Old bike and too many rides in the rain without mudguards equals water ingress and a crunchy headset.
Knocked the cups out and the bearings aren't even the sealed type as you can see a cage, vernier caliper reads 28.6mm on the folk tube and 43.9mm in the frame so seems a standard size, some places list them as 1-1/8 threadless 44mm zero stack.
Banged some grease in for now but should be able to replace them with a kit - cups, sealed bearings etc as long as I can get the crown ring off my folks.
Gets to the stage where you'd be better off just getting a new bike.
#bikestr #fixstr🚴
Knocked the cups out and the bearings aren't even the sealed type as you can see a cage, vernier caliper reads 28.6mm on the folk tube and 43.9mm in the frame so seems a standard size, some places list them as 1-1/8 threadless 44mm zero stack.
Banged some grease in for now but should be able to replace them with a kit - cups, sealed bearings etc as long as I can get the crown ring off my folks.
Gets to the stage where you'd be better off just getting a new bike.
#bikestr #fixstr🚴