Originally Posted by
obrentharris
It is aluminum, or at least it's very light (322g) and not magnetic.
Here are two more pictures:
The item that you took for flaked off chrome was a bit of dirty tape adhesive that rubbed off. There is also a large dark area of light corrosion in the area where the bar was clamped.
Brent
Ah yes, much clearer for me now, thanks. I should have looked at the photos on my desktop and not my iPad...
I have not seen the aluminum without the sleeve either. Bet they will still clean up and polish nicely though!
Unless someone has experience with these, theory number 1 sounds quite plausable... Im curious too, and will do a little digging and see if I can find anything.....
Cheers,
Joe