Don't get so touchy, you said you had a new steel frame... and I said "IF you've just spent...." A lot of steel framed bikes nowdays are expensive, most of the budget frames are aluminum and are made offshore.

Your LBS can probably order some Boeshield T-9 or Trek dealers can get you Framesaver.

You can also order it from:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,43415,43440

or from:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...60023?v=glance

I have used the T-9. It's easy to spray into all the spots and I think it works well, but time will tell. The whole rust thing is for most people a bit of a red herring because bikes in most places are just not going to rust very much if you keep some paint on them. I rode a bike for 10 years in Vancouver and through that many winter monsoons and my bike, a steel framed Nishiki 12-speed, never got more than a few spots inside (at least were I could see inside ie. inside the seat tube).

A consideration is that some of the stuff being suggested, ie. linseed oil, may be hard to get the excess out of seatstays and chain stays of some bikes. You could end up adding ounces of weight to your bike.