I took a buffer to these brass wing bolts and shined them up a bit. Not much though, given the surface finish, but they catch the light a little more now.
BTW these work really well for rack bolts, back there under the seat where there's not a lot of room for a tool ( I removed the pump that's usually back there in the way for the picture). On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 8:19:15 PM UTC-6 Ted Durant wrote: > On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 7:01:14 PM UTC-5 John Rinker wrote: > > I decided to remove the stock coating on the Shimano mounts and ended up > with some very shiny new mounts. > > > Reminds me of the SunTour BarCons on Grant's Pal Jeff's bike. As some of > you might recall, Pal Jeff is an ironworker. The palms of his hands could > probably smooth off the edges of a brick. His Riv had mustache bars with > BarCons on the end, and they were the shiniest bits of aluminum I've ever > seen on a bike. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/04ae867e-7655-4f2b-8d11-973425cbd263n%40googlegroups.com.
