RE: [CR]Re: Campy Ti axles --- don't call it Titanium for nothin g

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From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Re: Campy Ti axles --- don't call it Titanium for nothin g
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:34:57 -0800


I know this isn't the metallurgy mailing list, but this is a common enough myth in our world to be worth a swift debunking.

Ti (CP) can be as weak as 50 ksi yield or less, steel can be over 250 ksi. Even the strongest Ti alloys are not as strong as the strongest steels.

What Ti has a lot of is strength to density ratio, useful for lightweight structures. I like Ti; I made a lot of Ti frames. But those Ti axles are probably CP and almost certainly weaker than the best steel axles, and the Ti used in bike tubing is weaker than the best steel used in bike tubing. Ti frames are usually stronger, but that's due to larger tube diameters, made possible by the lower density.

Mark Bulgier Seattle, Wa USA

Dave Anderson wrote:
>
> They don't call it Titanium for nothing. Ti at ANY diameter
> will be stronger than steel. [snip]