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  • 94 lavadome – is this much rust terminal?
  • achilles3001
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    Hi

    My neglected 1994 kona lavadome is starting to look fairly rusty now (see pic). Would folks say this is (a) nothing to worry about (b) should be treated (c) terminal?

    Cheers
    Ric

    Posted 8 years ago
    robdob
    Free Member

    Can’t see a pic. :-/

    Posted 8 years ago
    achilles3001
    Free Member

    2nd attempt at adding image…

    Posted 8 years ago
    achilles3001
    Free Member

    Please be patient while I persevere…

    Posted 8 years ago
    nuke
    Full Member

    Here you go…

    🙁

    Posted 8 years ago
    nickc
    Full Member

    That’ll polish out

    Posted 8 years ago
    nuke
    Full Member

    That’ll polish out through

    Fixed

    Posted 8 years ago
    achilles3001
    Free Member

    Firstly, thanks for posting the image link – how did you get it to work?

    Secondly, what do you mean by polish out/through exactly?

    Cheers

    Posted 8 years ago
    bigyinn
    Free Member

    Thing is, its not super thin Tange Prestige tubing, so you might be ok for light duties, but the doubts are there.
    Time to retire IMO.

    Posted 8 years ago
    nickc
    Full Member

    Take it to the local spray shop, and they probably be able to blast it for you, then you can see what the metal’s like underneath. If the metal’s pretty thick (as bigyinn suggests), you might get away with it.

    Posted 8 years ago
    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    There looks to be a reasonable amount of debris in the BB. That may be a cause for concern if it’s more than mud.

    Only way to really tell is to strip it back.

    Blasting should show you what you are dealing with.

    Edit … I’d that the beginning of a crack through the rust at the bottom of the ST?

    Posted 8 years ago
    joshvegas
    Free Member

    Shotblast

    Paint

    Ride

    Wouldn’t question that rust for a second.

    Unless you’re doing bad drop offs.

    Posted 8 years ago
    achilles3001
    Free Member

    Thanks for the replies guys. The bikes got sentimental value so I’ll look out a local spray shop for blasting.

    #letmetalktomark : yes the bottom bracket was what worried me too – there’s a fair amount of rust dust there. I’m guessing that might imply there’s internal rust or that it’s gone all the way through somewhere.

    Posted 8 years ago
    robdob
    Free Member

    Whereabouts are you in the UK?

    Posted 8 years ago
    emanuel
    Free Member

    careful with the sandblasting, might do more damage than the rust.
    paintstripper and elbow grease.

    Posted 8 years ago
    andyl
    Free Member

    Flappy wheel on a drill? Maybe a small dremel one so you can get into the tight bits.

    Posted 8 years ago
    achilles3001
    Free Member

    Dunbar, near Edinburgh

    Posted 8 years ago
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