How many people would buy Titanium derailer pulleys and what would you pay for a set of titanium derailer pulleys?
What would you pay for Titanium Derailer Pulleys?
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I wouldn't buy them.
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i will answer your question with a question, why would you buy ti jockey wheels? 
That depends, are you making them?
buy?.....no
This.
Would it even save weight?
metal pulleys on metal chains
How are those metal cassettes and metal chainrings working for ya?metal pulleys on metal chains
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They're for transferring power, something plastic pulley's don't do.
For the OP... why would you even want Ti pulley's? What is the benefit? