Black spokes

WTF said:

Anyone know what sort of treatment is being applied to
stainless steel spokes to make them black? Is is just
paint? Can't be anodizing - that's for aluminum. How
durable is this surface paint or surface treatment
proving to be?

Stainless steel has a thin film of oxide on the surface and
can be anodised, as can titanium, niobium and lots of other
metals. However, I don't know if that is what is done to
the spokes.

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WTF said:

Anyone know what sort of treatment is being applied to
stainless steel spokes to make them black? Is is just
paint? Can't be anodizing -

that's

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for aluminum. How durable is this surface paint or
surface treatment proving to be?

Stainless steel has a thin film of oxide on the surface
and can be anodised, as can titanium, niobium and lots of
other metals. However, I don't know if that is what is
done to the spokes.

yes, that's what they do

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Stainless steel has a thin film of oxide on the surface
and can be anodised, as can titanium, niobium and lots
of other metals. However, I don't know if that is what
is done to the spokes.

yes, that's what they do

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Posted by news://news.nb.nu

Thanks guys.

Cal