Absolutely. With the right chemical bath, current, and voltage they could selectively remove just the chrome. Maybe for about what a new frame would cost. See if someone has an etching chemical that could prepare the chrome surface for painting. A powder-coating company might also be able to advise you.

Yeah, I recommend it because I've stripped several bike parts to have them chromed... my cousin and uncle have an electroplating/polishing business I used to work at when I was younger, so I just take parts in there and go nuts.

Does anyone agree with me that big oversized tubing like that on the bianchi pista and one of those giant bikes just doesn't look right with chrome? Maybe it's the lack of lugs? Chrome doesn't look right on bikes with modern touches, though, right?

I like the chrome pista fine.