Huh. My 1999 King-built "Bontrager" Hubs have been adjusted once, early in their life. Am I 23 services behind, or do the older hubs not need this? I did look up the King service guidelines a while ago, and they recommend either their own oil ($9 for 1.2 ounces), or synthetic motor oil ($7/quart - good for 320 overhauls).
Philip On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:40:35 PM UTC-7, benzzoy wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2:26 pm, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:25 PM, sanjoser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > You have to service your hubs every 6 months?? > > > > that seems... excessive. > > For those not familiar with Chris King hubs, that "service" refers to > relubricating the RingDrive freewheeling mechanism every 6 to 12 > months. This isn't at all hard and all one needs are normal hand tools > and a bottle of Chris King RingDrive lubricant. OK, so you do need > that proprietary Chris King hub preload adjustment tool that's about > $25, but this is a 5-minute job and is distinctively not like > servicing a classic loose-ball hub. > -- 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/-/34NmcV-qdvQJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
