I own a wwII U.S. made Monark Silver King single speed with 26 by 1& 3/8
rims and black New Departure hubs. These hubs are rare but do turn up from
time to time. Also of note: the tires are of an inferior war compound and
say war tire on the side wall.
GIAN IN L.A.
>From: Monkeyman <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]WWII blackened parts
>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:57:05 -0700
>
>I'm looking for any information about parts that were painted black during
>WWII. The only parts I've seen "blackened" were from England. I know of
>two reasons for doing this; one was so the planes and bombers couldn't see
>you and the other was that chrome was being used for the war effort. I've
>always found this blackening to be more beautiful than the chrome and rue
>the day I sold my Raleigh that was totally blacked out. I do still have a
>blackened S-A hub left at my folk's house in Idaho. Did anyone else but
>the British do this? How rare is this stuff? Is it worth more than
>standard parts?
>
>thanks,
>Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>
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