[bikes] How often do you have to adjust your hubs?

[cyclemax]

mattkime wrote:
holy cow!

...you must have been racing.

Some racing but mainly a mega-mile junkie. Rode 24K miles one year.

[davester]

Fritz wrote:
[quote=davester]
I don't know if that makes things any clearer.

yes, thanks. I figured the hub, but the variations, not so much.
I need to do some maint on my pal. How long or many miles is a chain, hub or other important moving bits good for?
Most of it DIY-able my the moderately mechanically inclined with some hand tools, bike tools and a reasonably large vocabulary of 4 letter word combinations?
Maintenance intervals depend a lot on the conditionHs (e.g. rain and dirt through which you ride). Chains need to be replaced when they reach their wear limit. Here's how to measure: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chains.html (bottom of page).

Park Tools page also has lots of info on bike maintenance.

[Fritz]

davester wrote:
Chains need to be replaced when they reach their wear limit. Here's how to measure: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chains.html (bottom of page).

Park Tools page also has lots of info on bike maintenance.

thanks, good stuff.

[M A V I C]

Thanks all. At last check, the race, cones and bearings were in good shape. The hub worked its way loose after a few years so I took it to the LBS to have them adjust it. I think they did a poor job because the first time I got it back it had a hard time spinning. They also damaged the jam nuts. Then it loosened up within days. The next time it lasted a while longer, but I then took it somewhere else and even they had a hard time with it.

I can't get replacement cones or nuts for it (I've checked with both Ritchey (hub mfg) and Wheels MFG). I'm tempted to pick up another wheel. But if I do that, then I'm thinking about getting a new set. But if I do that, the I'm thinking about getting a new fork because the current one doesn't have any dampening anymore and there's no replacement parts for it. But if I do that, I'm tempted to go disc brake in the front. But if I do that, I'd need to replace the brake lever. But if I do that, it's integrated with the shifter...

If I did get a new wheel, I'd prefer to go sealed. But, 26", sealed, rim brake wheels are tough to come by.

So for now I think I'll just get a vice and an axel clamp for the vice to make adjusting the hub more easy.

[space-time]

But if you do that, you might as well get a new bike.

[btfc]

I think I have a Ritchey hub or two in my parts pile, post a picture of yours if you want. Cones may be specific to your hub, but the nuts are pretty interchangeable; spacing might vary due to the width on the locknut but can be adjusted with washers.

[RAMd®d]

I'm tempted to pick up another wheel.

That's how it starts…


But if you do that, you might as well get a new bike.

And that's how it ends.


Fortunately, I'm learning to window shop more and buy less.

For instance, I'd like to get a new street bike with modern running gear.

But If I do that, I want want suspension.

But if I do that, I want the suspension to look stylish, not like some off-road MTB.

But if I do that… Well, there is no stylish fork with suspension.

Is there?

So I'll get a new Mac instead.

[mattkime]

cyclemax wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
holy cow!

...you must have been racing.

Some racing but mainly a mega-mile junkie. Rode 24K miles one year.
I ride about 7k and i feel like its hard to squeeze the rest of my life in. 24k miles....you must have been riding in your sleep!

[cyclemax]

mattkime wrote:
I ride about 7k and i feel like its hard to squeeze the rest of my life in. 24k miles....you must have been riding in your sleep!

Yea, I was going through a rough time in my life. It was a good escape.

[M A V I C]

btfc wrote:
I think I have a Ritchey hub or two in my parts pile, post a picture of yours if you want. Cones may be specific to your hub, but the nuts are pretty interchangeable; spacing might vary due to the width on the locknut but can be adjusted with washers.

It's a 14mm axel. As far as I can tell, no one else never made that.