All depends of the chroming job, good chrome plating last centuries. The other thing is to ask for triple chroming, thats the one that last longer. Charles are u talking about the fix gear ones paramounts? that chrome plating didn't even feel to the touch like real chroming, there are many cheap processes in the market that look like chroming. In the case of those paramounts looked more like paint to me.

Modern track cinelli's offer some chromed paint something also, but is horrible bad. Had a legnano with chromes, a pinarello also, a miyata road that was full chromed under the paint, another ishiwata jap frame that was chromed under the paint and the last one i have is a lemond that apparently is full chromed under it.

Still figuring out how they managed to stick the paint to the chrome, anybody knows the trick using wet paint?

Thanks