I sent the spokes and rims away to be chromed
among other things. The original wheels (or hoops) were already chromed
and the front one I could have lived with, but the back one due to
the fact it’s hard to get at for cleaning, was never cleaned
and rusted badly along with the spokes. I have cleaned a lot of spokes
that looked not so great and turned out very nicely once I worked
my magic on them, but I couldn’t do anything with these ones.
What happens is the brake dust which is corrosive will eat at the
cadmium plating finish on the spoke and also on the chrome rims,
if left on long enough. Once through the plating you have a dull
steel spoke that will rust. If the wheels had been cleaned once a
year at least this would have never happened. If you look closely
at a few of the first pics of the rear rim you can see spots of black
rust. I did get if off but it was too late. Damage was already done
with pits and tarnished chrome. The last pic is one of the wheels
all back together
