I've been riding Zeus 2000 on several bikes since 1981 and never had a problem. The Stronglight axle design is what I meant by learning from Campy's mistakes.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote:
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Odd that Campy had so many problems dealing with Ti, as they were
> doing some pretty sophisticated engineering in automotive parts, even
> some for Formula 1 cars. Meantime, I've never had or heard of
> problems with the Ti bits in the Zeus 2000 gruppo, or with the Ti
> parts made by OMAS. Even Stronglight, I think, later had a
> successful Ti axle BB, although by then they may have learned from
> Campy's mistakes.
Zeus was never as widely popular as Campagnolo, and this surely explains at least part of why you don't hear much about Zeus Ti breakage problems. And the central section of the Stronglight Ti BB spindle was larger diameter than a standard spindle; see the bottom of page 7 in my Stronglight catalog:
http://www.os2.dhs.org/
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA