Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Northern California
Bikes: Cheltenham-Pedersen racer, Boulder F/S Paris-Roubaix, Varsity racer, '52 Christophe, '62 Continental, '92 Merckx, '75 Limongi, '76 Presto, '72 Gitane SC, '71 Schwinn SS, etc.
I often find a ball hidden inside the hub centers, stuck in place with grease.
But often enough, someone loses one while servicing and doesn't have a spare, so hubs sometimes get put back in service missing one ball.
And it wouldn't be out of the question that a factory worker mis-counted. They may have volume quotas to achieve, after all.
Record and Super Record were identical during the years they were both produced, both had the oil clips.