How often do you service your rear derailleur?

[Sven]

I pulled this Huret " Allvit" derailleur off of my, now retired, '73 Schwinn Varsity "Tourist" Clone. It was my main ride. I rode it through eight states on various trails. I thought my maintenance was good enough...WRONG ..apparently not. I don't know if it was a bad adjustment or the transport from Maryland to Maine, shifted my derailleur..I D K????....Anyway, as you can see the top jockey gear screw head got worn down by the spoke protector. And the overall appearance looks like crap.

The Jockey gears were broken down , cleaned and repacked right before this shot. Every part was cleaned and polished and lubed .

Thank goodness for the Glenns Complete Bicycle Manual and the the pages from the www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Huret_Allivit_-_ instructions_scan_1.html
to get this seven times a son of a gun together.

 

[catfish]

Never. Don't have any...

 

[Allrounderco]

^^ Same here. Watching this thread as I hope to upgrade my lightweight cred at some point.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Maybe some day, when none of my other bikes can be serviced.

 

[Boris]

Lookin' good Sven. I never ride my two multi-geared bikes anymore, so I never service them other than keeping air in the tires. I've had these bikes for almost 50 years, lots of great memories, so I can't bring myself to get rid of them.

 

[vincev]

I have a few Schwinn Paramounts and a few other European road bikes.I still have our original Schwinn Varsities my wife and I bought in 1969.Wont ever sell them .I cant ride road bikes anymore but I always maintained them.

 

[jimbo53]

What’s a derailleur?

 

[Duchess]

Whenever something makes noise or I have the bike apart for other reasons. Pretty much just cleaned and replaced a few sets of jockey wheels.

 

[detroitbike]

Isn't it nice to have a quality part that can be taken apart and serviced like this?
They just don't make them like this anymore …..