Taking old stock and alternatives

I thought it would be simple to replace the Shimano Altus 8-speed derailleur on my bike. But when I looked on Amazon there were a flood of knock-offs that probably are low quality and only a few of the old stock as it’s a discontinued product. I had hoped to get a real prodcut from the bike store. I guess I need to talk to the bike store and find how much money I’ll be shelling out for a replacement. I could order online and if they don’t have a replacement without replacing the drive train, I guess that’s what I will be doing. I would prefer to go a different drive train then what I have but it’s not a good option to upgrade my existing point.

I just hate going to the bike store as I think it always seems so overpriced, and they’re always trying to up-sell you and fix things perfectly. But I just want a bike that generally works, go from point A to B even if it wobbles and grinds a bit. Does the trail riding and commuting, but is not perfect. This was the bike store that sold me on the Trek Marlin 5 when I wanted a Trek Marlin 6, they noted how much cheaper and that was all they had in stock in my size. But I got what I paid for. Maybe if I had every repair done by the bike shop, things would be better shape on my bike rather then my sometimes hack repair, but the bike would be out of commission half of the year waiting for repairs, and paid a small fortune in repairs.

After shorting out terminals and trying to reset the XY-CD60 module using a bench power supply I had in the side, I decided the XY-CD60 module for controlling the batteries in my truck is toast. I found I couldn’t find it on EBay but I did find one on Amazon for $12 I’m going to ask my mom to order for me. Yet another expense, but at least I can hopefully have that running by the weekend. I just seems like everything is so expensive and constantly breaking.

Yeah, I’m that cranky.