Ergolevers; pay for service, buy new or DIY attempt?

[yello]

I've got an ergolever that's playing up, has been for maybe 18 months but it's getting a real pita now so I've decided I really must do something about it now.

To get them both serviced (might as well) would cost me around £85 with postage. A new pair would set me back around £90. Or should I give it a go myself?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Have a go, it's only a bit of spannering.

Mercian can supply any bits you need.

 

[accountantpete]

Some spare parts on fleabay - at £9 a pop it may be of interest.

No guarantee that theywill fit your ergo's mind

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Campagnolo-Ul...sure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item3cb9505ce8

 

[yello]

Have a go, it's only a bit of spannering.

Mercian can supply any bits you need.

Reckon you're right. I've been googling around and the parts (couple of new springs) will only set me back £5ish.... gotta be worth a go!

 

[brockers]

http://www.campagser....co.uk/ergo.htm

Though hopefully their prices are per pair!

Or the fabled DIY YouTubes

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

 

[yello]

Though hopefully their prices are per pair!

I read it as each. It's a fiddly job, not something that can be done in 10 minutes, so their price seems fair to me.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Its a bit of a minefield as Campag have changed their shifters numerous times in the past few years. If you know what you've got and have identified the cause and can get the spare parts it is going to be very much cheaper to do it yourself, if you are confident and capable. On the other hand you can often get them on offer online - this was what I did when faced with a similar problem. I think I paid a bit over £70 for new Veloce shifters - including a new cable set at the end of 2010.

 

[brockers]

Servicing Ergos is something I've thought of doing as a small and simple home-based business as I find taking things apart and putting them back together quite meditative. How much demand there is mind, I don't know. But if Those Campag Service people are posting their prices per lever, one thing's for sure, I would be a bloomin' sight cheaper!

 

[fossyant]

Yello - send it to brockers !

 

[yello]

Yello - send it to brockers !

Lemme be your.... guinea pig Um, no, no disrespects brockers but if anyone's going to learn from it it's going to be me! Selfish sod that I am.

 

[evilclive]

I've got an ergolever that's playing up, has been for maybe 18 months but it's getting a real pita now so I've decided I really must do something about it now.

To get them both serviced (might as well) would cost me around £85 with postage. A new pair would set me back around £90. Or should I give it a go myself?

I had a bust lever - the paddle behind the main brake lever. First time this happened I bought a second pair. Second time I bought a replacement part from Mercian, and set to with the youtube videos.

It was surprisingly manageable. The springs are normally the worst thing about bits like this, and I didn't have a problem with them - no fiddling around with 16 fingers trying to hold one end in while tensioning the other and simultaneously fitting three other spigots.

If you're feeling rich but keen, get a new pair, and then service the old ones and keep them as spares.

Which reminds me, must do that to the other broken one so I've got a complete spare.

 

[brockers]

Don't worry! I wouldn't even attempt a rebuild on anybody else's before I could do my own. Blindfolded.

Go for it yello!