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Wards Hawthorne project

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Slow down on this bike my friend...slow down. As FM65 mentions, the patina represents the true value. Think of yourself as a conservator. In terms of the metal components, this is not discussed very much. What is the "best way" to clean metal?. Needs a separate thread some day. Hubs and spokes and all the other plated bits get loaded up with debris and should be cleaned off. How much to remove is debate-able. Not with a badge though. No debate. The other bits, IMO, should be cleaned of all the road debris completely. Perhaps a soft toothbrush and a light solvent would work better and have less potential to scratch than a brass metal brush that I advocated above earlier... These particles contain solvents and metals that are picked up from the road, and continue over time to have destructive qualities that continues to deteriorate the metal over time. I advocate cleaning ALL the debris off of these parts to stop the deterioration for good. Then coat them with linseed-oil(wipe it completely off afterwards!!) the result is true containment of deterioration.... Some will disagree with me I know, and I would like to hear them chime in about it. In the end, most agree do as little as possible. I am a bit horrified you painted the light to be honest, this was hopefully your only mistake here so far...
ya i clear coated mine,probably shouldn,t have,lost value but i do like it

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I rebuilt the rear hub yesterday. My first time with this type of New Departure hub so I watched some YouTube videos. I thought I did everything correctly but after assembling it, I can't tighten it properly. There's a lot of play in the gear. Also, I can spin the gear counterclockwise. Shouldn't that engage the brake and not allow it to spin? Like I said, it's all new to me and I'm hoping I did it correctly. There's a bike store not too far from me that deals a lot in older bikes. He has a Schwinn museum. I'm going to take it there tomorrow along with the bent fork and see what he says.

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i just noticed that this thread has an "Urgent" flag. Does anybody know how to remove that? When I started the thread I didn't specify it was urgent.
 
Did you use tapatalk? Does that to me as well. People get mad at the urgent thing thing but its the softwares fault

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I do use Tapatalk. I'm not seeing it now. It must have been removed.

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It's amazing what you find under all the dirt and grime when you clean, polish and wax it. It's too bad there won't be a big WOW factor when it's done and I give it back to my uncle. He really hadn't seen it in 60+ years except for the 10 minutes it took me to tie it to the back of my car after I got it down from the rafters.
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