Your bike might come out looking a bit like a Harley if you just ask for 电镀 (Dian Du). It means chrome plating.



I think what you want is this:

阳极 (Yang Ji) = Positive electrode
电镀 (Dian Du) = Chrome plating

Put them together (阳极电镀 = Yang ji dian du) to get “anodized”.

Things can get confusing because many of these terms are used casually and interchangeably, sometimes with interesting results.

烤漆 (Kao qi) is another one. It basically means ‘baked on paint’. The typical auto repair shop in China with a paint booth/oven will usually refer to that as ‘Kao Qi’, but it isn’t powder coating. In my experience (my first step in restoring my 1984 ‘plastic chang’ was to have every bit of metal sand blasted and powder coated at a shop near Beijing), powder coating is called “喷塑” (Pen Su). I think a more technical term is “粉末涂料” (Fen Mo Tu Liao).

Great thread – thanks to Euphonius and Phaelzer for sharing their JH600 mods. Also nice to know Du Rui is just down the street making such nice, rugged-looking cases and racks for Chinese bikes. I’ll be paying him a visit on my next trip to Yongkang. Can anyone share his contact information?

Sixvolt