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I've been doing a bit of research into the idea of making this rather uninspiring chainset sit better with the build - the longer it stares at me looking grey and boring, the more unacceptable it becomes.
Happily, it turns out that removing the anodising is much easier than I thought - you don't have to spend hours sanding it all off by hand, but can instead just pop it in a bucket of oven cleaner, put your feet up for ten minutes, then give it a rinse with warm water. Why did no one tell me this when I was renovating my girlfriend's bike 8 years ago?!
The first stage is to remove the extractor bolts, as per this video
...then follow the instructions laid out in this video
(or hundreds of others like it)
...and then probably to spend hours polishing it up anyway until it looks shiny and new.
Not sure if I can be bothered with the risk but it does seem more tempting all of a sudden. If I do, I'll probably wait until after the build is finished to make sure I have a functioning bike for my appointment with Sherritt on the 9th.
But I must say I like the idea... that's what projects are all about!