AMuzi wrote:

Given chinese character and business
practices generally, I would fully expect
a 'stainless' handlebar to be mild steel with
UCP plate.

UCP: Universal Chrome Plating, a process
for chrome-plating cheap steel spokes so
that they look shiny when they are new.
UCP spokes are used on low-end bicycles
because they are cheaper than stainless
steel spokes. [1]

[1] http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8365

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