I bought a crank puller today and started taking the bottom bracket apart. Everything came off easily, except for the fixed cup, and surprisingly the cups appear to be in excellent shape. I have inspected/cleaned everything and should not have to replace the BB with a cartridge. I am only going to replace the bearing races and grease everything well. Since I am unable to get the fix cup off, I will take Sheldon Brown's advice and just leave it.

Drag, your 1400 looks very nice. You have done the major upgrade of the front end that I always wanted to do, and it looks like you have done a great job. Your upgrades look so nice that they look like original equipment. Very tastefully done. I am surprised you still have the original wheels on the bike though. I went through two rear wheels (stress cracks at spoke holes) replaced under warranty before I replaced the rear wheel with something much more stout to handle the 235 lbs I weighed at the time. Other than the rear wheel, the 1400 has been a great bike. A little heavy but everything else on it has proven to be bullet proof. My son rides mine now more than I do, but for sentimental reasons I could never part with it. Here is a bad cell phone picture of mine.



JC