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I am running a sets of forks spindles with it. On Ph bronze bushes. I hope to write the review here in my lifetime.
You may have overheard, one can STAINLESS chorme in, by diffusion. But not very deep. 0.05 max. (mm, marcus) But extremely hard. It reaches the hardness of Al2O3"Work hardening" of stainless is not a suitable expression for its behaviour so it is misinterpreted for obtaining high hardness. It just cannot, not enough carbon for hardening, just gets higher tensile strength from deformation , like drawn profiles or forged steel. Work hardening on ss pushrods is not quite so as you´d imagine, my guess a lot less than 50 HRC, maybe 30-40 at best. But ss is great for girder fork spindles when paired with low wear no lube high tech plastic bushes. Again, no choice for me to have bronce plus grease for girders when there are modern alternatives. No concours limitations in my mind, so biiig freedom to do as I like - but while keeping the classic looks so no clash in styling from adding obviously modern components. But certainly that´s the choice for anyone to have his bike as he likes. No necessity to raise old motorbikes up to untouchable national monuments when there are thousands of them left.
I am running a sets of forks spindles with it. On Ph bronze bushes. I hope to write the review here in my lifetime.