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On Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 6:06:12 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Awww condolances...inside job. Bummer bummer. You think it was his son? |
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:05:45 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:27:49 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:59:54 -0700, sms wrote: On 9/11/2017 6:40 PM, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-7, wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-5, sms wrote: I'd wait for bikesdirect to get their Ultegra Titanium disc road bikes back in stock. They sell out very fast since most serious riders are moving from carbon fiber to titanium now. Then get a CroMo disc fork. Serious riders are switching from carbon to titanium? Didn't know that. But then I don't claim to be a genius in every topic on earth. Just a couple of them for me. Chromoly disc fork to replace a carbon disc fork? Why? Because CF disc forks explode, leading to huge loss of life -- second only to heart disease as a cause of death in the United States. Where have you been? Mars? Really, though, I don't know where all these "serious riders" are. I've seen zero Ti disc bikes with CroMo forks. True, most riders use the CF fork that comes with the Ti bicycle. The suggestion to switch to a CroMo fork was to prevent injury should the CF fork fail, as they are prone to do. Why in the world don't titanium bicycles come with titanium forks? I've got an aluminum bicycle with aluminum forks; I've got steel bicycles with steel forks... Is there something wrong with this wonder metal? Titanium is a very difficult material to manipulate. the bends for the top of the fork are extremely hard to do. Looking at a titanium bike you will see few if any bends at all. That just isn't true at all. Working titanium is very much like working stainless steel, and I'll add that while serving in Uncle Sam's air force I've done both. And, in fact I've come across a number of sources for titanium forks in several different styles. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tit...cle-forks.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...-bicycle-forks https://www.ticycles.com/store/?category=FORK http://www.tsbcycles.com/titanium-fork/ So how come SMS's merry group aren't using them? -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:19:37 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 11:20:47 AM UTC-4, sms wrote: On 9/12/2017 6:49 AM, jbeattie wrote: He was talking about SMS's supposed guerilla marketing. LOL, I thought that it was Frank that made up that story! I "made up" that story by reading SMS's web pages, which at the time said something like "If you buy one of these products, please start from my pages so I can get the commission." And in other places, those web pages bragged that SMS "engaged in guerilla marketing in the bicycling community," etc. I posted direct quotes and links several times, and I believe others checked them out and verified them. After several months, SMS realized people were on to him and either took those pages down or edited them. I am waiting for my check from Bikesdirect. It must have been lost in the mail, along with all the other checks that I am supposed to receive. Darn. Another failed businessman who decided to go into politics. And, I notice, that only months after being elected he is buying a new car, new bicycles, and even titanium bicycles... -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5:57:47 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:05:45 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:27:49 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:59:54 -0700, sms wrote: On 9/11/2017 6:40 PM, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-7, wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-5, sms wrote: I'd wait for bikesdirect to get their Ultegra Titanium disc road bikes back in stock. They sell out very fast since most serious riders are moving from carbon fiber to titanium now. Then get a CroMo disc fork. Serious riders are switching from carbon to titanium? Didn't know that. But then I don't claim to be a genius in every topic on earth. Just a couple of them for me. Chromoly disc fork to replace a carbon disc fork? Why? Because CF disc forks explode, leading to huge loss of life -- second only to heart disease as a cause of death in the United States. Where have you been? Mars? Really, though, I don't know where all these "serious riders" are. I've seen zero Ti disc bikes with CroMo forks. True, most riders use the CF fork that comes with the Ti bicycle. The suggestion to switch to a CroMo fork was to prevent injury should the CF fork fail, as they are prone to do. Why in the world don't titanium bicycles come with titanium forks? I've got an aluminum bicycle with aluminum forks; I've got steel bicycles with steel forks... Is there something wrong with this wonder metal? Titanium is a very difficult material to manipulate. the bends for the top of the fork are extremely hard to do. Looking at a titanium bike you will see few if any bends at all. That just isn't true at all. Working titanium is very much like working stainless steel, and I'll add that while serving in Uncle Sam's air force I've done both. And, in fact I've come across a number of sources for titanium forks in several different styles. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tit...cle-forks.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...-bicycle-forks https://www.ticycles.com/store/?category=FORK http://www.tsbcycles.com/titanium-fork/ So how come SMS's merry group aren't using them? Did you look at how poorly designed and constructed those things are? |
