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Old 01-21-10 | 07:38 PM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Originally Posted by Tremdo
And about the Monterey SL i got it for 60$ I will post some pictures soon in the c&v forum.
She's like new (NOS) hehe! I will do some mods on it maybe. I'm more a 70's bike guy than 90's white San Marco saddle (still look awsome)!
If this thing really is 20 years old and was only ridden a couple of weeks a year since new, the absolute first thing you should do is disassemble, clean and relube the hubs, headset and bottom bracket. I expect the original grease looks like dry rubber cement by now.

Several years ago I bought a used bike that had sat unridden for almost 20 years. The grease had dried and hardened to the point that any riding would have ruined all of the bearings.
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