Originally Posted by
Jdunsterville
This is great advice thanks. Any recommendations / favorite places to pickup new clamps and cable housing? There's a local bike shop down the street from me, but not sure if this is something I should order instead. (Sorry still new to all of this) I also found a small spot of rust under the top tube. Any recommendations for treating that?
p.s. I just took a bunch of pictures (now that I have the bike in my possession) so I'll upload those and link them here in a few.
Your original clamps would have been Simplex or Huret, and those are quite pricey these days, but here's some on ebay, generic, for $19.99.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BICYCLE-OLD...IAAOxy0rZRFgWb
My local bike shop has rolls of white Jagwire brake cable housing, and I just buy enough to do one bike at a time. Seems like it's about 10 bucks for 10 feet. The housing has the Jagwire logo stamped on it, which I don't care for, so I just take a bit of steel wool and wipe off the logo. If you go to your LBS, maybe you can see if they have the toptube brake cable clips while you're at it.
For the rust spot, I use white vinegar. Just wrap the tube with a paper towel soaked in the vinegar, and maybe overwrap it with some plastic wrap, leave it overnight, and then it should just wipe off. Scuff the rusted area a little, then If the paint isn't too bad, just coat the spot with some fingernail polish.