I have some of that inserted in me- I have been told it is a race between my collarbone healing and the plate or screws fatigue fracturing. I'm hoping for the former
Ti sounds cool, add in some marketing and its not surprising people buy and worship Ti bikes.
I used to work in the motor racing industry in the 90's. We built racing cars, all using steel for the chassis. Ti would just fracture / break. It was also too costly / difficult to work with and consequently a write off when needing repairs. Racing cars are built to be light as well as takeing forces from all directions - just like a mountain bike.
When you build racing cars that have to win you ignore the hype, you get an engineer to calculate for you what will work best. We did make some F1 exhaust systems out of Ti, cost a flippin fortune and cracked pretty much every other race. In the end we started using Inconel, which was better but a basturd to weld.
On the subject of bone screws...
Low profile plate and screws reduce the potential for soft tissue and tendon irritation
has to be the best ever USP
I have some questions? how tall are you? how much do you weigh? and can I see a photo of your ass with a ruler next to it, just incase? are you fond of brake dancing on your nuts?
RE: Moots pic in page 1 - frame was sent back to Moots who replaced it with a brand new one - how's that for customer service !
kaesae - Membercan I see a photo of your ass?
You're weird.
