Yeah, but Ti often has a rather nasty habit of catastrophic fatigue failures, i.e. it snaps, whereas steel usually yields and slowly bends/sags.
Ask Laurent Fignon what he thinks of Campy SR BB spindles...!
Greg "still think Ti stuff is cool, though" Parker
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RE: Re: [CR]Re: Campy Ti axles --- don't call it Titanium for nothing
In a message dated 3/19/01 7:39:19 PM PST, sachs@erols.com writes:
> Just a note of caution re this particular excursion with "unobtanium:"
> At an equivalent diameter, Ti will not be as resistant to bending as steel
> (as I recall it).
>
They don't call it Titanium for nothing. Ti at ANY diameter will be stronger
than steel. The fact that they make submarine hulls out of the stuff is a
dead give away. Or better yet, the wing skeleton of a 747 is made from Ti
tubing. You can pick up a 50 ft section with a 8 inch diameter and wall
thickness 1.5mm, drop it from over your head: It won't even ding. Try do that
with any steel alloy of the same configurations any day of the week. Cheers,
Dave Anderson