Anyone with Black Anodized rearsets..

Does the anodization wear off after a while of riding ?
What would be a better route to go if it does if i wanted black ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ron

I guess it depends on what brand. But from what I have seen the DP and Cycle Cats hold up great.

I have a set of black CycleCat's and their perfect. I would recommend them!

I have a set if Gilles and they have held up extremely well. Highly recommended.

I've got DP black rearsets. The only wear I can detect is on the knurled top part of the peg, where my boot constantly rests. Just minor wear, nothing to get excited about!

I have the DPs and have spots that show bare metal from my boot rubbing it (I guess).

Anodizing will wear off if there is enough movement on the part (like boot to heel guard etc)....it is not exactly a hard surface (unless it is hard anodized...then you can hit that shit with a die grinder and most wil not even marr up)...and it is not that deep of a process (it does not penetrate the surface very much)....so anything can show signs of wear.....I like it because it shows the bike is being ridden.....

You hit yours with a die grinder.

Thanks guys, and of corse Jason awnser's first since my bike is at his shop 8 ) .

I had a pair of ccats that faded to a dark purple eventually...

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Well then you shouldn't have orderd the dark purple ones in the first place

I was gonna say!

they have the black and the dark purple for sale!

lol

Deep Purple

Not according to them.
gold, black, silver, titanium
http://cyclecat.com/DRS13-1.htm
WTF?

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gold, black, silver, titanium
http://cyclecat.com/DRS13-1.htm
WTF? </TD></TR></TABLE>

It was a joke

f#%k me that's what I thought but apparently my nuance-meter is off early in the morning. &lt;-me

I didtry to order some lavendar ones but those, no go.

Mine started showing wear after one seaon of riding. They didn't last long at all.

number_nine: I used to work as a test technician at a company that made nitrogen gas springs for the stamping industry. We did in fact send some parts to an anodizer in Detroit and had them hard coated and I hit it (part of a test to see what its wear characteristics would be like in a stamping press) with a die grinder that had an 80grit pad on it. It threw sparks and we thought the anodizing was gone.....not even close. The anodizing was untouched....the part lost zero thickness (cmm'd the part before and after test).....so I ma not talking out my ass here.....hard coating is just that....a hard coating that penetrated the surface much deeper than plain anodizing. I do this shit for aliving......I get to break things and get paid for it.

Judge,

So where to I send my DP sets to get hard anodize at? I need phone # and address and prices lol

Yeah, same here would be nice to know for further refrences.
Thanx