[roostafish]

I tore the front wheel off today and gave it all a look. The axle is fine. The wheel bearing on the right side (opposite the disk) seemed to be the one with play, so I knocked it out. Sure enough, it is bad, but the other side seems to be tight, and free moving. I had a set on the bench from before the Idaho qualifier (I knew the bike had a penchant for eating bearings, so I made everything fresh before that race.) and slipped one in. The front end is fine now, no slop. It seems that I may be failing to put it all back together correctly at times when I change tires (which happens often) because I'll go ride and the front end starts to lose it's precision. I'll stop and check, and sure enough, I need to loosen everything up, align and tighten the front end back up. This routine is likely the cause of my failing wheel bearings.