i had a bearing get loose in the hub a year ago - the bearing was fine - the wheel was toast
that wheel had 10k on it - the current set has 10k and looks perfect
ball bearings are less maint - but when they go they go all at once, with tinken wheel bearings i could tell they were going and deal with it - but they took LOTS more maint - take the wheels off at least once a year and repack - twice a year when riding a lot - once when broke i turned a thou off the spacer to get another 6 months out of the bearing.
on the old bikes - every 2000 miles - soak the chain, check everything change all the oils, fix a few things, every 6000 or so change the chain, grease the wheel bearings, lube the cables
on the new bike - change the oil every 5000 change all the lube and check everything every 10000. rebuild the engine every 30000, rebuild the trans every 60000....
night and day
oh well
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