Re: [CR]Hub Oil

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

From: <CMontgo945@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:45:13 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Hub Oil
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 6/25/2002 1:03:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:


> Not a good idea, as the oil continually seeps out of the hub ends and is
> a real dirt magnet.
>
> If you want to do it, the weight and brand of oil is inconsequential as
> you'll be doing it a lot (the re-oiling and wiping off the dirt stuck to
> the oozing mess as it works it's past the hub flanges on it's way down
> the spokes and out to the rims and onto your braking surfaces and then
> onto the tires and down to the road surface for the next guy to slip on
> and crash).
>
> Chuck Schmidt
>

Sheesh Chuck, sounds like the next best thing to Armageddon.

Craig