Fed up of lobbing Shimano units in the bin, it seems so wasteful and despite my best efforts to disobey the “don’t take them apart” markings and regrease them it seems they are in fact not designed to be user serviceable.
This is for a bike that’s ridden fairly regularly but not every week and particularly used in yucky conditions when I don’t want to grind up the pivots on the good bike or it would clog up with Hampshire filth.
Something with truly awesome sealing and/or user serviceable bearings and that won’t seize up if put away mucky and ignored for 2-3 weeks would be my preference.
Edit: I also fancy the third moon of Jupiter on a cocktail stick with strawberry sauce. 😉