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Forgive me if this is a repeat. It's the end of a long, hot day, and the last two searches I've done took an hour each and turned up nothing. So I'm gonna just dive in.
I bought an '84 LeTour Luxe sight unseen, with plans to ride a century and a half on it immediately. I did that over the weekend, and now have time to open up the bb and see how it looks. Bone dry. So now I'm going to ask for opinions.
Would you automatically put new bearings in, and would you bother with the cage? The mechanic at the LBS suggested it might run smoother without the cage, because I could put an extra bearing in. This is my first bb repack.
Thanks in advance.