A customer brought in a Racing Zero for service.
I'm not sure what Fulcrum was thinking, but
in addition to their traditional bright and dark color options,
they suddenly released this in 2014—a Racing Zero with red spokes
called "Red Passion."
Unlike the Japan-only models with different rim colors,
this is a global model.
Maybe they wanted to refresh their image a bit and boost sales.
Fitting for a brand named Fulcrum (which means "pivot point")!
...Anyway, this wheel isn't being serviced on its own—
it's part of a full bike overhaul.
The customer chose this one because the wheel color matches the frame perfectly.
There was so much grease packed into the space right below the pawl teeth on the hub shaft
that it was oozing out.
Since it wasn't dirty, the wheel doesn't seem to have been used that heavily.
The amount of grease varies between individual wheels, but
the other day when I did a pre-sale inspection on a Shamal Ultra (never wrote about it)
we sold from our shop, it had even more grease packed in there—
so much that the freewheel ratchet was almost completely silent.
Two days after I handed it over to the customer, they brought it back saying
the pawls were slipping sometimes and not engaging properly.
When I pulled out the freebody and pushed the pawls with my finger, they rose very slowly,
so there definitely were times the ratchet wasn't catching.
So in cases where there's excessive grease, it might be worth wiping some away.
In this case though, we'll be cleaning everything, so this grease won't remain.
I've disassembled, cleaned, and regreased both the front and rear hubs.
The white hub with its large surface area rarely gets a proper cleaning
except during jobs like this.
I didn't polish the brake zone,
but I did clean up the label nicely.
I'm not sure what Fulcrum was thinking, but
in addition to their traditional bright and dark color options,
they suddenly released this in 2014—a Racing Zero with red spokes
called "Red Passion."
Unlike the Japan-only models with different rim colors,
this is a global model.
Maybe they wanted to refresh their image a bit and boost sales.
Fitting for a brand named Fulcrum (which means "pivot point")!
...Anyway, this wheel isn't being serviced on its own—
it's part of a full bike overhaul.
The customer chose this one because the wheel color matches the frame perfectly.
There was so much grease packed into the space right below the pawl teeth on the hub shaft
that it was oozing out.
Since it wasn't dirty, the wheel doesn't seem to have been used that heavily.
The amount of grease varies between individual wheels, but
the other day when I did a pre-sale inspection on a Shamal Ultra (never wrote about it)
we sold from our shop, it had even more grease packed in there—
so much that the freewheel ratchet was almost completely silent.
Two days after I handed it over to the customer, they brought it back saying
the pawls were slipping sometimes and not engaging properly.
When I pulled out the freebody and pushed the pawls with my finger, they rose very slowly,
so there definitely were times the ratchet wasn't catching.
So in cases where there's excessive grease, it might be worth wiping some away.
In this case though, we'll be cleaning everything, so this grease won't remain.
I've disassembled, cleaned, and regreased both the front and rear hubs.
The white hub with its large surface area rarely gets a proper cleaning
except during jobs like this.
I didn't polish the brake zone,
but I did clean up the label nicely.