Re: [CR]question about anodized parts

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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:39:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: "sam lingo" <frameteam2003@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]question about anodized parts
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <430A1E53.37016776@earthlink.net>


1950 campy grand sport pivot bolt,oldist part i know--must go back farther--power coating by phillips by 1957. sam lingo,pleasanton tx

Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote: Tom Hayes wrote:
>
> Does anyone know when anodizing of components started? The first that I
> recall being common were the Dura Ace black components, but then I wasn't
> paying that much attention in those days, and probably not paying that much
> attention these days, but more because I can't remember anything now.
>
> I just received a set of wheels with gold anodized Chater Lea hubs, 40-32.
> The gold, I would think, is anachronistic, or an after market or an attempt
> to "modernize" them. I do recall have a set of Pelissier hubs that were
> gold, but they were from the era of the Dura Ace black hubs in the
> seventies.

English bike components were sold with colored anodizing in the late 1930s. Anyone have more info?

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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