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Old 07-13-10 | 11:10 PM
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Keep it. Until you buy a cotter press (which, for $50 is a steal - building my own cost me $150 in "man hour price"), drop some 30 weight oil down the seat tube and let it go. It'll be fine with just oil for a long, long time.
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