Spider man.Yeah,those folks posting the ads must be fairly well healed to want to pay $100 to rent one bike for 3-4 days.You figure you can get a runner from Plan B for $30-50?Heck you can get a spanking new multispeed bike from W Mart-K mart-Sports Authority for well under $100 now.With a little bit of adjusting the brakes on those new cheapo bikes are much better than state of the art circa 1980
Speaking of Plan B-I need some old style cage type pedals-I should get over there soon.Mardi Gras weekend is probably the wrong time.
Boy,I do wish I had scooped up(I have a pickup) some of the hundreds of bikes that were tossed to the curb post flood.Tires-tubes might have been a problem-hard to get a set for under $20 or so.Seats would probably have been moldy smelling junk-figure another $10.Once you start adding it is clear that it would be hard to rehab for under $40.With new bikes costing ~$60.Guess it was just as well that I didn't bring them home.I think you saw my backyard-3-5 motorcycles-camper top-gas cans-lotta other junk.It is approaching Tobacco road-Redneck heaven as it is.Still-I wish I had selectively rescued a few.

John E and Spiderman thanks for the 115mm info, Thanks.Charlie
PS The citric acid does a good job on rust,but my wrapping the frame with rags wasn't one of my better ideas.Etched the bare metal-gave it a sorta snakeskin appearance.Kinda cool if that was my intent-.Took an 40 minutes of sanding to remove the etching.A full dip it the way to go on a frame.You could probably etch your name or a simple design pretty easily.