[CR]fully chromed frames

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:16:45 -0500 (EST)
From: "Emanuel Lowi" <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <MONKEYFOODgSwhlFHmx00002e79@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]fully chromed frames

Gene Balk wrote:


> It is a fully chromed 1971 Schwinn Paramount P14 track bike.
> The chrome is pretty
> gorgeous and the frame is clean and undented. The bike
> apparently just sat
> indoors most of its life. It has the red pinstriping
> around the lugs, for
> which I believe 1971 was the last year. I think that
> looks great.

What are the reasons for and against fully chroming frames?

I note that only occasionally are they encountered, and almost never seen done on new bikes.

What's the good and the bad of it?

Emanuel Lowi (who agrees that jamming two nuts together by overtightening is a baaad - NOT GETO - idea) Montreal, Quebec

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