Sweet you saved my day, i was soooo worried about it, how much are linkage bearings? Are they hard to replace? Do you know a website that shows how to do it, or does the manual?matt poker said:I have the same bike, and the exact same thing happened to me a few weeks back. It was the linkage bearings. If they're seized that bad, you should replace them, although you could probably get away with just greasing them.