[Ciaran]

Italian roadies will buy them if you make them in gaudy colors.

 

[mrbigisbudgood]

Italian roadies will buy them if you make them in gaudy colors.

This man speaks the truth.

I spent a week of vacation in Italy just recently. Every deragtory stereotype you can think of for a roadie..........we saw it.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

platinum....yes. gold....yes. ti has no bling power.
wait, was the question?

Go for carved whale penis bone for maximum bling.

 

[jonKranked]

This man speaks the truth.

I spent a week of vacation in Italy just recently. Every deragtory stereotype you can think of for a roadie..........we saw it.

and no pictures?

 

[BIGHITR]

and no pictures?

Angry Metalsmith, you got me laughing on that one. Male penis bone! OMG!

My ceramic insert in some of mine has cracked as well. I just figure that metal would last longer wear wise, would it not? Louder yes, but would not Ti pulleys last longer than plastic? I've got some plastic ones that look bad.

 

[CBJ]

and no pictures?

I was thinking the same when I read that. My Iphone camera would have been read hot

 

[Westy]

This man speaks the truth.

I spent a week of vacation in Italy just recently. Every deragtory stereotype you can think of for a roadie..........we saw it.

Was it because they were roadies or because they were Italian?

 

[rockofullr]

how about a good bearing in a plastic pulley. My saint likes to break the inner ceramic race on the lower pulley wheel every few months.

My ceramic insert in some of mine has cracked as well.

Stop buying Shimano and I promise it will never happen again.

 

[blackohio]

You know I might actually switch to SRAM here shortly since my Saint appears to have a bent lower cage and chewed up insert.

 

[BIGHITR]

Stop buying Shimano and I promise it will never happen again.

Which is why I'm on nothing but Sram now anyway...

 

[HAB]

You know I might actually switch to SRAM here shortly since my Saint appears to have a bent lower cage and chewed up insert.

Whatcha running for a shifter? May want if that move happens.

 

[Ciaran]

I would buy the ti pulleys if they came as a package deal with my rhinestone encrusted whale penis leather saddle.

 

[insanitylevel9]

I would buy the ti pulleys if they came as a package deal with my rhinestone encrusted whale penis leather saddle.

must rep

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Angry Metalsmith, you got me laughing on that one. Male penis bone! OMG!

My ceramic insert in some of mine has cracked as well. I just figure that metal would last longer wear wise, would it not? Louder yes, but would not Ti pulleys last longer than plastic? I've got some plastic ones that look bad.

Your ceramic insert in your male penis bone? Oh my!

 

[BIGHITR]

Your ceramic insert in your male penis bone? Oh my!

NOoooo! I mean the ceramic thing inside the shimano derailer pulley. I have all sram now. But I was curious if aluminum or titanium pulleys would last longer than the cheaper plastic ones. The difference in price isn't a lot and they have sealed bearings and they weight within like 3 grams of each other thus I wondered what people would pay for them and would they buy them. I see them on Ebay. Just wondered. No one has answered the wear question yet so I guess I wont get my question answered. But if I posted a thread, "hey everyone, be super sarcastic," I'm sure everyone would be serious and answer my dang question!

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

I bet if you asked nicely you could score some whale penis bone at the Baltimore Aquarium. Or just sneak in late one night and help yourself. After all, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.




















For some NSFW laughs, do a google image search for "whale penis bone".

 

[mrbigisbudgood]

Was it because they were roadies or because they were Italian?

Yes.

No pictures because I was driving. I have fond memories of full matching kit and gaudy gold necklaces hanging from the neck.

 

[BIGHITR]

Angrymetalsmith, ENOUGH of the whale penis bone jokes! Yer killing me ova hee-er! LOL

Well, I guess NO BODY wants metal pulleys! Ti OR aluminum.

Does ANYONE know if there is any benefit to metal alloy pulleys over plastic? Do they last longer "wear" wise? Okay, let me rephrase that...

Does ANYONE know if there is any benefit to metal alloy pulleys over plastic without throwing a whale penis bone in the answer?

 

[MMike]

Titanium cable housing. I'd be all over that.