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Just went to my LBS and they quote prices as this and just want to no if they are fair?

£17 to shorten my new magura brake lines by a couple of cms
£20 to remove and fit new forks
£10 to sort the gears as they pop out of most of them lol

whats your thoughts?


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 4:06 pm
 Pook
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they seem about right to me - although they aren't tough jobs tbh. Get the bike book for £9.99 and DIY


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 4:07 pm
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yes i no what you mean but its the buying of the tools which are expensive, i went to buy a hacksaw the do the forks and was £10 lol i can get it fitted for near that.

brakes seem to be dear tho?

might look into getting the book tho... cheers


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 4:14 pm
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All of those jobs are do able at home and the brakes wont even need bleeding if your quick.

Junior Hacksaw is 2 quid.

You tube will have online tutorials for everything. Magura site will most likely have a video of the brake line cut and indexing gears is a job you need to learn how to do.


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 4:25 pm
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im in austria, i have looked everywhere! the cheapest i found is 11 euro lol

i wil look on the magura site....have a quick look and didnt see anything,.


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 5:49 pm
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Seem reasonable to me.


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 7:40 pm
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Getting someone to do a job you can do yourself is always expensive, but then...


 
Posted : 26/01/2010 8:17 pm