Is my cassette worn out or they trying to rip me off?
08-05-21, 03:27 PM
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08-08-21, 04:03 AM
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A) Yeah, but every chain I had on 5 different bikes for 10 years made me suspect the tool. Checking with a metal ruler verified that.
B) I figured, but wanted to warn the OP and anyone else reading this that there are probably better tools for the job. I have no idea how any of the other tools measure up (pun intended), or even other units of the same one I had, because the metal ruler worked well enough to not need one.
edit: Actually, looking at your picture of various options, I think I had the third one down and not the second. I assume the longer they are, the more likely they are to be accurate (or at least closer).
B) I figured, but wanted to warn the OP and anyone else reading this that there are probably better tools for the job. I have no idea how any of the other tools measure up (pun intended), or even other units of the same one I had, because the metal ruler worked well enough to not need one.
edit: Actually, looking at your picture of various options, I think I had the third one down and not the second. I assume the longer they are, the more likely they are to be accurate (or at least closer).
08-08-21, 05:19 AM
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Please stop assuming people are trying to rip you off all the time. Look we are frequently seeing bikes that see a bare minimum of service and many people who only come in when the bike becomes nearly unrideable, we are trying to make the bike work as safely and optimally as possible. If your chain is worn it will usually also wear in your cassette and maybe just maybe you might be able to get a chain or two extra on that cassette but only with more frequent replacement and proper care and maintenance as well as good shifting practices.
Generally most mechanics have plenty of work to do and are not getting paid by the install or work they do (some are I am sure but not many) so adding extra work to a bike when it isn't needed is just silly, we would much rather crank more bikes out and get the schedule moving along so we have fewer customers complaining that it takes time to work on a bike and their bike should be magically pushed ahead of all the other bikes because they have something or another that is so much more important than everyone else who came before them. I don't mean it to sound like a jerk but it is the way things are. I understand we all want our bikes bike quickly but we also want them to work right and we don't want to have to keep coming back in for issues in short periods of time.
Generally most mechanics have plenty of work to do and are not getting paid by the install or work they do (some are I am sure but not many) so adding extra work to a bike when it isn't needed is just silly, we would much rather crank more bikes out and get the schedule moving along so we have fewer customers complaining that it takes time to work on a bike and their bike should be magically pushed ahead of all the other bikes because they have something or another that is so much more important than everyone else who came before them. I don't mean it to sound like a jerk but it is the way things are. I understand we all want our bikes bike quickly but we also want them to work right and we don't want to have to keep coming back in for issues in short periods of time.
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08-08-21, 06:00 AM
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Most people don't go to the bike shop often enough to really develop a relationship.
08-08-21, 11:38 AM
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Now that the bicycles are hard to find, the one lbs says they've had the same customer come in as much as 2x a week to check in on the inventory. Hopefully that'll build a better relationship in the near future.
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08-08-21, 08:54 PM
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Look at the size of the teeth on the 4th cog down and the size of the gap between teeth compared to the cog above it. IMO from the pictures I'd replace the cassette.
08-08-21, 09:08 PM
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Keep in mind when looking at the sprockets from the top, what is happing on the right side of each tooth is irrelevant.
All the pulling is done on the left side of the teeth.
There is some wear, but I'm not convinced it is enough to cause skipping just yet. Nonetheless, this isn't a bad time to replace while the bike is in the shop.
