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Originally Posted by mepstein
If you have to buy all new parts, it's cheaper just to buy a bike.
- I ran a bike shop for 6 years and it worked the same for me. Piece by piece is always more expensive even when it's on sale. Most new parts are not compatible with old frames.
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This past June my youngest was visiting me from Philadelphia. He doesn't drive so he bought a used Trek off Craigslist for $30. This was just to commute for a few days. Well he replaced the front tire and tube and the chain would fall off after he biked about a mile.
He returns home and I now have a bike . I was on furlough for a few weeks and everything was locked down, I decided to look into the bike.
I have replace the rear brake cable, new brake pads and crank bearings. I have no bike tools other than metric and allen wrenches. I replaced the handle bar tape and NOS RH brake handle. Needed to get some bike tools: Amazon, Ebay, Youtube and a local bike shop became my friends.
That still didn't solve why the chain kept jumping off. I then learned this was a multi speed bike converted to a single speed bike and the alignment between the wheel spocket and crank spocket wasn't straight. I now need the wheel to be redished and BTW, the rear axle needs replacing. I bought a new/used wheel.
I don't want to tell you what I have in this bike with parts and tools. - it is nice but........ It did pass the time and I learned allot. I sent my son the tools - he is happy.