Re: [CR]Titanium rims on eBay

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:30:16 -0500 (EST)
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
To: Aldo Ross <swampmtn@siscom.net>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Titanium rims on eBay
In-Reply-To: <001801c0cc14$6433c320$6cf9fea9@jim2>


I had a pair as wheels in @'91 and they were really soft. You could actually feel it while riding and cornering hard and they were built up really tight. Not all that light that I remember, but really cool. The pair I had dented really easily. Rims really aren't a great application for Titanium since the ratio of stiffness, stength, and weight aren't better than aluminum in this application. Let's just say that if they were better than aluminum you'd see more Ti rims. Please let's not turn this into a technical argument. Anyway, these would be a good idea for a show bike, but I wouldn't put a lot of miles on them. With that said if the price doesn't go too high I may bid on them since I'm a real retro-techno-wheenie and things like this make me drool. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives "Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Aldo Ross wrote:
> Here's something I don't remember seeing before - Araya Titanium rims:
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Anyone have experience with these?

>

> Aldo Ross