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Bikes: Ron Cooper touring, 1959 Jack Taylor 650b ladyback touring tandem, Vitus 979, Joe Bell painted Claud Butler Dalesman, Colin Laing curved tube tandem, heavily-Dilberted 1982 Trek 6xx, René Herse tandem
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rootboy
Originally Posted by SurferRosa
My deanodized and polished parts stay shiny with one exception, the seatposts. They all cloud up after a month or two. ... But it's weird the seatposts do this.
The only comment here that caused me to pause, and think. Interesting. Could it be they were made out of tubing rather than bar stock, forged, etc.?
I think this happens to me because of my sweaty behind...
As for the OP's question, we can trace it all the way back to the '60s. Rothko painted it and Jagger sang it. The epitome of cool, I suppose. I, too, prefer polished alu and chrome and nickel.
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Last edited by scarlson; 02-04-20 at 11:36 PM.