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Old 05-09-06 | 07:14 PM
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ozbiker
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From: Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

Bikes: Peugot

Originally Posted by Thylacine
I sanded and Scotchbrited Royales' Ti Arete entirely by hand. It's theraputic!

However, if I can buy a media blaster for 60 bucks, I think I might start doing them in a 'speedblast' finish. (Called 'speedblast' of course because it only takes 20 minutes to do instead of 4 hours) The other option I'm considering is shot-peening, but that scares me. "Hi there, here's a 3600 buck titanium frame I want shot peened. Be careful though, the tubes are only 0.9 of a mil thick."
Is there an embrittlement issue here???
Need to know - I've been putting together a spec for you for a Ti bike to do bunch rides (races!!) and randonneurs. I want a bike I can pass on to my descendants.
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