Titanium Nuts & Bolts

skyd0g

A few years ago, titanium nuts & bolts seemed to be around everywhere as a weight-weenies upgrade, to shave a few ounces off your steed here & there. When I look around now though, there seem to be very few on the market.

Is there any particular reason/s for this, or have they purely dropped out of fashion? :?

Pokerface

Probably because more and more groupsets have them built in now and have become lighter on their own without the need to upgrade. Or people have just stopped talking about it and gone ahead and done it!

(I have lots of little extra ti bolts on my bike - but recently finding them very difficult to adjust as the heads seem to be rounding out all the time. Considering going back to stainless steel!)

DomPro

Speaking of bolts, whats the bolt and strap thing called that holds the seat post in place? Anyone?

I've managed to damage the allen key hole with my hastiness.

EDIT: found it, Seat Clamp !

The Mechanic

Ti nuts and bolts used to have a reputation for binding solid if you did not put assembly compound on them.

Monty Dog

Seat collar or seatpost collar?

Titanium screws 'gall' very easily if not prepped making them almost impossible to remove - particularly in aluminium.

Monty Dog

Seat collar or seatpost collar?

Titanium screws 'gall' very easily if not prepped making them almost impossible to remove - particularly in aluminium.

Chaz.Harding

Monty Dog wrote:

Titanium screws 'gall' very easily if not prepped making them almost impossible to remove - particularly in aluminium.

Which is why it's very wise to use an anti-sieze compound like copper grease

Anyway... It's not a bad idea using them on non-weight beraing screws and assemblies (shifter mounts, derailluer brackets, light clamps etc), but I would absolutely not use them on stem, handlebars or anything like that - fear of seizing and rounding off...