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• #2
Trees - it depends a lot on how many miles you do and in what kind of conditions. Lowish mileage in dry conditions, you should be fine for at least 6 years between servicing. Anywhere near the sea, double the frequency. Wet and muddy, double the frequency. The condition they came to you in will have an impact too - if they're in lousy condition, there may be pitting to the balls and races and therefore you'd need to up the frequency. Dunno about paying for the servicing - it ain't hard to do it right as long as you have the right tools, and with the older hubs, that's not too much of an expense.
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• #3
That's helpful, benbrangwyn, thanks. I might need to replace the rear cassette/freewheel, and the rear wheel also needs truing, so I thought this might be something I could do whilst I'm at it.
I've been riding the bike for a year and a half, fairly regularly, in mostly dry conditions. However, because the bike is 25-odd year's old, I have no idea whether the hubs have ever been properly seen to, even if ostensibly they look okay.
How often should one get one's hubs serviced, bearings cleaned, etc..
And what should one expect to pay for this?
I'm talking about a 25 year old pair of Campag Record hubs here, which I've been riding on for a year and a half.