To me the oiler ports are an artifact with the advent of better grease and knowledge of tribology. But an interesting question for the list. When was the last oiler port for the headset or BB put on a road bike frame? My '67 Frejus has both.
Joe
> I have recently picked up a Jack Taylor touring bike from the 1960's. In
> cleaning it, I noticed that it has an oiler port on the bottom bracket
> shell, something I have noticed on other bikes, and I believe discussed on
> this list at one time.
>
> Are these functional and worth using? Is there a special connector to the
> fitting or port for putting "oil" (if that's what one uses) into them?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tom
>
> Tom Hayes
> 18585 Munn Road
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023
> hayesbikes@nls.net
> hayes@jcu.edu