Both front and rear drop-outs on my bike are cromed on their mating facings. Were they from the factory As this ,were they cromed by the frame fabricator at the time of the building or could they have been cromed afterwards the construction while still on the frame? I believe they are 1010s ,anyway campagnolo for sure and the frame was built around 1968. I would tend to think they got cromed by the frame fabricator as separate parts but then I wonder how they managed to weld (braze) these in places on the forks without seeing their croming affected by the high heath!?
Was the croming purely for the good looks or something else?
thanks Ronald Manseau,Gaspé,QC.