I do hope this is the correct forum for this question. Recently unpacked my Motobecane from its boat trip across the Pacific. Reassembled it and took it to a local Tokyo bike shop for air and a check to make sure I reassembled it correctly. I did. So,

I'm lookin' at the bike while he's lookin' at it and I'm thinkin' those wheels & spokes are really grundgy after 37 years. I was thinkin' that I might want to have the rims re-spoked with stainless spokes and while the wheels were disassembled I'd buff the heck outta the rims and the hubs. You remember the wide flange aluminum hubs....real nice.

I'm not looking to sell the bike, so I don't mind changing the spokes from the originals...but maybe I shouldn't...but they are crummy and I'm not sure what to do about them. And here in this apt, I don't have access to a shop area so anything I do must be safe. And too, there's my wife and the Cat. Ideas, suggestions please.