I am casual about routine maintenance: chain, hub,
seatpost, quill stem, bottom bracket, headset.
Eventually I get around to it if I am in the mood. The
bikes are not in the rain, so I can get awawy with it.
The hubs do not run dry, though the chain does. There
is one exception. The idea that the cleat bolts will
freeze up bothers me. Early on when I was still
adjusting them, they required a lot of torque to get
out, and protested with loud creaks. Bothered me. Now I
pull, clean, and grease them a couple times a year.
Now I use a heavy duty surgical pick to clean the bolt
heads. I use a perfect 4 mm allen key, and it must fit
all the way into the key way. I remove the bolt, wipe
the bolt of crud and old grease; but do not use
solvent. I clean crud out of the cavity in the shoe
between the cleat and threads. Then grease the bolt and
torque it down heavily, but not so as to approach the
limit of the key-bolt interface. I do one bolt at a
time, obviously.
The result is that when I remove a bolt, it rotates out
smoothly with no protest; no danger of the key leaping
out of the keyway; and, as I use brightly colored
grease, I see fresh grease still on the bolt. My mind
is at rest.