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Spring Cleaning - How bad is your bike?
Here's my lower headset bearing which was completely seized. It has been like this for at least a month but I finally got around to ordering new cartridges and swapping them out (did the top at the same time).
It was so bad that I couldn't turn the bars. So, now that we're out of winter (nearly), what spring cleaning (of your bike/kit) are you doing?
Photo evidence, please. A road.cc T-shirt to those of you that can 'beat' my seized headset.
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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I changed the oil on my Rohloff for the first time, on 1st March, going to try and remember the date. It was surprisingly easy.
After a bit of reading I discovered that I'm meant to clean and regrease the external gearbox after 500 km (maybe miles) which is a bit shorter than I might desire. Not a difficult task mind, but annoyingly more than the fit and generally forget system I thought I was buying.