Lubricating Veloce levers
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Lubricating Veloce levers
I would like to lubricate my 2015 Campagnolo Veloce 10-speed ergo levers. I prefer a surgical approach over just shooting then up with spray grease. Do I need to remove them from the bars to get in from the back, or will it do to pull off the hoods and go in with a blunt hypodermic from the bottoms and through the side button apertures? Thanks!
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I would like to lubricate my 2015 Campagnolo Veloce 10-speed ergo levers. I prefer a surgical approach over just shooting then up with spray grease. Do I need to remove them from the bars to get in from the back, or will it do to pull off the hoods and go in with a blunt hypodermic from the bottoms and through the side button apertures? Thanks!
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Maybe they are fine, it's hard to know for sure since any degradation would have been slow and over 5 seasons, and it's my only indexed bike so nothing to compare to. That's why I prefer a minimal approach. The sloppy shifting on my last ride will probably turn out to be the bottom bracket cable guide getting gunked up. It almost always does.
If I can't make them do something wrong on the stand, should I just leave them alone? Are they that well lubed at the factory?
If I can't make them do something wrong on the stand, should I just leave them alone? Are they that well lubed at the factory?
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Maybe they are fine, it's hard to know for sure since any degradation would have been slow and over 5 seasons, and it's my only indexed bike so nothing to compare to. That's why I prefer a minimal approach. The sloppy shifting on my last ride will probably turn out to be the bottom bracket cable guide getting gunked up. It almost always does.
If I can't make them do something wrong on the stand, should I just leave them alone? Are they that well lubed at the factory?
If I can't make them do something wrong on the stand, should I just leave them alone? Are they that well lubed at the factory?
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I have no experience with Veloce 10 speed other than looking into a right brake/shifter that came on a trainer. What I recall is the internals are very different than the rebuildable Chorus and Record 10s I have and appeared to me to be un-rebuildable. Hopefully someone can correct my impression but at this time to me on this basis I suspect your desirable surgical approach will not be possible. Best of luck.