Originally Posted by
luker
I have a Klein Rascal (actually, two) with press-in bottom brackets. I replaced bearings a couple of times during the time that it was my main race bike. The first time I paid to have Klein loan my bike shop the tools. The second time I drove the bottom bracket out with a shot-filled hammer, and then set the new bearings with the correct sized socket and love taps from the same hammer. I can't speak for titanium, but the shade-tree solution worked fine for me.
Haha that sounds like it probably would work but I'm afraid to do some damage that way. I have cleaned up the frame a bit using some Ceramic Bryte pads and put on some decals I got from ebay. I still need on for the headtube and maybe the titanium ones for the top tube but the frame already looks better with some text on the downtube. The serial number for this frame is 2146, and I believe Merlin simply started at 1 and has gone from there. There is also interestingly a name lightly engraved in the drive side chain stay. I assume this was probably the original owner but who knows. I took a couple of pics of the finished product as well as the threadless bottom bracket. Cheers!
