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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
