Raleigh's chrome seems to be the most durable to me. It can be covered with rust and I can usually clean it with Simichrome. French and Japanese chrome seems worst. Don' know the Italia bikes that well. Why is some chrome so durable and restorable and other not? Is it the thickness of the chrome, or the electrolysis used to bond it to the metal, or what? I believe Raleigh used some unique, or at least not widely used process for chroming.
Don Wilson Los Olivos, CA
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