Hubs

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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