Shimano does carbon now?

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
bfd wrote:
"Phil, Squid-in-Training"
wrote in message ...
As I've mentioned before, Shimano doesn't seem to think that carbon
parts or cartridge bearings belong on bicycle components. Well now
I'm wrong. I'm not sure how long this has been out, but the
WH-7801-carbon wheelset has carbon rims.

Can anybody else think of any other parts that Shimano makes with
carts or carbon?



That's like saying you are going to buy a Yamaha motorcycle cuz they
make really good pianos or skis.

shimano, like a lot of Japanese companies, make a lot of different
'stuff'.

I don't get it. I didn't say anything about anything other than bicycle
parts. Did you reply to the wrong part of the thread?

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:38:01 -0700, "bfd" wrote:


Subject: Shimano does carbon now?

Don't encourage them; next thing you know, they'd be selling frame
tube sets made by their fishing pole division...with a peculiar
integral bottle-cage mount that has a threaded collar and a sliding
cleat...and matching handlbars with cork grips...and ring-shaped cable
guides lashed to the tubes with lacquered thread...

(A bike made by a fishing equipment manufacturer. I can envision it
too readily.)
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:15:11 -0400, "Phil, Squid-in-Training"
wrote:

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
bfd wrote:
"Phil, Squid-in-Training"
wrote in message ...
As I've mentioned before, Shimano doesn't seem to think that carbon
parts or cartridge bearings belong on bicycle components. Well now
I'm wrong. I'm not sure how long this has been out, but the
WH-7801-carbon wheelset has carbon rims.

Can anybody else think of any other parts that Shimano makes with
carts or carbon?



That's like saying you are going to buy a Yamaha motorcycle cuz they
make really good pianos or skis.

shimano, like a lot of Japanese companies, make a lot of different
'stuff'.

I don't get it. I didn't say anything about anything other than bicycle
parts. Did you reply to the wrong part of the thread?

I think that the lack of a serious answer automatically opened the
thread to the nonserious ones.
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In article ,
"Frank Drackman" wrote:

"Mike Krueger" wrote in message
oups.com...
Antti Salonen wrote:
Like with titanium, some people with no common sense evidently must
have
it everywhere. Titanium spokes were a prime example of such stupidity.
If it's good for frames, it must be good for everything?

That describes one of my Sunday club riding buddies to a T. He wasn't
satisfied with a custom ti frame, so he...
Replaced a brand new Record alloy crankset with Record carbon as soon
as they were available...
Replaced his Elite Ciussi cages with Record carbon (is this the most
overpriced component in cycling?) When the POS broke two weeks after he
got it, he bought another one...
Replaced his Nucleon wheels with Corima aero carbon (LBS didn't tell
him they are actually heavier). So, he runs super-skinny tires to save
weight. Also blew the rent money on full-ti Record cassette...
Refused to consider replacing the stupid-light ti pinch bolts on his
stem with steel even after one snapped...
Replaced his Concor saddle with Super SLR carbon fiber just to save
weight (saddle sores and anal fissures changed his mind on that one).


That is a great story, and paints a perfect picture of some of my roadie
friends. One friend switched to DA 10 speed as soon as it was available
even though his new DA 9 speed had only around 1K miles. He hated it
that
someone else was riding DA 10 (OEM) before he was. The real funny part
is
that he isn't extremely wealthy.

When you have a friend like that, you keep in touch, because you want to
be able to buy their leftovers.

D-A Octalink cranks, Veloce 9v shifting an Ultegra cassette, 1500g Al
frame.

Funny, that is exacty what I do. I buy a lot of stuff used from people who
move up to the latest components. Both of my boys race road, track,
mountain, and cross so there is always plenty of stuff to purchase.

Frank Drackman wrote:

That is a great story, and paints a perfect picture of some of my
roadie friends. One friend switched to DA 10 speed as soon as it was
available even though his new DA 9 speed had only around 1K miles. He
hated it that someone else was riding DA 10 (OEM) before he was. The real
funny part is that he isn't extremely wealthy.

That was one of the things I found most depressing about working in a bike
shop (long time ago).

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"Phil, Squid-in-Training" wrote in
message ...
As I've mentioned before, Shimano doesn't seem to think that carbon parts
or cartridge bearings belong on bicycle components. Well now I'm wrong.
I'm not sure how long this has been out, but the WH-7801-carbon wheelset
has carbon rims.

Can anybody else think of any other parts that Shimano makes with carts or
carbon?

Do I recall correctly that Shimano made a carbon fiber V-Brake booster,
a few years ago?

"Phil, Squid-in-Training" wrote in
message ...
As I've mentioned before, Shimano doesn't seem to think that carbon parts
or cartridge bearings belong on bicycle components. Well now I'm wrong.
I'm not sure how long this has been out, but the WH-7801-carbon wheelset
has carbon rims.

Can anybody else think of any other parts that Shimano makes with carts or
carbon?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training


My Shimano shoes have carbon soles!

Tim

Werehatrack wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:15:11 -0400, "Phil, Squid-in-Training"
wrote:

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
bfd wrote:
"Phil, Squid-in-Training"
wrote in message ...
As I've mentioned before, Shimano doesn't seem to think that carbon
parts or cartridge bearings belong on bicycle components. Well now
I'm wrong. I'm not sure how long this has been out, but the
WH-7801-carbon wheelset has carbon rims.

Can anybody else think of any other parts that Shimano makes with
carts or carbon?



That's like saying you are going to buy a Yamaha motorcycle cuz they
make really good pianos or skis.

shimano, like a lot of Japanese companies, make a lot of different
'stuff'.

I don't get it. I didn't say anything about anything other than bicycle
parts. Did you reply to the wrong part of the thread?

I think that the lack of a serious answer automatically opened the
thread to the nonserious ones.
--


Bing, bing, bing, we have a winner...I see this NG as a bunch of people
with a beer in their hand, yaking about these toys called 'bikes'. No
more serious than that.

Not really into fish maiming either.