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On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5:57:47 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:05:45 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:27:49 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:59:54 -0700, sms wrote: On 9/11/2017 6:40 PM, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-7, wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-5, sms wrote: I'd wait for bikesdirect to get their Ultegra Titanium disc road bikes back in stock. They sell out very fast since most serious riders are moving from carbon fiber to titanium now. Then get a CroMo disc fork. Serious riders are switching from carbon to titanium? Didn't know that. But then I don't claim to be a genius in every topic on earth. Just a couple of them for me. Chromoly disc fork to replace a carbon disc fork? Why? Because CF disc forks explode, leading to huge loss of life -- second only to heart disease as a cause of death in the United States. Where have you been? Mars? Really, though, I don't know where all these "serious riders" are. I've seen zero Ti disc bikes with CroMo forks. True, most riders use the CF fork that comes with the Ti bicycle. The suggestion to switch to a CroMo fork was to prevent injury should the CF fork fail, as they are prone to do. Why in the world don't titanium bicycles come with titanium forks? I've got an aluminum bicycle with aluminum forks; I've got steel bicycles with steel forks... Is there something wrong with this wonder metal? Titanium is a very difficult material to manipulate. the bends for the top of the fork are extremely hard to do. Looking at a titanium bike you will see few if any bends at all. That just isn't true at all. Working titanium is very much like working stainless steel, and I'll add that while serving in Uncle Sam's air force I've done both. And, in fact I've come across a number of sources for titanium forks in several different styles. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tit...cle-forks.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...-bicycle-forks Page not found. Doesn't everything on that site suck anyway tho? |
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On 9/13/2017 11:17 AM, Doug Landau wrote:
On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5:57:47 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:05:45 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:27:49 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:59:54 -0700, sms wrote: On 9/11/2017 6:40 PM, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-7, wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-5, sms wrote: I'd wait for bikesdirect to get their Ultegra Titanium disc road bikes back in stock. They sell out very fast since most serious riders are moving from carbon fiber to titanium now. Then get a CroMo disc fork. Serious riders are switching from carbon to titanium? Didn't know that. But then I don't claim to be a genius in every topic on earth. Just a couple of them for me. Chromoly disc fork to replace a carbon disc fork? Why? Because CF disc forks explode, leading to huge loss of life -- second only to heart disease as a cause of death in the United States. Where have you been? Mars? Really, though, I don't know where all these "serious riders" are. I've seen zero Ti disc bikes with CroMo forks. True, most riders use the CF fork that comes with the Ti bicycle. The suggestion to switch to a CroMo fork was to prevent injury should the CF fork fail, as they are prone to do. Why in the world don't titanium bicycles come with titanium forks? I've got an aluminum bicycle with aluminum forks; I've got steel bicycles with steel forks... Is there something wrong with this wonder metal? Titanium is a very difficult material to manipulate. the bends for the top of the fork are extremely hard to do. Looking at a titanium bike you will see few if any bends at all. That just isn't true at all. Working titanium is very much like working stainless steel, and I'll add that while serving in Uncle Sam's air force I've done both. And, in fact I've come across a number of sources for titanium forks in several different styles. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tit...cle-forks.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...-bicycle-forks Page not found. Doesn't everything on that site suck anyway tho? Titanium is a material, not magic. Engineers/designers who ignore physics fail in titanium as they would have failed in any other medium: http://www.yellowjersey.org/hand14.html (I have a wonderful Ti road bike with matching Ti fork, no complaints) -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 9/13/2017 9:17 AM, Doug Landau wrote:
snip Page not found. Doesn't everything on that site suck anyway tho? I found a titanium fork on Aliexpress. I shortened the URL.http://tinyurl.com/titaniumfork |
