John Thompson wrote:
> I've always been a fan of the Stronglight roller-bearing headsets, and
> 20 years ago when I built up my present commuter bike I put an A9 on and
> decided to see how it would fare without any maintenance. Today, 20
> years later, I opened it up to take a look at the bearing races. You can
> see the results here:
>
> http://www.os2.dhs.org/
>
> All in all, I think it came out quite well. You can see a little bit of
> fretting damage on the lower race from the bottom set, but the rest of
> it looks perfectly fine. When I reassemble, I'll switch the upper and
> lower race sets and hope to get another 20 years of service out of it!
>
Those races are still available as replacement parts, along with the bearings.
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Peter Jon White
Peter White Cycles
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Hillsborough, NH 03244
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