Originally Posted by Machka

Ummmm ... I don't do much of anything to my bicycles. For one thing I'm not particularly mechanically inclined, and for another thing, it's never been a huge priority to me ... although I am trying to be more diligent. The last couple years, I've taken my Marinoni and my Mongoose into the shop once a year for a tune-up. They are about due for one again.

About the hub though, when I was in Tasmania in November, about half way through my cycling tour in Australia, all of a sudden my rear freehub (is there a front one?) failed. Fortunately the failure occurred in the driveway of a friend in Hobart, so we were able to get it fixed and I was back on the road again the next day. The insides of the hub had rusted to bits. That's something I'm going to insist the shop guys check before my next major event.

My friend in Hobart also changed out some of my cables while I was there, which was probably a good thing. The ones I had were the originals.