Originally Posted by
rustystrings61
Iespecially when I removed all the adhesive residue with some citrus cleanser.
Sounds like you used some serious citrus on the Sirrus.
Originally Posted by
rustystrings61
I was free to discover the nastiest, gooiest, most glue-like "lubricant" I've ever encountered. It felt for all the world like some freakish blend of contact cement and aliphatic resin wood glue.
The previous owner of your bike must have visited the same shop as the previous owner of @
gugie 's Raleigh. I saw the stuff (which he described as "
not quite fully cured epoxy") this weekend. I was afraid to touch it.
BTW, I'm not sure if I've posted this here, but when it comes time to clean up those brake hoods, don't miss my thread on how I did it in a previous restoration:
Extreme Brake Lever Hood Repair