Originally Posted by
jonwvara
But maybe I just don't get out enough.
Jobst Brandt, I think, also dismissed that concern out of hand. He was better at being dogmatic than I am, though.
...maybe you don't. As for Mr Brandt (always a man of strong opinion
), I think it of little to argue with the deceased. Probably of little value to argue with the living, but at least there they can respond and defend themselves.
I have bikes that I know the original owner is somewhere in the realm of the dead, along with Mr Brandt. When I am so departed, they will still be rolling around somewhere, because just too nice not to be. I have restored a bicycle that looked like it was kept indoors (on the outside, anyway...no fading on the paint, no obvious corrosion to the exterior.)
The interior was quite heavily rusted, and it was one I filled with Evapo-rust, because I could deduce no other way to salvage it. I have little idea of the history, but presume it came from long time storage (the guy I bought it from met me at his storage locker), probably in a marine environment. It appeared to be little ridden based on component wear. But that's speculation.
Maybe it was stored underwater, for all I know.