Chain/cassette advice sought

www.chainreactioncycles.co.uk If you sure there no stiff link, then a rear cassette will be the
answer I'm afraid, but thet are very cheap. "bulter9090" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Weird thing happened to me the other week - I decided to get back on my

1996

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Claud Butler MTB after 4 months of cold weather aviodance (and laziness)

and

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after the third night was biking away thikning about chains breaking and

if

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that was very common these days when 8 - 12 seconds (literally) my chain broke. Walk back
home then 🙁

My 21 speed bike has Shimano components with IG stamped all over it, so I buy a replacment chain
from Halfords (not Shimano one but says it's compatible). Give bike a much needed clean and put
the chain on. Now the chain slips under any serious pedaling.

After a little research this seems to be commonly due to the rear cogs wearing with the chain
(this is after 6 years and 4000 miles) and now the chain is replaced the worn cogs need replacing
too. Doesn't seem to be a stiff link although I'm not absolutely certain of that - I just can't
see anything wrong when I back pedal looking closely at the rear.

So now I'm looking at replacing the cassette. After checking the exact

type

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(I'll check this weekend) I plan to buy a replacement for it off the web. I'm considering buying
the chain whip and locking nut so I can have a go

at

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replacing this myself without resorting to the LBS - but I'm not sure how financially viable this
is (if it's more than twice the cost of the LBS

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maybe not worth it).

Any recommended online UK component retailers I should look at? Has a

look

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on some on yahoo but no clear winner to me.

Is now a good time to think about replacing the Shimano IG stuff

altogether?

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Presumably that would mean both derailleurs, chianset, shifters etc -

mines

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all Shimano Alivio stuff.

I suppose I just want a bit of reassuring proding before I spend my hard-earned when I'm a newbie
who doesn't really know what he's doing 🙂

Any help appreciated.

Tom

"bulter9090" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Any recommended online UK component retailers I should look at? Has a look on some on yahoo but no
clear winner to me.

Is now a good time to think about replacing the Shimano IG stuff altogether? Presumably that would
mean both derailleurs, chianset, shifters etc - mines all Shimano Alivio stuff.

Settle Cycles (www.settlecycles.co.uk) seem to be good for Shimano-compatible bits; no P&P but any
orders placed have to be for at least ten quid's worth of stuff.

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York