Originally Posted by bostontrevor
Just another reaso to love cartridge bearings versus loose ball cup and cone style.
Most of the stuff that gets destroyed by abuse just pops out and fixed up with $5.
and same with cup and cone stuff. bearings are like, $.10. and there's usually 18-24 in each hub. the cones are usually pretty durable, i'd say as durable, if not moreso than standard cartridge bearings. cones are usually not too expensive unless it's a super nice hub, and even then, it's not too bad.
in my experience, it doesn't take that much longer to overhaul/repack a cup-n-cone hub than it takes to pop out the bearings in a cartridge hub.