I agree. I am using a touch of wd40 for that at the moment applied with a cloth anywhere sensitive like brakes so none gets where it shouldn't. The vaguest smear of oil regularly applied will keep the bike smart. That rusty brake or gear cable along the top tube implies more than a little humidity. Maybe it was used on winter tests when there was salt on the roads - though how it would get up on the brake cable, I can't imagine. That bike has been left well wet more than once or twice before you got it, I'd say.



I clean and inspect my bikes after every hundred miles or there abouts, check tyre pressure and lube the chain. If I see anything that needs a touch of oil, or an adjustment, I give it one. It's well worth it. I don't want my bikes letting me down. I also check crank securing bolts and on the non supended bike I check out the frame welds. It doesn't take long and is very relaxing work if you can call it work at all.