Thank you. I've trusted my cones to it. I thought I was going to buy the bike and simply ride it, but I think it's going to be weeks before I am actually on it. The bike mechanic said he had rebuilt most of the bearings, but I"m finding that not to be true, so I want to get through everything before I take it out on a longer ride. I have a cotter press on the way from Bikesmith, so the bottom bracket will be my next job.

I just keep hoping that I'm not going to come across anything that will halt me in my tracks, but so far so good.