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Greetings Depending on what brakes you are using. The important distance is the length of the bearing surface not the overall length of the studs. Also use some blue locktite on the stud threads if you are concerned about them loosening. Hope this helps. Cheers

Your Teflon grease is IMHO one of the best for bearings. Cheers

Greetings Had a set lingering in the shed for years, and recently used them for a new build. Flush them with GT-85 or such, and then occasionally use a drop of wet chain lube at the lever base where it's attached to the mount and they will work a treat. Regards Carl in Florida

IMHO Shimano IG chains shift the best, and are long lasting, however use a SRAM or KMC master link instead of the Shimano supplied pin.

Greetings Aztecs are generally good when new, however Cool-Stops are good stopping brake shoes as well. Regards

Clearly Aluminium/ Taiwan build, mid 90's

Tange Switchblades!!!!

In a word; yes! However stay with 7-8 width chain.

Remove the axle spacer from the non drive side and install it on the freehub side and then redish the wheel. You may have to purchase different thickness axle spacers to get it perfect(135mm locknut to locknut). While you have the axle out you can repack the bearings. Regards

Ditto on that, hydro's on a bike are overkill; properly set-up and adjusted mechanicals are great and no bleeding and/or fluid changes required!!!

Remove the left(non chainwheel side) first. If you're not using the BB again, you can bodge it out with a punch(right hand threads) remove the lock ring and then the cup, pull the axle out with the bearings. Then on the right(chainwheel) side(left hand threads) will likely be more difficult...

Greetings You are right, I now live in Ocala Florida and since it's north central there are some minor hills but mostly flat, and also right on the ring size; 44t. Thanks for the kind response Regards

Greetings; Purchased this Romic(built in Houston Texas) as frameset, added and changed components over the years, it now has a mix of early Dura-Ace and Zeus with 3ttt and Cinelli stem and bars. Had it with me in Germany 1976-1994 while with the Forces and did some racing and touring. It's...

Use an inexpensive model from KMC or SRAM that fits your gears and replace twice a year. All drive chains wear and begin to wear your rear cluster, so to slow down the gear wear replace clean, lube and replace your chain often.

Greetings: Recently I completed my new Soma 'Groove' build with an eclectic mix of modern budget components combined with upscale retro parts. Everytime I see a Soma frame I'm amazed at their quality. I've been a part-time bike mechanic since 1973 and in my honest opinion the Prestige...

Greetings; I've had the same problem with my new Soma 'Groove' and a new (FREE) SunTour fork. After much net searching, the shortest stack height I've found is a 26mm FSA TH-857, currently $25.00 here in the Colonies and I'ts not a bad headset. I can't help with the stem as I'm using my...

Remove one ball and try again with plenty of grease. Cheers

Replace them both, they're not expensive. I've always cleaned and used some moly grease on the bushings when doing my yearly overhaul.

I no longer have any in the shop and there may be more versions currrently available. Get the permanent version that's really not permanent if a heat gun is used before disassembly. Make certain the excess is removed after assembly. Cheers

Try Locktite Red, It's worked well for me on many such jobs.