In a message dated 4/17/2002 1:31:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dartley@co.ba.md.us writes:
> I'm cleaning up a couple of bikes for the Cirque. Could someone tell me a
> good way to polish up hubs that are still spoked up. All these bike porn
> photos tend to look like the wheels were just built up. I only want to
> respoke a wheel if it needs it. Perfect day for a ride, hot and loving it.
>
Built wheels are pretty tedious to polish. If they're in need of a lot of work it might be better to take them apart. (Like if sandpaper enters your mind as a first step) If just metal polish is in order I use tooth brushes to apply polish, once dry a polishing cloth passed through spokes and worked shoe shine style does pretty good, with a clean brush to get in the nooks and crannies. I'm guessing the ones that look "just built" probably were!
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA