On Dec 23, 6:50 pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:04 PM, John McMurry <johnmcmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > How's your quill stem look when you pull it out every year for > > greasing? > > > [snippo] > > > And if you don't pull it out every year? Good luck getting it out (if > > you rode it at all that year). > > Huh? ***HUH????* I've pulled quills out of steerers where they had slumbered > for, LO!, these many, many years, and never, **EVER**, had a stuck one. > > Pull it out *every year for greasing*? > > Bzzzzlpfpht .... pphhhhffft .... pop! crackle! Fwooom! That doesn't compute. > > Patrick "don't regrease hubs, bb, headsets yearly either" Moore, who has had > no problems with his lack of care, and yes, he does ride his bikes.
Well, here in the Northeast, that doesn't fly. If you ride in the rain, in the snow, in the mud, or dirt around here for several thousand a year, annual maintenance is necessary; unless you're willing to dispose of these parts a couple years later. John McMurry Burlington, VT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
