Anyone on here from the cities area? The reason I ask is because I am looking for a person to do chroming. I have heard over and over again how some won't do rims from the older bikes---anyone on here from the cities who HAS HAD it done from someone here?
Your feedback is appreciated. Or if someone knows anyone else that would be cost effective due to the shipping, let me know.
Minneapolis, St Paul
I'm not from your area, but have wrestled with who to have do any rechroming I need. I've gotten several leads for chromers, only to have others tell me horror stories about the same vendors. Worse story was buy a guy who does Norton restos for a living and he had a local chrome shop over-epolish a Dunlop rim to the point that the nipples passed right thru the spoke holes in the rim. He has given up on people that are not 100 focused on vintage bike parts. So he uses Browns, which is certainly not the cheapest, but has never ruined a part for him and their work is superb.
The concern I've heard is the process can make the rims brittle and there is a liability concern. That may be true, but I suspect most will not do rims because they cannot do them economically due to the shape. 99% of the polishing is an inside surface and their equipment is usually designed for outside surfaces. Just my humble input. regards, Rob
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