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HI all.
Yes I've gone and done it. the other night in a drunken stooper i bought one of these
I know you all said not too but the voices in my head kept on telling me it would be a good idea.
It arriver this morning and was together in 30 minutes,(after I'd straightened out the front drop outs so I could get the wheel in) and i was straight out. a quick ride down to the road to make sure everything was ok and back home. Took the forks off to see why they felt so notchy and found an extra ball bearing in there (all the spaces in the racers top and bottom were full) Spare? Packed it with graese now all ok.
Headed off for an hour (about 10 miles) and half way in the bottom bracket started making the most awful grinding noise. That'll get stripped down later, don't think the crank arms will hold up to too much abuse either.
Lets hope it holds together long enough for me to get my old Mercian home.
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