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On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 10:41:29 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/13/2017 11:17 AM, Doug Landau wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5:57:47 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:05:45 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:27:49 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:59:54 -0700, sms wrote: On 9/11/2017 6:40 PM, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-7, wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-5, sms wrote: I'd wait for bikesdirect to get their Ultegra Titanium disc road bikes back in stock. They sell out very fast since most serious riders are moving from carbon fiber to titanium now. Then get a CroMo disc fork. Serious riders are switching from carbon to titanium? Didn't know that. But then I don't claim to be a genius in every topic on earth. Just a couple of them for me. Chromoly disc fork to replace a carbon disc fork? Why? Because CF disc forks explode, leading to huge loss of life -- second only to heart disease as a cause of death in the United States. Where have you been? Mars? Really, though, I don't know where all these "serious riders" are. I've seen zero Ti disc bikes with CroMo forks. True, most riders use the CF fork that comes with the Ti bicycle. The suggestion to switch to a CroMo fork was to prevent injury should the CF fork fail, as they are prone to do. Why in the world don't titanium bicycles come with titanium forks? I've got an aluminum bicycle with aluminum forks; I've got steel bicycles with steel forks... Is there something wrong with this wonder metal? Titanium is a very difficult material to manipulate. the bends for the top of the fork are extremely hard to do. Looking at a titanium bike you will see few if any bends at all. That just isn't true at all. Working titanium is very much like working stainless steel, and I'll add that while serving in Uncle Sam's air force I've done both. And, in fact I've come across a number of sources for titanium forks in several different styles. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tit...cle-forks.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...-bicycle-forks Page not found. Doesn't everything on that site suck anyway tho? Titanium is a material, not magic. Engineers/designers who ignore physics fail in titanium as they would have failed in any other medium: http://www.yellowjersey.org/hand14.html (I have a wonderful Ti road bike with matching Ti fork, no complaints) Made by whom? Thanks |
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On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 10:41:29 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/13/2017 11:17 AM, Doug Landau wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5:57:47 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:05:45 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:27:49 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:59:54 -0700, sms wrote: On 9/11/2017 6:40 PM, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-7, wrote: On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-5, sms wrote: I'd wait for bikesdirect to get their Ultegra Titanium disc road bikes back in stock. They sell out very fast since most serious riders are moving from carbon fiber to titanium now. Then get a CroMo disc fork. Serious riders are switching from carbon to titanium? Didn't know that. But then I don't claim to be a genius in every topic on earth. Just a couple of them for me. Chromoly disc fork to replace a carbon disc fork? Why? Because CF disc forks explode, leading to huge loss of life -- second only to heart disease as a cause of death in the United States. Where have you been? Mars? Really, though, I don't know where all these "serious riders" are. I've seen zero Ti disc bikes with CroMo forks. True, most riders use the CF fork that comes with the Ti bicycle. The suggestion to switch to a CroMo fork was to prevent injury should the CF fork fail, as they are prone to do. Why in the world don't titanium bicycles come with titanium forks? I've got an aluminum bicycle with aluminum forks; I've got steel bicycles with steel forks... Is there something wrong with this wonder metal? Titanium is a very difficult material to manipulate. the bends for the top of the fork are extremely hard to do. Looking at a titanium bike you will see few if any bends at all. That just isn't true at all. Working titanium is very much like working stainless steel, and I'll add that while serving in Uncle Sam's air force I've done both. And, in fact I've come across a number of sources for titanium forks in several different styles. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tit...cle-forks.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...-bicycle-forks Page not found. Doesn't everything on that site suck anyway tho? Titanium is a material, not magic. Engineers/designers who ignore physics fail in titanium as they would have failed in any other medium: http://www.yellowjersey.org/hand14.html (I have a wonderful Ti road bike with matching Ti fork, no complaints) Those pictures are pretty awful. How do you get braze to stick to titanium? I thought that titanium couldn't be brazed but required welding. |
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