Re: [CR]question about anodized parts

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:49:57 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]question about anodized parts
References: <20050822143930.22E4835BEFC@mxo2.broadbandsupport.net> <018b01c5a73a$268ddbe0$a046fea9@domain.invalid>


Tom Hayes wrote:
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> Does anyone know when anodizing of components started? The first that I
> recall being common were the Dura Ace black components, but then I wasn't
> paying that much attention in those days, and probably not paying that much
> attention these days, but more because I can't remember anything now.
>
> I just received a set of wheels with gold anodized Chater Lea hubs, 40-32.
> The gold, I would think, is anachronistic, or an after market or an attempt
> to "modernize" them. I do recall have a set of Pelissier hubs that were
> gold, but they were from the era of the Dura Ace black hubs in the
> seventies.

English bike components were sold with colored anodizing in the late 1930s. Anyone have more info?

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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