PS I'm not proud of that level of neglect of my hubs--- but life gets in the way and usually something else is up with my bike/wheels (new england road salt eats rims for breakfast). I'm tempted to go clean those hubs up right now just b/c they are damn good hubs.
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:40:28 AM UTC-4, newenglandbike wrote: > > I have at least 10K on a set of shimano deores (6K continental tour +2.5 > years commuting), re-laced them twice but didn't even clean them off, and > they still spin silky smooth. > > On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:47:00 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> 11K on a set of Phils and they feel like new. 10K and 7 K in two >> (titanium!) bb assemblies, ditto. Heck, the --what, 30? 40? -- year >> old 3 piece Phils on the old Herse I briefly owned were as smooth as >> the newer ones. >> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Bruce Herbitter >> <bruce.herbit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I've got over 4k miles on a set of white industries hubs and they still >> font >> > need service >> > >> > Sent from my Kindle Fire >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> >> > Sent: Wed Mar 21 16:26:57 CDT 2012 >> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >> > Subject: Re: [RBW] New Drivetrain for my Atlantis >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:25 PM, sanjoser <thomas.savar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> hello everyone >> >> >> >> I've had a mix of components on my atlantis for it's life, these 10 >> years >> >> or >> >> so. >> >> different shifters, hubs, gears, drivetrain, etc. >> >> I've got the urge to do an upgrade, and I'd really like to go campy. >> I've >> >> been >> >> advised that my chris king hubs are fine, so long as they get serviced >> >> every >> >> six months, so I guess I'll keep those, but everything else is up for >> >> change. >> >> This is my goto bike for commuting and tours. I guess I don't have to >> >> explain that >> >> to this group. >> >> So, what 's the consensus? >> >> best regards >> >> tom >> >> >> > >> > You have to service your hubs every 6 months?? >> > >> > that seems... excessive. >> > -sv >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW >> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/7_nurQ0wAbMJ. 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.
