Titanium related suprise raises pedal related question

Anonymous

i ordered some second hand wellgo mg1 pedals, recieved them today and noticed they were pretty light, put them on the scales and they come in at about 300g, nice i thought considering the v8s they replace were about 550g

so, 250ish grams for 23 quid seems a bit of a bargain!!

nyhoo, i noticed the axles are a different colour to those on my other mg1 pedals, looking around it looks like i have managed to buy a set of pedals with the Ti axle: bonus.

i remember reading that the titanium axles are a bit weaker than the steel ones. as a bit of a monster should i be concerned about this?

Koiler

from DRMs website

Loose another 80g from your V12’s or Mag V12’s by fitting these Titanium Nitride coated Solid Titanium axles. "Maximum rider weight is not too exceed 185lbs or 85kgs

http://www.dmrbikes.com/?Section=produc ... d=PEDAXLTi

you could always sell them on (just the axles) you could probaby sell them for more than you paid for the pedals = free pedals

i dont know much about Ti, is it prone to snapping? or would it bend?

if its brittle, i wouldn't chance it personally, it could end in disaster. if its just going to bend, then give it a go, enjoy the lightness while it lasts. you never know though, they might never bend/ break.

either way, it was a good buy!

andyrm

I reckon you'll be fine with them TBH - couple of the ahem , bigger units that I ride with have the Ti axle versions with no problem so I reckon all is cool.

How near is the build now??

psymon

i'll monster your concern in a minute!

cooldad

sheepsteeth wrote:

i ordered some second hand wellgo mg1 pedals, recieved them today and noticed they were pretty light, put them on the scales and they come in at about 300g, nice i thought considering the v8s they replace were about 550g

so, 250ish grams for 23 quid seems a bit of a bargain!!

nyhoo, i noticed the axles are a different colour to those on my other mg1 pedals, looking around it looks like i have managed to buy a set of pedals with the Ti axle: bonus.

i remember reading that the titanium axles are a bit weaker than the steel ones. as a bit of a monster should i be concerned about this?

Go for it, you'll be fine.
And make sure you post the bloody pictures here if I'm wrong.

supersonic

CRACK!

nicklouse

buy a service kit and sell the Ti axles.

Anonymous

so is it true that ti axles are prone to a bit of the old snapping?

supersonic

Steel is simply stronger than titanium for this application.

I'll swap you.

Anonymous

andyrm wrote:

How near is the build now??

nearly there, its physically built and sorted but i need to think about changing the wheels.

andyrm

sheepsteeth wrote:

andyrm wrote:

How near is the build now??

nearly there, its physically built and sorted but i need to think about changing the wheels.

I wouldn't swear to it but I think a certain someone has a couple of sets knocking about - might be worth tapping him up when he gets back for some serious bargainism........

Anonymous

Andy!

I managed to bend a steel one at 14 1/2 stone so I wouldnt go with titanium - I think I have said this before. Strength wise they should be fine but stiffness wise - nope. Hence the 85kg limit.

My MG-1s were 160g each when I measured them so not exactly heavy in standard form.

Fog the axles.

Northwind

I weigh as much as a bag of sugar and I have a pair of steel axled MG1s in the garage, I'm prepared to make the sacrifice of swapping

El Capitano

I used a set of Welgo M3's with Ti axles for a number of years, when I was nearly 15 stone and I'm a big gear pusher. No issues at all, they're currently seeing service on the TT bike. It is possible to bend Ti though, as I found out when stripping the free-hub on a set of Hope XC hubs to find I'd completely deformed it. :shock:

mattyboy199

if you want to swap axles let me know, i m only 70kg