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I've never heard of a "rust worm" before, but I suppose the name makes it clear it's rust coming from inside somehow. The paint around the hole is actually really sound, so it must be from inside the tube. Once I get the BB out, I'll try to have a look up the tube. An internet search tells me...

Hi All, I posted a couple of weeks back on my DY Diabolo project I've stripped everything down apart from the cranks and BB (awaiting a loaner on the tools). Everything came apart nicely (thank you teenage me for using lots of grease) and is in surprisingly good nick, apart from... a small...

Gotcha! I’ll stick with these P2s then I think. I always liked the handling of this bike.

Thanks for the tips. I’ll strip the frame down and give it a polish then, that seems to be the consensus here anyway! Out of interest, you mention alternative forks, I think there was a DAve Yates fork, not sure why I got the P2s (probably the DY ones were too pricey). What alternatives are out...

Hi! Thanks for the welcome and the helpful comment. I’ll get it stripped and see how bad the paint actually is under the crud. Those Deore DX levers are great, I think they were retro even when this bike was new. The brakes were pretty nice in their day, but they’re in a bit of a state now...

Here is my owned since new Dave Yates Diabolo, currently in “barn find” condition. Back in 199x, I was too poor to afford fancy components and in effect it started life a a bit of a parts bin build on a nice frame, so I thought after all these years I’d like to rebuild this in a way that does...