Re: [CR]Cinelli stem--alloy vs. chrome

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:35:39 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cinelli stem--alloy vs. chrome
References: <20060104232003.48311.qmail@web52505.mail.yahoo.com> <75d04b480601041649y4b9a684k152ae8f79a129c71@mail.gmail.com> <75d04b480601042305v17814e33g7be72dc72246f65b@mail.gmail.com>


I wouldn't expect it was very exotic. A long time ago (40+ years ago) plastic model car kits came with chrome (actual chrome) over plastic parts done with a vacuum process. And my friends and I used to get our aluminum valve covers on our cars plated with chrome back then too. Fairly common in SoCal.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

Kurt Sperry wrote:
>
> I'd forgot. And I wondered then and still do how they'd done that when
> seemingly no one else had.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
>
> <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here's a mostly chrome plated ICS Campagnolo group and Cinelli stem:
> http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/ICS_parts/03.jpg

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