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"pass the 'beaters"
aeek Wrote: (radical - back on thread) seems they're not suited to my maintenance habits, damn. http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...ank_bros_candy Long-term users of Crank Brothers' pedals report that you do have t make sure you maintain the bearings. A screw-in plastic grease port i included with the pedals and it's a simple matter to remove th dustcap, fit the grease port, pump in new grease then swap the dustca back out. However, while this kind of maintenance isn't essential wit many pedals, it is vital with Candies, as the pedal turns on a bushin at one end and a ball-bearing at the other and bushings really don' like being run dry. Crank Bros recommends fresh grease every 100-30 hours of riding, which isn't too arduous a schedule and fortunately, i you do neglect them, spares are available and the pedals can be rebuilt. mine are just the 'you-bewt' cromo versions, but yes the re-greasin does seem like one of them 'why-didnt-someone-think-of-this-before type things.. -- flyingdutch |
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"pass the 'beaters"
flyingdutch Wrote: mine are just the 'you-bewt' cromo versions, but yes the re-greasin does seem like one of them 'why-didnt-someone-think-of-this-before type things... Tioga did some pretty nifty flatties with micro-lube nipples 10 year ago. No longer (sob). Shimano Spuds (the better ones) are de facto easy to grease: take ou spindle with dinky plastic Shimano tool, empty out water, dwarf newts and any alien civilizations which have taken up residence, poke bi lumps of grease into the pedal hole, screw spindle back in, and watc the satisfying ooze of old grease being chased out by the new Teeheehee! Oh, then you have to wipe up. Euuch! Crustier grease I never did see . . M "Little things please little minds" -- mfhor |
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