Originally Posted by
shadaboot28
I ride bikes that are 60 or more years old on a regular basis. As you would imagine, bike of this age have rust, much, much more rust than in your pictures, but they are still perfectly safe and ridable. The rust in the pictures you have shown are nothing to worry about what so ever. Just remove the rust with a wire wheel, sander or anti rust gel, then repaint. Or you can just oil it every month or so and the rust will not get any worse. The rust you have is just mere surface rust and has no structural danger at all.
That's what my friend says, the rust doesn't bother him.