Looking to rebuild the lovely Carrera frame that @wicket off here kindly gifted me. It has a u-brake. I hear these are a bit rubbish. Would the stanchions take a v-brake replacement?
It's just a boggo 1 1/8 headset, will most likely have generic caged bearings. If you are having to tighten it that maybe suggests the cups aren't in the frame straight (so it has tight-loose areas on it's rotation.
Nothing bikey but the mice ate through all my fishing gear when I was a kid to find remnants of hemp seed and other bait.
I can only assume you and your wife have cheesy feet. Sorry.