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Old 08-07-11, 07:43 PM
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Be sure to take care of the basics: bearings, grease, and cables. You will have yourself a really nice bike.

Even if the wheels seem to spin beautifully, I have yet to have found a bike from that era where the grease wasn't solidified, and the bearings a mess. Imagine if someone parked a car in a barn and left it there for 20 years. Picture what the motor oil would look like.
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