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  • they are hard to get and come in pewter/black, thats why. also people who are tempted to spend the ££'s will go all the way with phils. tempted to caustic soda and polish up some pewter ones and see how they look. currently £110 pair at freshtripe ;)

    Stripping anno off using caustic soda is a LOT trickier than you would imagine.

    It comes off patchy, and it reacts strongly with the aluminium leaving you with messy inky dark metal.

    Ive tried with simply pieces like crank arms,

    with hubs there will be many inaccessable parts like the holes, itll irratate you to no end.

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