>I have also
> noticeed after over 30
> years in the bike painting business, that internal
> rust is normally not
> a problem.
Ah, the trials and tribulations of living in the harsh harsh environment of southern california. :)
When I was in boston I used to buy and sell cheap crappy bikes out of my dorm room and saw 2 or 3 frames with rusted out seat tubes (one of which i discovered after I spent 20 buck on it, killing my profits for a month or two...) It was over 10 years ago, and I knew a lot less about bikes then, so they could have been broken st bikes that rusted afterwards, but I think they were too high up the tube for a HAZ type failure.
Later
Tarik
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