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Meanwhile I was/am having a blast with the maintenance of my girlfriend's Diamondback Apex. I will have to make a few new shots, as it has 26x1.5" slick tyres now, and different seat and cockpit.
I knew back in November that the BB's fixed cup was stuck, then the bike spent half the winter outside on the balcony due to lack of space. Now I gave it another go, knowing I had zero chance of getting it out.
I have a Park Tool HCW-4, needless to say it didn't quite hit the mark, so instead I used my trusty, huge ass adjustable wrench. Took it about 5 seconds to break loose.
So I went ahead and said to myself, hey, let's just buy a cartridge BB. Of course I didn't measure the BB shell, because it's a Diamondback and all, it should have standard BSA threading, what can possibly go wrong?
Well of course it's bloody 73mm wide, so I've thrown some money and time out of the window, but hey, it's life.
Thankfully I have found some new 1/4" ball bearings in my stash, so I could just repack the stock BB, which is actually a quite nice Tange model. The cups are a bit pitted, but it can run another season.
Next step is snatching a set of cheap dropout alignment tools, because somehow the left got bent a bit and now the wheel is not sitting straight.
Oh, and I sold the Minerva, it's just too nice to be my lock-up bike, I have no space and I'm never ever letting the Marin go.
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