New hub - should I strip it and grease it?

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I trashed the rear hub of my computer bike and have now
rebuilt the rear

wheel with a new (Tiagra) hub. Was my first attempt at
building a wheel and I am happy enough with the result. My
question is, should I assume that the rear hub is
adequately greased and just ride on it as is, or are they
often inadequately greased and should be checked. The
adjustment was OK.

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-Brian

Brian: Hopefully the hub is OK, but it certainly wouldn't
hurt to take it apart and give it a little TLC & grease.
Besides, since this is your "computer" bike, I assume it's
all virtual so you don't even have to get your hands dirty!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
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Brian Casual said:

I trashed the rear hub of my computer bike and have now
rebuilt the rear wheel with a new (Tiagra) hub. Was my
first attempt at building a wheel and I am happy enough
with the result. My question is, should I assume that the
rear hub is adequately greased and just ride on it as is,
or are they often inadequately greased and should be
checked. The adjustment was OK.

Yes, use as is unless the bearing is too tight (has no
clearance at all) because when you close the QR, bearing
clearance reduces. This effect ruins many wheel bearing
cones. People adjust their bearings perfectly and then
clamp them into the frame tightly for safety... and
destruction of the cones. The way to test for this in situ
is to watch the wheel coast around zero RPM and see if it
indexes when it stops.

Jobst Brandt [email hidden]

bloke-<< My question is, should I assume that the rear hub
is adequately greased and just ride on it as is, or are they
often inadequately greased and should be checked. Th

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Open it, add grease, adjust well on any new hub.

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> Mike Jacoubowsky<[email hidden]> 2/06/04
> 16:28:10 >>>

I trashed the rear hub of my computer bike and have now
rebuilt the rear

wheel with a new (Tiagra) hub. Was my first attempt at
building a wheel and I am happy enough with the result. My
question is, should I assume that the rear hub is
adequately greased and just ride on it as is, or are they
often inadequately greased and should be checked. The
adjustment was OK.

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-Brian

Brian: Hopefully the hub is OK, but it certainly wouldn't
hurt to take it apart and give it a little TLC & grease.
Besides, since this is your "computer" bike, I assume it's
all virtual so you don't even have to get your hands dirty!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
chainreactionbicycles.comchainreactionbicycles.comOpen ↗

Aha... you spotted my deliberate error! ;-)

Shoulda been COMMUTER bike of course.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

-Brian