Curt Goodrich wrote:
> You cannot braze chromed parts without serious risk.
That part is true, if we understand it to mean "you cannot braze on the
chromed part of a chromed part". If a part is plated at one end, you can
certainly braze the other end
> Bikes are always chromed after the frame is built.
Not strictly true - I've built frames where the rear triangles (S-stay/Dropout/C-stay subassemblies) were sent out to be chromed, then made into a frame. This way has some nice advantages, including that the rears are so much easier to polish and plate without being part of a frame. It does mean the front-most part of the c-stay and the top part of the s-stay (from brake bridge up) can't be chromed.
Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA