Re: [CR]Oiling Campy hubs

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:17:19 -0800 (PST)
From: "bruce thomson" <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Oiling Campy hubs
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "tom.ward@juno.com" <tom.ward@juno.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081121.172215.6653.3@webmail06.vgs.untd.com>


Thats easy.  Olive Oil!    It is low in trans fats and does not get rancid in varied conditions. Some may use Extra Virgin olive oil, believin g in the virtuous oil of the seed, but others state that steam extracted ol ive oil handles the heat better.  Either way you cant go wrong with olive oil.     BT

Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204 (509) 747 4314 Masi3v4me@yahoo.com      rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com


--- On Fri, 11/21/08, tom.ward@juno.com wrote:
From: tom.ward@juno.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Oiling Campy hubs
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:22:00 -0000


>For those that prefer to do regular oiling of Campy hubs through the
>oil port holes - What kind of oil do you recommend using? At one time I


>was told that straight 20 weight is ok if used every 100 or so miles
>but I'm wondering if Campy recommended some special oil for those that


>preferred oiling over white grease. Another question is can you use
>both grease and oil giving you a sort of thin grease or thick oil?
>Garth Libre in Miami Florida USA -------------Can there be more than a handful of people doing this? I su ppose a case might be made for lubing a true track bike in such a manner
   if you're competing, but even then this seems like one strict maintenan ce schedule to impose on oneself. A cost (in time) / benefit anaysis--at
   least for the rest of us--would seem to say, "use grease". Especially f or those of us with multiple bikes! I can't (or can't be bothered to) ke ep the kind of close log that would allow me to know when I've traveled 100 miles on one bike and another.... I would think you could certainly thin grease with oil, yes, but it will
   just make that much more of a mess as it flows on out of your cycles. M ine live indoors with me, so grease in the hubs and bottom bracket and a
   bit of oil in the chain seems quite nice enough. Such practice would se em to be environmentally friendlier, too, than pouring oil through your bike on a continual basis. Than again, I've seen those oil ports. And a few of my bikes have Tecala mit fittings. Mileage indeed varies. I'll bow out now. Tom Ward Brooklyn, New York -- USA (where the Secretariat of the United Nations i s beavering away not so very far away)