Chrome frames
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All chrome Schwinn Paramounts were fairly common back in the day. I seem to remember they were extra cost, but I don't remember how much. I've seen several of them. Not my "cup of tea.'
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How's this?
This is some serious bling!
This is some serious bling!
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My Mongoose BMX bike in the 70s.
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Isn't that made by Dynamic Composites or something like that, Retro?
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I think so....
I copied the picture off an old thread about bikes from Taiwan. It's not Retro, but it looks damn sexy to me.FondriestFan said:
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I believe the pista is paint.867-5309 said:
All chrome, but
only the exposed areas are polished before chrome plating. A steel tube that's not polished to nearly a mirror finish before chroming just comes out dull silver. I worked in a plating shop for a couple of years. The hard work is the polishing required before chroming. Really rough surfaces often have a thick layer of copper plating applied first, then the soft copper is polished more easily. After that, it's off to another flash of copper, then a long, heavy nickel plating, then a brief time in the chrome tank.
only the exposed areas are polished before chrome plating. A steel tube that's not polished to nearly a mirror finish before chroming just comes out dull silver. I worked in a plating shop for a couple of years. The hard work is the polishing required before chroming. Really rough surfaces often have a thick layer of copper plating applied first, then the soft copper is polished more easily. After that, it's off to another flash of copper, then a long, heavy nickel plating, then a brief time in the chrome tank.
Any Bob Jackson - $350 extra for a fully chromed frame. As chroming a CF fork would be kinda tricky, you'd either have to like the limited range of 1-1/8" fork crowns in steel or go with 1", in which they have a larger range of choice.
Bianchi do a "colour of the year" - the Pista was all-chrome in either 04 or 05, not sure which - it was the year after I bought my 'battleship grey' pista, which bummed me out no end - for around $600, an all chrome track bike would have been a real blast!
Based on the chrome chainstays on my BJ, an all-chrome one would need serious sunglasses to allow one near it!
Not sure if any US framebuilders do chrome plating any more - I looked at a lot of builders before settling on my BJ, and don't recall chroming featuring on any of them. Waterfords have SS lugs and dropouts, but no chrome best I remember, for one.
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Bianchi do a "colour of the year" - the Pista was all-chrome in either 04 or 05, not sure which - it was the year after I bought my 'battleship grey' pista, which bummed me out no end - for around $600, an all chrome track bike would have been a real blast!
Based on the chrome chainstays on my BJ, an all-chrome one would need serious sunglasses to allow one near it!
Not sure if any US framebuilders do chrome plating any more - I looked at a lot of builders before settling on my BJ, and don't recall chroming featuring on any of them. Waterfords have SS lugs and dropouts, but no chrome best I remember, for one.
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Considering how much we would all like a bling bike why don't they make more of them.
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British/Jackson_Bob/b_jackson_chrome_track.htm
Considering how much we would all like a bling bike why don't they make more of them.
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British/Jackson_Bob/b_jackson_chrome_track.htm
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My Tommasini (circa '91) is all chrome underneath the pearl paint. I contacted the factory in Grossetto Italy and one of their tech guys said they chromed them to increase the frame's rigidity on their lightest steel tube set, which at the time was Columbus SL.rufus said:
That frame could easily be built for you right now - okay, maybe if you ordered one right now, you could get it by July, custom is real bad for those who have to have instant gratification867-5309 said:
The main frame lugs are pretty much what my frame has, so are the seatstays, though that track bike uses a straight 'brake bridge' - which you could ask for, it's only a length of tubing. The round fork blades are still available, though you might have to live with a 1" steerer.
A plus would be you could have any colour panelling you fancied.
That wild stem - thiefbay would likely be about the only source. They were made like that as most folk rode way too big a frame back then, and that was the only way to get the bars way down low. Heck. it's steel, can't be totally beyond duplication...
How much did that BJ trackie go for then?
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Chroming is bad for the environment.
Say no to chrome!
Say no to chrome!
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