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.
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> 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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