Originally Posted by
Ghrumpy
According to the catalog, the wheel bearings are sealed cartridges, and will almost certainly not need service. The BB and headset were their companies' top of the line components, so the ball bearings in them would already be high grade. I would not bother replacing them with anything other than Grade 25 balls. Which are not as cheap as bearings can be. But replacing them with standard Grade 200 balls, even new ones, would be a downgrade.
Another note, on the work in progress
I have on order (3) new Hutchinson Tempo gum wall tubulars 700 X 21 and plenty of Tufo tape, not glue for a number reasons.
Once I check and lube the BB and headset bearings and replace all cables I look forward to riding!
The stock saddle goes in storage with the toe clips. And the SA X2 aka “comfy” goes on.
