Originally Posted by labratmatt
Get you and your tight pants to the LBS and pick up some replacement bearings from them. Unless you stripped the hub some how, you should be able to fix it up for not much money. The LBS should be able to tell you what to do and sell you the bearings for not more than a few bucks.
27" tires are readily available and there is little reason to switch to 700c wheels unless you're just itching to upgrade.
You should be able to get a few thousand miles out of that quando hub unless you really beat it to hell. Get new bearings for it and get riding!
After a night's rest to sooth the frustration, I was thinking this exact thing. However I'm worried about the dust caps (I'm pretty sure thats what they are) being bent out of shape. Should I try to bend them back or will my LBS stock them?