Originally Posted by
Charles Wahl
I think that they were, though I don't have one here to look at. Anodizing may harden the finish somewhat (this is claimed for rims, or was back in the day), but as far as improving the strength overall of something like a crankset, that is more massive in section than a rim; I seriously doubt that it adds anything.
in the 80's my Torker BMX came standard with shimano 600 cranks- I vividly remember the BMX ACTION magazine test on the bike- they said that the 600's were wimpy and that they managed to bend them.
I bought the bike and wimpy me did just that - they bent, now a 13 year old kid can bend a new set of 600's, now 30 some years later strip that hard coat off and get a fully grown man on them-
please report your findings, why not try to re-anodize them? its pretty easy to do and think of all the
other stuff you can anodize then!