Bike shops

[lmgoldberg]

I need to find out more about what are my rights when I bring a bike into a shop for repairs. I brought my bike into a shop with a fairly minor issue that would have to be addressed eventually but wasn’t urgent. In trying to replace the parts, various screws/nuts were found to be corroded and broken off. Now reassembly is impossible unless I spend several hundred dollars for additional new parts. If nothing is done, the bike is not at all functional. The bike is also old and not worth putting more money into, but was functional and when new was a fairly high-end road bike.

any advice?

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[hozn]

Not to detract from the main discussion here, but I bought a new carbon fork from Nashbar for $80 a few years back. And you should be able to get a set of brake calipers for less than that if those need to be replaced. Not saying it is worth it, but you should be able to get back on the road for a less than $150, not to mention $400. I am guessing that the brakes may be the tip of that maintenance-starved iceberg, though …

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