Absolutely correct David. The chrome is gone and the nickel plate is being polished now. The nickel won't stay bright for long between polishings either. And you're correct again; the nickel has a very distinct yellow cast to it.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
David Bilenkey wrote:
>
> I'd guess that the chrome has been worn off (or was never chrome plated) and
> what you've got left is the nickel plate. My chrome '65 Frejus is the same
> around the BB shell, you can polish quite continuously and come away with a
> black cloth. The nickel plating is more yellow than chrome. Is there a
> difference in the colour of the lower fork vs. the crown?
>
> David
> --
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
> > Pete Geurds
> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:03 PM
> > To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR]Yet another chrome question - Raleigh Pro
> >
> >
> > This is a bit different.
> > The chrome on my 74 Raleigh Professional seems to dull over
> > time. The lower fork and rear triangle looks a lot like dull
> > aluminum. The puzzler (for me) is that when I polished it
> > with "Blue Magic" metal
> > polish it cleaned up pretty nicely and the rag was very
> > black. This would make sense if it were aluminum I was
> > polishing. Note there is no rust, no pits, no flaking or
> > peeling at all.
> > The fork crown doesn't have this problem.
> > Any ideas on why the chrome would do this?
> >
> > Pete Geurds
> > Douglassville, Pa