[CR] CR] mixing chrome stems with alloy bars

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From: <Carb7008@cs.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 01:09:42 -0400
To: <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] CR] mixing chrome stems with alloy bars


Kevin,

I personally wouldn't worry about it and I never heard this as an issue. There are many, many places on a bike where Al and chromed steel are in constant contact with no apparent ill-effects. Now if you leave bike in the wet or store in the channel, I'd bet electrolysis could become an issue. If you insist on being concerned, perhaps a light coat of grease or friction-tape at contact point may minimize reaction but then bar slippage could be a greater problem.

Jack Romans
Sacramento, California