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Old 12-12-06 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
If we are talking about Ti I have a question:

I had my friend I'm going to be touring with over from Hamilton last weekend and he was inspecting my bike stash. He found my XTR cassette I got at the fall bike show and immediately starting telling me it was not a great choice because some of the cogs are titanium so they will wear faster. Wouldn't the titanium cogs wear slower than the Al cogs? Do I actually have to worry?
I have heard that Ti rings wear faster, and that is why you only see them on larger cogs, because they share the chain surface more. Then why are Ti shavers the new thing? Wouldn't they become dull faster>|?
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