Originally Posted by
seau grateau
Well I'm guessing you won't need to be reminded to periodically remove and regrease the next one. Good idea for seatposts and bottom brackets too.
Yep. The seat post fought me all the way getting it out, but I got it by just pulling and twisting. I had greased it when I did the assembly, but it was still stuck. I worked up a good sweat in the process.
The bottom bracket required a 30" breaker bar, but I had locktite on it because it has Italian threads. The cable housing ends were rusted and swollen so it was hard to get them out of the brakes. I guess there is a down side to riding all the time :-)