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Originally Posted by ctjohna
These pictures are 'as found' (see the dump finds thread). I'm working on a Ross Europa 3speed (side-of-the-road discard) right now (the fork, chainguard, and fenders are in my living room!). I'll be assembling it over the next few days. I have a couple of bikes in front of the Armstrong and LTD-3, but i'm looking forward to the clean-up and tune-up of these two bikes.

Hints and suggestions gladly accepted!
For starters, there are some excellent threads on removing rust and polishing chrome:

http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...ht=oxalic+acid

http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...ht=oxalic+acid

http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...ht=oxalic+acid

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