Dirk, > On another mailing list there was some talk about using sintered bronse > bushings. I would like to launche this question. Does anybody think that > it could work with just this? No ball bearings at all? And if so why > isn't the bicycle industry using it for the steering axle? This is a very interesting idea. I am even thinking of a Nylon bushing for the steering pivot. Hope to hear from long time experiences soon. My BB pivot runs until now smothly for 8000 km. But I had to re-adjust it after the first 100 km (the same with Peter's BB pivot). Jürgen. ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org Listmaster: Juergen Mages jmages@xxxxxx ============================================================