Well, we're all done for now. Abarth was lovely, and turned down the turkey (!). I'm not sure if he uses his real name here, so I'm keeping his celebrity status under wraps for him . The Shogun is completely apart, except for the freewheel (which is an early freehub, I've learned), as he didn't have the Shimano part for that. I'm going to take it down to the LBS and I'm sure they'll take it off for me for free. They're nice that way. We had no problems, except at the headset, where we had to, um, use a screwdriver in one of the slot-thing-ies on the ring-thingy to get it to move. And then the big nut-thingy wouldn't come loose from the fork to release the fork from the frame, so we had to dig out the BF's big adjustable wrench thingy, but that worked.

My BB threads where the left crank goes in are a bit stripped, but Abarth got if free anyway with the BB-wrench-thing and some gentle persuasion, without further stripping. At one point, trying to free something I can no longer remember that required his delicate touch rather than mine, I heard him bemoan the lack of a vise, but he got it.

It's all a bit of a whirl now, and I can hardly remember everything we did. We're going to regroup when I get everything cleaned, and put things back together. I'm still waiting on my saddle and bar tape anyway, as the saddle is backordered at Wiggle and the bar tape is coming from a friend. Abarth thinks this bike will fit me and not the BF, so I'll have to slap some fenders on there and get the Shogun rolling!

There's rust and bare metal on parts of the frame, so I'll have to decide what I want to do there. Abarth suggested mixing up some enamel paint, but I'm more inclined to get the rust off and then put some sort of clear coat on those spots and leave 'em. I don't mind the patchy look, but I want to keep the frame safe from additional rust damage. Suggestions on how to clean it up beyond lemon Pledge and Meguire's, which I already have at the ready? What should I do with the bare/rusty bits? Abarth mentioned a sanding "pen", which sounds like a good deal for small patches.

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