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03-30-16 | 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Drillium Dude

If it were me I'd clean up/prep the chainstay and then put a piece of sticky-backed aluminum tape down after you cut it to size. That would take care of the worst bit. At that point, build it up and ride; that nice Campy crank would look perfectly at home then.

Later on, you can do a resto if you still feel like it.

DD

Quote:

Originally Posted by SJX426

I'm with Jeff on the approach. Build and ride, then decide (BRTD?).

+ 1. The bike is in generally too good a shape to mess with other than the chain stay and that can be fixed.

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