Bike maintenance/repair first, replaced shifter cable on the new-to-me Lemond.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

Bike maintenance/repair first, replaced shifter cable on the new-to-me Lemond. New cables were $8 each at the LBS. Changing them took only about 20 min (mostly adjustments). One wire was badly frayed, the other rusty and slightly fraying INSIDE the shifter, so glad I decided to do this repair. #BikeTooter

[sam@social.coop]

@ai6yr holy crap, is that a normal price where you are? Seems like a lot for a single cable, even the fancy SRAM stainless ones only cost like $3-$5 at the shops around here.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@sam They do have a markup. Probably cheaper if I order it off their website and pick it up, actually. I am definitely paying more than what you'd pay online for stuff there, paying a wee bit of "keep the LBS in business" tax, I like to think of it. Currently employed and not hurting, so

[sam@social.coop]

@ai6yr I need to raise my prices I guess

[etp@indieweb.social]

@sam @ai6yr And to think I paid something like 30 euros for Jagwire cables that were wasted because the shifters didn’t actually fit on the mount!

[sam@social.coop]

@etp @ai6yr