on 5/28/09 5:04 PM, Christopher Paul at zdree...@gmail.com wrote: > Turns out Jim's thinking was spot on. Today the mating call occurred > again despite having re lubed the bottom bracket and pedals. Today > took the wheel out and removed freewheel to get to inside of hub. > Dried out elephant snot was found. Cleaned and re lubed. Now when I > coast, it is absolutely silent! I was told that this should be done > every 30 hours of riding! So I was just around 2000 hours past due. > Oh, well- ride & learn.
Glad that solved it. 30 hours between hub-packing is pretty short... I usually get a year on my high-use/all-weather wheels. Even then, it isn't dried out, just greying from dirt/mud intrusion. - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Get your photos posted: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and just like that I knew it was dead" -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
