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Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby pat86brown » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:59 pm
I've been a member of this forum for some time now but this is the first time I am calling upon the combined knoledge of this great forum. The delema I am experienceing is that i'm rebirthing an old chromoly race frame i have at home. The bike has been previously chrome'd and looks spectacular, well all except the flaking chrome all over the place.
Does anyone know of any good and relaible chrome platers that are experience in bicycles? and if so do you have any idea of the price I am looking at?
Thanks
Pat
p.s. once I get this thing moving I will start a thread of its return to form.
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby dah1505 » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:04 pm
Cost $80 for the forks. I think they do a fair bit of bike stuff.
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby gclark8 » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:20 am
George.
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby pat86brown » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:39 pm
hanks guys. i'll contact them both to get quotes and let you all know what the outcome is.
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby pat86brown » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:40 pm
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby Thoglette » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:49 pm
pat86brown wrote:I took the bike to the Bently mob. They wanted $250 minumum for the frame, plus the wouldnt guarentee that iw ould come up shiny (the actually told me it would be rather rough). I thought this was rather rich so i will try the other guys gclark mentioned, hopefully they will be more confident in getting the old steel steed to shine.
Chrome is even more about preparation than painting - it doesn't "fill" the way paint will. And because it's so shiny you see every ripple.
"People are worthy of respect, ideas are not." Peter Ellerton, UQ
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby tallywhacker » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:18 pm
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby RobertFrith » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:18 am

I have some parts that need rechroming; a stem, chainwheels and cranks. And I need to de-chrome a front fork. I guess you've got your forks back from Ultrachrome by now? How was the result?
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
Postby rob(wa) » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:49 pm
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Re: Perth Retro Bike Build
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