Someone who will be visiting the Outer Banks with his vintage bikes is posting here on C&V for folks with whom to ride. I suggested that bringing his vintage bikes to the beach is a bad idea, but he said they are to ride. The little specks of rust in my Cooper's paint were what freaked me out and led to the repaint. I wish I had kept the bike in the house proper rather than the basement/garage, because the paint was in great condition other than the surface specks of rust. I treated the interior of the frame with Framesaver after the repaint.