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Hello folks, bit of advice please, im looking at repairing my bike so i can finish planning a biking holiday with my mates (push bikes and tents, love it!) but ive been quoted parts

£15 for 1x 7 integrated rapid gear change
£15 for 1x 3 integrated rapid gear change
£25 for a wear resistant bottom bracket (i can only describe it as it doesn't swing madly with wear and tear)
£20 for a new crank set
£20+ upwards to fit it, no thanks! -bad experience last time with the old bloke-

honestly i have seen the shifters (pair) for £23.60 but the P&P brings it upto £29.90
as for the bottom bracket, not seen one within my price range,
and the cheapest crank set minus P&P is around 22.60 with £5.40 P&P

am i getting ripped off here? and can anyone suggest cheaper (europium if possible) stores? o.o

This very much depends on the quality of the parts you've been offered and what use you intend to put them to. What kind of riding are you into/planning? For example I ride downhill and dirt jumps mostly so i splashed out on a DMR chieftan bottom bracket set. Cost me £60 for the bottom bracket, chain ring and crank but its a 64 tooth spline so it's as solid as a rock, even now, 3 years and many miles later, and i tend to munch bottom brackets like there's no tomorrow!

depends on use as the first reply stated.

Bike are one of those things. The more you spend the stronger and longer lasting it's going to be.

I also ride DH and Dirt jumps. I have a 24" DMR rythem with a lovly 3" front tyre to enable me to do mountain Cross / Down Hill.

On average the prices look about right, but without manufactures and models it's hard to tell.

Suppose the main questions is what bike are these to go onto and what type of riding do you do. Casual, XC, Downhill, Just starting out? etc.

If your in the UK as your profile suggests try Chainreactioncycles for comparable prices. That shop is great and is always my first stop when I need a new part. ( New 3" rise handle bars are coming my way on pay day, my old Cro-mo DMR wing bars have started to rust after 5 years).

deejaybainbridge wrote:depends on use as the first reply stated.

Bike are one of those things. The more you spend the stronger and longer lasting it's going to be.

I also ride DH and Dirt jumps. I have a 24" DMR rythem with a lovly 3" front tyre to enable me to do mountain Cross / Down Hill.

On average the prices look about right, but without manufactures and models it's hard to tell.

Suppose the main questions is what bike are these to go onto and what type of riding do you do. Casual, XC, Downhill, Just starting out? etc.

If your in the UK as your profile suggests try Chainreactioncycles for comparable prices. That shop is great and is always my first stop when I need a new part. ( New 3" rise handle bars are coming my way on pay day, my old Cro-mo DMR wing bars have started to rust after 5 years).

+1 for recommending chainreaction, those guys are awesome!

Okay ill check them out, and hard wearing due to long distance cross country (Casual) including heavily forested areas and hard gravel normally up hill, if anyone has been to and/or camped/walked around the peak distract you'll know what i mean. As for my Bike like this ive been doing it for years on a "make do" basis as for parts quality the best i can do is from an engineers point of view.

As for the gear shifters i know im getting ripped off because ive seen the same shimano integrated pair for £19 today but as for the bottom bracket and crank... well i dont have a clue im afraid, i need a hard wearing long lasting one, or at least one that wont wiggle about with a little age.

-insert extra sad face here-

but ill more than certainly check out your recommendations thank you!

ps, does anyone have problems with screech from disk breaks on cold/damp mornings or is it just me?