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Old 10-31-11, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by rodar y rodar
Yowza!
Yeah well, I really wanted to find out what would happen and I was reasonably careful* with the procedure. I'm still riding that frame and it hasn't busted yet, if it does I'll chalk it up to experimentation (as long as it doesn't break too many bits of me).

* I invested in a decent quality echo / echo ultrasonic thickness gauge and used it to determine the amount of Ti to grind off. I went to a minimal thickness of 0.55 mm and I know that Darren Baum has gone as low as 0.4mm on some of his "show" Ti frames so I reckon I'm reasonably safe. Darren is just up the road from me and as usual he was incredibly generous with his time and knowledge when I bugged him for information which could help me.
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