Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
My PA10 had been stored for years and the grease had completely dried up so there was no lubrication whatsoever. I think it may have been the original factory grease. I'm glad I didn't ride it that way, even around the block.
Even scarier, I worked at a Peugeot shop during the height of the early 1970s Bike Boom, and on rare occasions a new bike came through with no grease in one of the hubs.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069