Shiny bolts

Thewaylander
Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
edited September 2010 in The Crudcatcher
OK, I hate that i'm thinking this.

But i want shiny green ti bolts over my bike :(

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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    When anodising ti the colour is usually inconsistent and washed out, green isn't that common, so don't worry!

    Replace what you can with alu bolts, they'll be cheaper, save more weight than doing everything in ti, and the colour will be much better.
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    and will round off in about 2 minutes :p
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Not if you're not ham fisted :-)

    Pro-Bolt ones have been fine, never rounded one.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    you need to produce pictures of the new bike before youo buy new bolts, im waiting.
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    Pic is up in the bikers section hehe,

    Just the one couldn't take any today with the bad back.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    shiny bolts. dirty nuts. tough call
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    replacing Steel bolts with Ti is not a good idea.

    Ti is not as strong as Steel. Choose where you put them with care.

    Seen some guys bars pop out of his stem as the threads got pulled off the bolts.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    nicklouse wrote:
    Seen some guys bars pop out of his stem as the threads got pulled off the bolts.
    I bet he was like :shock: then a bit :evil: then :cry:
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Thewaylander wrote:
    But i want shiny green ti bolts over my bike :(

    Excellent idea, Ti is awesome.
    njee20 wrote:
    When anodising ti the colour is usually inconsistent and washed out, green isn't that common, so don't worry!

    This is true.
    njee20 wrote:
    Replace what you can with alu bolts, they'll be cheaper, save more weight than doing everything in ti, and the colour will be much better.

    This man knows the score...
    njee20 wrote:
    Pro-Bolt ones have been fine, never rounded one.

    I can also vouch for them.
    nicklouse wrote:
    replacing Steel bolts with Ti is not a good idea.

    LIEZ! :shock:
    nicklouse wrote:
    Ti is not as strong as Steel. Choose where you put them with care.

    Meh, listen to the engineer, he might know what he's talking about... :wink:

    There's a pretty good article here:

    http://weightweenies.starbike.com/articles.php?ID=16

    :D
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    I just want shiny colours :( not interested in weight :(

    Take shiny green steel bolts if i could :s
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    green-paint.jpg :-)
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    if it didn't look awful i would lol
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    nicklouse wrote:
    pulled off

    i'll pull you off in a minute
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    See down the Pub, Bitch.





    :wink:
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    i'll get my mitts warmed up.

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