Originally Posted by
gugie
I stripped hard anodizing from a pair of rims once. Never again. Once you remove the anodizing, you'll have a mottled mess, and you'll want to polish the parts. Polishing will hold up fine until you sweat on them, and then they'll look mottled again.
That's true with rims (IME). I tried it once with a rim, and it simply wasn't worth all the trouble. And who wants to keep a deanodized rim polished and looking perfect? That's a component that attracts all kinds of road mess.
On the other hand, I've found every other deanodized component super easy to keep polished and looking great. But I don't ride in the rain.