Originally Posted by
shaani.sineani
thank you all for your feedback, and for clarification about lo/hi flange... looks like i gotta go back to study old sheldon's

btw, i think im going with high flange.
yeah, im quite the tinkerer myself, i always like some grease on my hands... might consider loose bearings. but which models? i honestly dont know how to tell them apart (although i've set up countless old loose ball bearings in the past)
so... up for the novatecs and miches... also ty for the all city. it IS interesting, though it looks quite unaccessible from here in europe, isn't it?
You probably can get All City in Europe through QBP. In the U.S. QBP is common amongst many many shops but I don't know how it is in Europe but I assume probably most reasonably sized shops will have an account.