Re: [CR]Before Frame Saver....

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:34:48 -0500
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Before Frame Saver....
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At 07:14 PM 11/7/06 -0700, cmontgomery wrote:
>Now that I'm thinking of it.....while thumbing thru that wonderful little
>book Jan imported, Lightweight Cycles Catalogues, many companies mentioned
>that they "bonderized" their frames for rustproofedness. What is it?

It was a phosphate coating applied to the frame that inhibited corrosion and improved paint adhesion.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada