Rust converters can wreck your paint job. I have one thin walled chrome moly bike that is 26 years old and one that was made in the 1940's. Both have some rust inside but are not in danger of rusting in half by any means. I live in Washington State, on the wet side ! We don't usually use salt on the roads so that helps but we do have quite a bit of rain. Steel naturally forms an oxide coating on its surface to protect the metal underneath it. In fact, there are some steels that are designed to do this that are used in steel bridges etc. Unless you have large flaky rust I wouldn't worry so much providing your riding environment doesn't include salted roads in the winter. If it does then get a titanium or stainless steel frame to ride in those conditions. I'd venture to say that your Rivendell will last 25 years if you ride the beans out of it, install fenders and take reasonable care of it. By that I mean, store it inside, (don't) hose it down to clean it, lube it, wax it, use some touch up paint, watch for exterior rust, disassemble it every couple of years of use when you do major servicing and check it out inside, that kind of thing. Otherwise just use it and in 25 years get a new one.
On Oct 6, 1:54 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.
