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Old 05-04-23 | 08:16 PM
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Rusty wheels!

I don't know the best way to deal with this. I had a kids Trek MT200 that was my daughter's from 10 years ago that I gave to my GF for her daughter. It was in fine condition last fall when I brought it to her, she stored it in the garage, just like the other bikes, but this one looks like it was stored in the ocean. This has rust everywhere, even the paint and tires have hard white corrosion on top of it. I've never seen anything like it.

I think I can deal with most of it but I really don't like the level of corrosion on the spokes. I could rebuild the wheels with new spokes but could also scrub them... then there's the trust issue the spokes won't break. Might be faster to rebuild. I'm open to suggestions here on what you'd do. Funny I thought all spokes were stainless - except for CF of course.



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