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05-21-09 | 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by caterham

bzzzzz......
wrong.

And leaves out the fact that titanium is relatively difficult to mine and work, which is one of the reasons it is also relatively expensive.
Plus, you can't use lugs with it. Unless you're Pino Moroni or Cecil Behringer, who figured out how. Or Bruce Gordon, who figured out how they figured out:

http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/art...ow-14491?img=6

http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhaf...7616446601672/

I think Bruce belongs in this thread, ATMO.

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