Re: [CR]Zeus titanium parts (was Re: Campagnolo titanium parts)

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot)

Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:18:08 +0100
From: "Angel Garcia" <veronaman@gmail.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Zeus titanium parts (was Re: Campagnolo titanium parts)
In-Reply-To: <20060116225707.94864.qmail@web81106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <43CC22EB.1080909@new.rr.com>


in your mad genius category: http://www.boonerings.com/about.htm

Angel Garcia Verona, IT

On 1/16/06, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever seen an actual Ti chainring by ANY manufacturer? I'm
> skeptical that such a best was ever sold as a production item by anyone, at
> least in the classic era, although I wouldn't doubt there were one-off
> examples from "mad geniuses" like Pino Moroni.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big spring, TX
>
> John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote:
> Tom Dalton wrote:
>
> > I was just poking around the 'net looking for pics of Zeus rings when
> > I got your message. It appears that I was wrong about the ti rings
> > on Zeus 2000 cranks. They all appear to be drilled aluminum alloy,
> > though there a a couple of versions and a some are black anodozed
> > while others are clear anodized (or not anodized?). No evidence of a
> > ti version.
>
> I have a pretty sizable pile of Zeus chainrings here from various
> models: 2000, Criterium, Pista, etc. and can state that they're all
> Aluminum. No titanium in my sample.
>
> --
> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA