Chain coatings / surface treatments
10-16-12 | 09:36 AM
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Sir Fallalot
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But either way, the Chinese cheapo chains cost me about 2.5 EUR, and they're not that bad at all.
10-16-12 | 09:55 AM
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IMO TiN is likely the best thing to have a chain plated in; it's tough as buggery and looks the bomb.
Is this the gold stuff early Dura-Ace freewheels were coated in, perhaps? Seems a bit ahead of the curve if so.
Is this the gold stuff early Dura-Ace freewheels were coated in, perhaps? Seems a bit ahead of the curve if so.
10-16-12 | 12:39 PM
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Reactive sputtering of TiN has been a known microfabrication process since the beginning of the 80's (it was and still is used as a diffusion barrier conductive layer). Whether it was used to deposit TiN on steel earlier than 1980, I don't know, possible but not super-likely.
