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| The frame on my Gary Fisher cheapo mountain style bike broke even
| though I never rode it off road. I probably put on thirty thousand
| miles over almost five years. The bike shop is in the process of
| taking care of the free replacement even though I have to pay to have
| parts changed which ten years ago I would have done myself, but as I
| get older I do not have the patience for such things. My question is
| that the bike shop person said that the seat post on my old frame may
| be a different size than on the new frame. If it is I would have to
| pay for a new seat "stem." I think Gary Fisher should pay for it since
| they changed sizes not me. If a part is worn out then I would agree to
| pay for it, but if they standardize sizes to save on inventory costs,
| why should their savings come from me.
|
| Tom
If your frame is 30,000 miles and 5 years old, and the only thing you're
being charged for is a seatpost, you're probably doing pretty darned good.
In general cables & housings will require replacement. For what it's worth,
the bike shop gets no labor compensation for a warranty frame exchange on a
bike that's more than a year old, and the amount that they do offer (for
newer frames) is so small that it's hardly worth the shop processing the
paperwork. Something like $15 I think, for a job that might take a couple
hours.
In any event, while it's in the shop, I'd have them replace the handlebar &
stem as well. 30k miles is well beyond what I would consider a reasonable
lifespan for those parts, particularly considering what happens if they
fail. And the seatpost? Might not be such a bad thing that they replaced
that as well.
Out of curiosity, are you having the work done by the same shop that sold
you the bike?
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
