I got my Swindler yesterday , put it together this morning after my neighborhood ride.
Pull everything apart far enough to add some fresh grease into the bearings and adjust everything.
Everything went ok until I got finished and found two pretty good size ball bearings that fell out during reassembly . I don’t remember any loose ball bearings except in the front wheel and they were half this size .
From their size , I would say bottom bracket . They fell from chain guard area .
I only pulled the bottom bracket apart enough to see the bearing and I would swear they were in races .
The bike is ok , big enough for me , but definitely feels cheap . I think a new stem and bars would go a long way in making it a better bike . The Springer front end actually works .
I left the fenders off . The rear one had a small dent and they were rattling before I got the bike to got together.
I think it looks better without them . The wheels need to be trued . I need to learn how to do that .
