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Thanks Hozn. Learning as I go.

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Well, that’s not good at all! Curious – did you have to pay to replace the headset and rear wheel, or did the bike shop or Jamis pay to replace with quality parts?

And I’ve heard so many good things about Renegades, I’m surprised!
However, most of my friends who have them, have the models with better components, I think.

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@mstone 179860 wrote:

I think your first instinct was right: they’re not the best brakes in the world, but they’re perfectly serviceable. You do need to adjust them more than self-centering brakes, but but if you can do that they’ll work fine for years.

(I assume you’ve learned at this point that there’s two adjustments: a hex bolt to adjust the fixed pad, and a barrel adjuster+hex screw to adjust the cable on the moving pad. I’ll typically tighten the fixed pad until it starts to contact the brake rotor–you can hear it when the wheel is spinning–then back off a quarter turn. The moving pad is adjusted based on the movement of the brake lever–you don’t want the lever to bottom out on the bar, so there should be some space between lever and bar when it’s pushed all the way tight.)

Yes yes , thank you! I’m learning. Also, I added a rack when I bought it (LBS installed), and so the barrel adjuster was nearly impossible to adjust due to closeness of …other metal parts for rack support. The mechanic today added an inline barrel adjuster so I can use that.

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Thanks Hozn. But $150 to 175… sure seems pretty high. Not as high as some car repair but still… and that’s not including labor, though maybe I could figure it out myself.

We’ll see how the next bunch of miles go. Still, it’s hard to believe that after only 18 months of riding regularly, a major part needs to be replaced.
Of course, I suppose, an experienced person wouldn’t have left the shop with these brakes on the initial purchase.

I’ll start saving my pennies!

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$68 is a lot in my world. That’s almost 10% of the price of the bike I’ve had for less than 2 yrs.
And I don’t need the part!
Why didn’t that bike shop just adjust the brake properly ( like other bike shop did), charge me $15, and suggest I upgrade the brakes ?

Because their margin on$68 is much better than on $15.
And now I’m alienated. And I’ll tell my friends (pm me if interested) which bike shop was honest and which was not.
Not good customer service.

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@honestmachinery 179851 wrote:

It doesn’t strike me as an agressive upsell to suggest you replace a finicky disc caliper with a new, different one. Sounds like you were getting decent advice at a fair retail price. You could do it cheaper by yourself, of course.

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Even if I didn’t need a new caliper at all to ride happily and safely ? I disagree.

They didn’t suggest an upgrade. They said brake wouldn’t hold the adjustment …and did not adjust to give me good braking power. They wanted more money and said i needed the new caliper.

The other shop did fix it and braking power is fine.

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And the rest of the story…went to the local bike shop I trust today. The mechanic showed me how he adjusted it; he said the brakes are fine though not great.
He said I didn’t need a new caliper.
This brake system is one where only one brake pad moves. He had to adjust the brake pad in more and said I’ll have to do that as it wears. I know how to do that.
Rode home with a great rear brake.

So angry that another bike shop that folks recommend couldn’t adjust it properly and tried to seel what I didn’t need.
I guess i’ll write to or call their manager or owner.
Anyone else had this type of experience?

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Replying to this thread cause of brake problems. Bike shop problems.

Have only put 2000 miles on my Jamie Renegade Exile in about 18 mos (lowest of the Renegade options).. it had Tektro Lyra mechanical disc brakes.

I’ve had to adjust and adjust them .
Had the front brake pads replaced 6 mos ago. Was surprised but oh well.

Then the back brake acted weird.. it would brake but then get stuck and not work at all.

Eventually a friend took the caliper apart and we found a broken spring. (Sheared in two)

LBS asked Tektro and they replaced the caliper for free. This was maybe 1 month ago.

Now rear not braking well…tried and tried to adjust. Shouldn’t these things just stay…all you need to do is tighten them up when the cable stretches? I tried to…but couldn’t get it to work. Thought maybe the cable needed replacing.

Went to a diff. shop this week (closer to home) where mechanic first said: it just needs an adjustment. Cable is fine. Then he took it back…worked for 20 mins and came back & said “it won’t hold the adjustment. I wouldn’t run these brakes on any bike. You need a new caliper …suggested $68 caliper (shimano).

For someone who rides as little as I do (compared to some on this forum) – why all the problems? Is this what i should expect from a good bike? replacing a significant part after just 18 mos? What would you do?
a $68 part is almost 10% of the cost of the new bike.
Are they trying to sell me something I don’t need?

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https://twitter.com/uriona/status/1022257415675420673?s=19

Hope this comes through…careful on the WOD

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Not sure which area you’re in – I lived in Alexandria but worked in DC , so I took general maintenance classes at The Bike House last year. See this site:
https://www.thebikehouse.org/

Classes haven’t been announced yet for August, but there should be some . If you sign up at the website, you’ll get notice of them. They cover a variety of basic repair/maintenance issues.

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Here’s a good GGWASH.ORG article discussing some of the problems there.

https://ggwash.org/view/68306/a-cyclist-was-killed-at-m-and-new-hampshire-changing-street-design-save-lives

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Here – posted at 12:49 am by Fox 5:

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/dc-bike-advocates-seek-change-honor-fallen-bicyclist-with-ride-of-silence-

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Bobco,
I’m so glad you had such a long streak of biking without incident, and so sorry to hear this happened. Glad you’re mostly ok – but I’m sure you’re in some pain.
I’m glad that the car driver was cited with failure to yield. Hope you keep healing well, and that the insurance company compensates you fairly. let us know how it goes. Enjoy your family’s visit!

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Yes, great advice!!

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Silly me…I forgot to say please ask this on Facebook on the women & bicycles page. Probably get lots of responses there…I know it’s been discussed there before! And I do know of people who ride there all yr long but don’t know them personally

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