Timeline for LBS won't Service Shimano Dual Control Lever
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| Aug 7, 2023 at 7:41 | comment | added | Noise | @someguyinafloppyhat Regarding the sturmey archer hubs, training videos were available from the factory (now on youtube) and all the spares are still available, which gives a nice repair route. For some reason this strategy doesn't follow to shimano STI! | |
| Aug 7, 2023 at 1:48 | comment | added | Zeus | I would add that it's always worth to take it out and have a hard look (and play) with it, doing only as much disassembly as you are comfortable with. There may be a few fairly obvious things that can be repaired. For example, there is a bolt on Shimano brifters that ties the two levers together, and it is visible (and replaceable) externally (at least on my generation). Losing it makes shifting difficult or impossible. (Ask me how I know). But repair is trivial, just need to find an M4 bolt of the right length. | |
| Aug 7, 2023 at 0:39 | comment | added | mkrieger1 | And of course it makes sense to repair an old part if it is trivially done and cheaper than buying a replacement. | |
| Aug 6, 2023 at 11:11 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | you could totally spend an enjoyable evening working on this Enjoyable until you start trying to put the !(&#!*!* thing back together... :-) | |
| Aug 5, 2023 at 16:03 | vote | accept | someguyinafloppyhat | ||
| Aug 5, 2023 at 16:02 | comment | added | someguyinafloppyhat | Based on the discussion, I opted to replace the levers with current 105 R7000. Unfortunately now the LBS says those are currently unavailable! | |
| Aug 5, 2023 at 16:01 | comment | added | someguyinafloppyhat | All good points. When I worked in a LBS, we would think nothing of spending an hour overhauling an internally geared 5-speed or 3-speed hub. Arguably, those were less complicated and easier to work with than today's dual levers. Also, we didn't charge $90/hour | |
| Aug 5, 2023 at 14:24 | comment | added | Chris H | I break stuff on the road sometimes, and like to tinker, so for me there's curiosity value in opening things that aren't meant to be opened, and it's paid off in the past. But it's certainly not worth paying someone else to do it. | |
| Aug 5, 2023 at 11:50 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2023 at 10:02 | comment | added | gerrit | To the final paragraph: another reason can be that, for some people, the principle of repairing before buying new for ecological reasons, outweights the own wallet. | |
| Aug 5, 2023 at 2:10 | history | answered | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |