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Re: Re: Firstly, I generally consider a taper needle roller bearing as consisting of a cage containing the needle rollers & an inner & an outer race. While I'd prefer to buy just the two sets of those in order to save money, & hopefully be able to upgrade to a better quality bearing...

The trouble is I got the taper roller upgrade over a dozen years ago. The shop I bought it from is now closed, & the bearing manufacturer are apparently too ashamed to even stamp their name on their product -sigh! The trouble with most bearing stockists is they're lazy, & expect me to supply a...

Hi, I'm trying to find where I can get some replacement taper needle roller bearing sets for a 1993 Trek 820 "Antelope" which comes with a 1" threaded steering tube. I'm only after the bearijg cage & races. & would prefer to upgrade to a better quality bearing without having to buy the...

JL - Thanks for that, I 'll bear it in mind. Having upgraded from cantis ( & though I'd improved them with thicker wires & softer brake blocks, @ the end you can only do so much with them ), with the HS33s, @ the moment I've got Koolstop reds in the front & Magura greys in the back, I'm still...

JL- At least someone out there, somewhere knows what they're doing? :)

Well, I feel a complete dork for not spotting that one ! :oops: But, having now done that, it's cured the problem. So, thanks for sorting me out - much appreciated ! :D :)

Hi! I picked up a set of Magura HS33 brakes ( front & rear, with black calipers) off ebay, in order to uprate my first MTB, a Trek 820 ( & while I'd fitted better tyres & dirt gearing, the benefits I got from that were lost with the brakes never really being up to it, not matter what different...