It was really amazing at first to see how quickly surface rust begins to form on the raw Columbus tubing.
Steel frames look like this toward the end of the builds. Rory over at delicious will media blast, dip, prime, paint, clear, wet sand and finally clear to complete his end of the process.
I only use stainless steel for my cable guides and brake bridges. It's clear as to why once you look over these photos. The aforementioned areas will at some point in this frames life be subject to the elements.
All of the "gold" your seeing in these shots is actually 56% silver. I use the 56% to braze my frames together with the exception of the rear drop outs which are brazed using a brass composition from Henry James in California.
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