mpwong
05-12-2009, 09:54 PM
I ride a 1998 Serotta CSI and had the downtube replaced by Serotta in 2002 because of an unfortunate encounter with high winds and a broken Yakima wheel strap.
The bike was perfectly repaired and repainted to its maintained glory.
However, every few years, I get a squeeky sound eminating from the bottom bracket area. In 2005, I removed the cartridge bottom bracket only to find flakes of iron oxide (rust) inside the bottom bracket shell. A good teaspoon. I removed it, cleaned up the area with WD-40 and didn't really understand what had happened, only that the squeeking had stopped. All was fine until this past spring when the sound returned as well as the copious amount of iron oxide flakes.
I live in California, and used to ride year round until about 2001. I have only ridden the bike in the rain once (two weeks ago) since the down tube replacement.
I believe that JP Weigle Frame Saver is applied at Serotta after their rework on steel bikes, but I always viewed that as unnecessary in the relatively mild climate out here on the west coast. It doesn't seem as if the bike has stopped oxidizing, however.
What are my options at this point?
Thanks ahead of time for reading and I look forward to the input from this forum.
Michael P. Wong
The bike was perfectly repaired and repainted to its maintained glory.
However, every few years, I get a squeeky sound eminating from the bottom bracket area. In 2005, I removed the cartridge bottom bracket only to find flakes of iron oxide (rust) inside the bottom bracket shell. A good teaspoon. I removed it, cleaned up the area with WD-40 and didn't really understand what had happened, only that the squeeking had stopped. All was fine until this past spring when the sound returned as well as the copious amount of iron oxide flakes.
I live in California, and used to ride year round until about 2001. I have only ridden the bike in the rain once (two weeks ago) since the down tube replacement.
I believe that JP Weigle Frame Saver is applied at Serotta after their rework on steel bikes, but I always viewed that as unnecessary in the relatively mild climate out here on the west coast. It doesn't seem as if the bike has stopped oxidizing, however.
What are my options at this point?
Thanks ahead of time for reading and I look forward to the input from this forum.
Michael P. Wong