ricksavery
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- Location
- Poole, Dorset
I'm sure most of you are out cycling on such a glorious day, but when you get back any advice would be gratefully received 
As some of you may know I am rebuilding my old bike on a Surly Long Haul Trucker frame and fitting the old (quite new actually) bottom bracket. It is a square taper variety and sits in the shell rather than outside it (hope that makes sense). The problem is that on my old frame the edges of the BB shell were painted so few, if any, rust problems.
On the new frame, the edges are bare metal and the cones of the bottom bracket do not cover it, at least not completely.
I thought of either putting a coat of varnish on the edges or getting some sort of rubber seal on the outside (don't know if one exists).
I would appreciate any thoughts on these two options or, indeed, any others.
As always, thanks for your help
Rick
As some of you may know I am rebuilding my old bike on a Surly Long Haul Trucker frame and fitting the old (quite new actually) bottom bracket. It is a square taper variety and sits in the shell rather than outside it (hope that makes sense). The problem is that on my old frame the edges of the BB shell were painted so few, if any, rust problems.
On the new frame, the edges are bare metal and the cones of the bottom bracket do not cover it, at least not completely.
I thought of either putting a coat of varnish on the edges or getting some sort of rubber seal on the outside (don't know if one exists).
I would appreciate any thoughts on these two options or, indeed, any others.
As always, thanks for your help
Rick
