In addition, there's the inherently good and pleasing act of doing maintenance on your bike. I know this guy who says that he removes his chain and soaks it in mineral spirits every 100 miles. He rides several thousand miles per year, so I figure he's removing and soaking a chain at least once per week. He must enjoy it and I admire the devotion. I personally also like the act of maintaining my bike. It's a way to express gratitude to the machine that I cherish. Except those times when I'm lazy and don't feel like working on my bike....
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, Ca On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 9:56:34 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Ah right, I forgot about labour costs. I just do my own so it only costs > time. And time spent working on a bike is time well spent IMO. > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Mike in WA <mikesh...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> $45 for each cheap BB replacement with labor and they may go bad sooner >> than a year. I would expect the cost would amortize in 3-4 years and the >> King won't have inevitable creaking during that time. I expect the Kings >> would last basically forever with regular maintenance. Less stuff in the >> landfill too. >> >> >> On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 9:48:31 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 04/28/2016 12:11 PM, Mike in WA wrote: >>> > Different kettle of fish from the square taper world, but I'll be >>> > upgrading to a Chris King Threadfit BB ($155) when my disposable >>> > Shimano BB ($20) goes bad. Riding in dirt and wet conditions all the >>> > time leads to a lot of grime, and I found the cheapo bottom brackets >>> > go bad in about a year. With the King design, you can easily flush out >>> > and add new grease with a special tool, whereas the Shimanos say "do >>> > not disassemble" on the cups and you have to just throw them away when >>> > they get contaminated. I'd rather have something that is serviceable >>> > and won't creak or squeak (like some cheap BB's do because of larger >>> > mfg. tolerances) over the long term. >>> >>> How long do you think it will take you to break even? >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/uQgg6v9B0tk/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
