Originally Posted by alcjphil

I have a pair of wheels that were on my 1973 Raleigh Professional. They are cup and cone and as smooth and friction free as any hub I have ever worked on. Given that they are over 50 years old, I would say that I doubt that any cartridge sealed bearing hub could have lasted as long, at least without replacing the sealed cartridges. BTW these hubs still have the original bearing balls