Re: [CR] Colnago SUPER. When did the forks get chrome plated?

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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 17:11:49 -0400
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From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Colnago SUPER. When did the forks get chrome plated?


Carlo Carr wrote:
>I owned a small 1972 very much like this one but traded it to Greg Parker for
>a late '70's (?) Super with a chrome plated fork. Characteristics are chrome
>fork, 120 rear spacing, non-Allen brake fitting and one set water bottle
>braze-ons. Any clue when they started chroming the forks?

I dunno when they started, but in general, chrome disappeared in 1974 due to the "energy crisis."

Chroming uses a LOT of electricity, and that became prohibitively expensive in many areas. This was especially true in Britain, because, if memory serves, there was also a big strike in the coal industry about the same time.

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