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Any chance of some advice on my bike...
I've installed some NOS forks along with a new headset (a Tange 1″, tube reamed and faced and cups installed professionally) and put more lube on the bearings than Michael Barrymore gets through in a whole season of pool parties but the thing still feels rough as (lots of force to move the bars, they stay exactly where you put them with no inclination to roll when the bike is lent either way). Any ideas?
The bearings are still in the cages (I know this isn't great long term but just assembling it in the flat it shouldn't cause any problems) but they just don't seem to turn. Even when I dry installed the thing to work out steerer tube lengths it didn't feel right. Do I just scrap the bearings and start afresh?
I've tried loosening the thing right up to the point where there is next to zero pressure on the bearings but it makes no difference at all.