal in their abilities to work on anything that is slung at them. Some are only remove and replace type shops for things that are already in decent shape. And only for the lines of bikes they sell. Which is not a bad thing in itself.
But those places might not be equipped or even have experience with what you've dropped on them. Are you certain your bike shop is equipped and experienced for anything?
He said his next step was to hammer out the axle and get the grinder out, but was going out of town and couldn't get to that until Tuesday.
I said that, before we tried something that drastic, I'd contact Litespeed (who built the bike) in the meantime and see if they had any advice about special tricks because I'd never had any experience with at Ti frameset before.
Hell, at this point, I'd be interested to see how much it'd cost to get them to cut out and replace the BB shell. Probably more than it's worth for a 25-year old frame, but the geometry is spot on for me and the frame cost ~$500, which isn't that bad for a frameset that ticked so many of my boxes (level top tube, Eddy Merckx - something I'd always wanted, preferably a lugged MXL Leader, but this is the same geometry - Ti frame, room to fit 28 or maybe 30 mm tires without scary clearance, great shape other than BB, threaded headset, classic-ish looks, but ability to wear modern drivetrain without modifications), in my size (64x62 doesn't give me a lot of options).
The wrecked bike that this is replacing is a pro-tour team replica frame from the early 90's and while this doesn't have the cool paint job, lugs, or internal cable routing, but it's of higher overall quality.
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Longer exposure to the flame wrench & a few blasts from the air hammer is what I'd offer to them as a possible solution.
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