[CR]Re: CR Replating

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From: "Gilbert Anderson" <cyclestore@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:38:24 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: CR Replating

Hello Steve,

I have tried several high end Harley Platers and been turned away as they have had repeated problems with small bicycle parts that held residual fluids that contaminated their tanks.

Too much pain for them. Go away bicycle boy.

Yours in Cycling,

Gilbert Anderson

North Road Bicycle Company 519 W North St Raleigh, NC 27603 USA toll free: 800-321-5511 local: 919-828-8999

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e-mail: cyclestore@aol.com On Aug 30, 2005, at 11:15 AM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> The simple fact, however, is that things are replated all the
> time--motorcycle parts, car parts, household items, and so on--and I've
> never heard this kind of concern applied to them. Corrosion after
> replating does happen, of course, but is caused by inadequate cleaning,
> not some kind of "reactivation," whatever that might be.
>
> Steve Maas
> Dublin, Ireland