Rust Never Sleeps

[Rage]

Now that everyone is getting hooked up with that dope new frame material, I figured it's past due for a reminder that "Steel is Real....Rusty". The need to protect the inside of a steel frame was fairly common knowledge 15 years ago, but the affair with aluminum has fogged that memory. A good winter project for your new steel frame is to tear-down and apply some J.P. Weigle Framesaver.

What Surly sez:
Apply Rust Inhibitor To The Insides Of The Tubes
The outside of your frame is covered with a tough coat of paint. Even when you get dings in the paint, rust never gets too far because the surface has a chance to dry, so you don’t really even need to touch up scratches (of course, if you leave it outside under a tarp, it’s going to rust more than if you get it out and ride it). The inside of the frame tubes, however, are a rust breeding environment. Water gets inside your frame. It does. It can seep into the smallest places, like down your seat tube as water sprays up from your wheel. (Check out the rest of their steel frame advice here.)

Here's some additional information, one from Renaissance Bikes who know a thing or two about steel, and the mtbr Review for Framesaver - check out those dates!

Rg.

[Chief Illiniwek]

Thanks Rage!

JB