I don't think you need to be overly concerned about a little bit of oxidation. That's pretty normal. Do you live in a particularly moist environment? I would pull the BB once a year and check things out.
My daughter is still riding her brothers first racing bike - a nice Bianchi purchased in 1984. Many years ago, while overhauling the bike for her, I saw what looked like lots of rust in the bb shell and encouraged her to buy a new frame. Well, it's still going strong in rainy Vermont. Michael On Oct 6, 4:54 pm, Dlbracey <dlbra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been reading and enjoying the posts here for a long while, but I > haven't done much posting up until this point. I just received my > first Riv bike (used AHH, early Waterford frame) and I'm very excited, > but I'm also a very fastidious person, perhaps to a fault. I stripped > all the parts off the frame last night and thoroughly inspected/ > cleaned the frame. Besides a couple of small paint chips, I noticed a > couple of things that concerned me - there appears to be light surface > rust inside the tubes, visible primarily from the bottom bracket and > the threads of some of the rack braze ons show some rust. Should I be > concerned with this? Is there anything to do to stop the rusting? > > My understanding is that framesaver won't help at this point. I've > read about some rust converter options, but I'm not sure I want to go > that route if it isn't necessary. > > Also, I contacted Waterford today and was able to order what they > claim will be the proper touch up paint for my frame, I'm a bit > skeptical of it being a match considering the variations in AHH colors > that I've seen, but I'll report back when I have it. > > Any help with the rust question would be much appreciated. > > Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
