Originally Posted by captainknuckles
Titanium demand is going through the roof because the aerospace industry is switching from using "aircraft aluminum" to Titanium for many plane parts. It's lighter and stronger and hence more economical to fly. With rising jet fuel prices, many airlines are upgrading.
So like your teacher says (or used to anyway), "demand goes up, price goes up".
Yeah, its unfortunat for me, becuase i really wanted to get a Ti spindle, but im not about to drop $100 to get one now...Before it was all of $60-50