I've got the Wasp on the stand to put in a good cartridge BB and get the bike set up for rainy autumn fixed-gear commuting. Either I hadn't noticed when I put in the cup-and-cone BB a year ago, or it has gotten rather worse - but there is some flaking rust within the BB shell that is concerning, or at least it appears to me to be concerning. There may be a small spot where it goes all the way through. I haven't taken the brush to it yet to know for sure, but at first glance - what do you think? I realize that this frame is 71 years old, but being DB 531 its a really great rider and I want to keep it for the long haul. My plan was to someday send it "home" to Mercian in the UK for a full resto and enamel job. Anyway, that's not in the cards just yet.
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Thanks.
Ged