Originally Posted by
Scooper
"Chrome bikes a bit more (although they are a bit heavier and more prone to failure)", sounds more like a general comment about chrome plated bicycle frames than failures of Paramounts specifically.
this was received knowledge in the '70s, and it just keeps on being passed down without evidence. I would really like to know where it came from because I have never seen a broken frame that was chromed. The only exception being a few Campagnolo dropouts. That might be related to chrome, and it makes repair much more involved, but they have been known to break.