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The hydrogen gets into the steel during the electroplating process. I think the fact that my forks have survived 20 years suggests that they are OK, but in the olden days it was common to recommend against chrome plating 753, and the specification delivered to Rourke was that only the dropouts (front and rear) should be plated.