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    1981 Dawes Galaxy - rusted frame! Guidance needed

    Managed to get round to stripping everything off and tackling some of the rust. It goes deeper than any rust I have seen on projects before. In the picture attached there are dark areas (slightly pitted also?) where although the rust has gone it is not a shiny steel. Do I still need to remove...
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    1981 Dawes Galaxy - rusted frame! Guidance needed

    Hmm will have a closer look at the forks tomorrow, wheel came out fine so hopefully just the angle of the picture Gonna take everything off the frame and have a closer look at the rust after some scrubbing and take it from there. Hopefully everything turns out nice and easy Thanks for the...
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    1981 Dawes Galaxy - rusted frame! Guidance needed

    Hello this is my first post on retro bike so do bare with if I seem a bit foreign! I acquired a 1981 Dawes Galaxy bike (see attached photos) last week and have found a decent amount of rust especially around the BB shell area. The previous owner had it resprayed 10 years ago and I am fairly...
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