Chromed Bottom Bracket Shell???
Why chrome a bottom bracket shell if it's just going to be painted over?
I was stripping my new PIF Gianni Motta from JYB

and found a chrome BB shell. All the other chromed parts - excepting the fork steerer - are exposed (left unpainted). The BB shell was painted. Any point to this?
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