Originally Posted by
1987cp
Did you do a lot of polishing on individual components, or was the bike just in very decent cosmetic shape when you got it?
Thankfully the bike had a lot of grease/oil buildup on it so there was very little rust. Everything was taken completely apart, short of removing the headset races. I cleaned all the componenets with Simple Green and hand polished them with Blue Magic. I used #0000 steel wool on the spokes and Simple Green was all the wheels and hubs needed. I used kerosene to clean the freewheel and bearings before reassembly. Polishing the Jim Blackburn rack really brought it back to life.