I had another sarcasm-laden post all typed up, but decided I don't feel like carrying this on.

I think you misunderstood what my intentions for the bike were. I'm not going to steel wool any of the chrome, just the corroded paint chipped areas. And the only components I wanted to replace were the shifters, because I wanted it to be closer to the original setup.

Please stop assuming you know that I'm going to f*** up the bike.