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Old 05-20-26 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by neil0502
WOO-HOO!

I'm guessing that the bulk of the time I spent refurbing an older bike ends up being spent on polishing the metal -- even more than the time I spend detailing the frame.

And the payoff for me? When I'm riding with my wife, and she's on one of the bikes that I've refurbished ... I basically get to marvel at the bright work -- whether on a sunny day or with heavy cloud cover.

It's a lot of work, but I like the ROI.

Nice job!
Tx, yeah some nasty stuff just won't come off without a lot of effort which is getting to be too much effort for me, these may be the last ones I do, always had plenty of elbow grease and stubbornness in reserve, not so much anymore.

The challenges are becoming ever more so.

I'm gonna hook a brass brush up to a Sonicare and see what happens.

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