{"id":82100,"date":"2008-06-06T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T10:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=82100"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:20","slug":"frame-bearings-check-early-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20080606\/everyday-events\/frame-bearings-check-early-better","title":{"rendered":"Frame bearings: why checking them early is a good idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-997593742\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_55359788_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_55359788_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_55359788_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The lack of grease on new bikes is truly remarkable\u2605<br \/>\nThe tightness is often excessive too.<br \/>\nWhile they&#8217;re still new, cleaning, lubrication, and adjustment will do the trick\uff5e<br \/>\nThe upper and lower frame bearings have almost no grease on them . . .<br \/>\nAnd the lower side is already rusting\u2605<br \/>\nOh boy, what a hassle\uff5e<br \/>\nWe replaced the bearings, so now it&#8217;ll handle smoothly\uff5e<br \/>\nPokidam<br \/>\nOops\u2014I forgot to photograph how dark the fork oil was . . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The lack of grease on new bikes is truly remarkable\u2605 The tightness is often excessive too. While they&#8217;re still new, cleaning, lubrication, and adjustment will do the trick\uff5e The upper and lower frame bearings have almost no grease on them . . . And the lower side is already rusting\u2605 Oh boy, what a hassle\uff5e We replaced the bearings, so now it&#8217;ll handle smoothly\uff5e Pokidam Oops\u2014I forgot to photograph how dark the fork oil was . . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-82100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}