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New Pix of My 177H, No Longer STRAPLESS
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Pugwash said:That is quite amazing. Titanium is wonderful stuff.enzo said:
Ti, is deff great stuff, I'm actually thinking of chucking my current 111h for a 036 or something equally ti. (=
16520b said:
It looks so neat and clean...it's awsome!
shyreplover
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Pugwash said:
Panerai's PAM170 have alternating Ti and steel bracelet.
In fact, a while ago some dealers sell Ti and Steel combo straps for PAM
machinability of ti
comeing from a background of 50 years of engineering in aero space , i like to say that steel is easilly machined , most SS is more difficult and ti is difficult . as we develope more expierience with it it becomes more commonplace. as to bike parts , i have many small ti parts on my bikes but the price of a simple screwed rod [ a front skewer for the wheel , not QR,,basically a looooooong bolt] hovering around 15 to 20 $ reflects the base price of the material + the dificulty of machineing . its not hugely more difficult , but definately NOT trivial . and , of course in aerospace we have cubic bucks $$$$and some alloys of ti are very light for thier strength , hence aerospaces and bikeys love affair with it . my 62 cm road bike , a cannondale w/ alum frame, dripping in ti was well over 3500$ but weighs <18#
comeing from a background of 50 years of engineering in aero space , i like to say that steel is easilly machined , most SS is more difficult and ti is difficult . as we develope more expierience with it it becomes more commonplace. as to bike parts , i have many small ti parts on my bikes but the price of a simple screwed rod [ a front skewer for the wheel , not QR,,basically a looooooong bolt] hovering around 15 to 20 $ reflects the base price of the material + the dificulty of machineing . its not hugely more difficult , but definately NOT trivial . and , of course in aerospace we have cubic bucks $$$$
and some alloys of ti are very light for thier strength , hence aerospaces and bikeys love affair with it . my 62 cm road bike , a cannondale w/ alum frame, dripping in ti was well over 3500$ but weighs <18#177H rocks
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I love it. Even thought about a gen - tried one on recently, the Ti is understated and elegant. But this looks damn good ...
--- BBB
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I love it. Even thought about a gen - tried one on recently, the Ti is understated and elegant. But this looks damn good ...
--- BBB