Re: [CR]Cartridge Bearings

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot)

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 07:53:22 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "WD Baseley" <wdb@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cartridge Bearings
In-Reply-To: <12c.44edbdc9.2e0bb056@cs.com>


At 12:19 AM 6/24/2004 -0400, Carb7008@cs.com ushered forth:
>Do racers use low viscosity grease or even heavy oil to reduce drag? If
>grease, why put oil holes in hubs and other bearing areas up until (a
>couple of
>decades ago) ala Campy Record hubs.

I don't know if they DO, but they DID. In the film "Stars and Water Carriers" there is a rather lengthy scene in which the mechanic washes out the grease and replaces it with oil on Ole Ritter's bike. This was presented as something done especially for the individual time trial.

Regards,
Dave Baseley in sunny Berks County PA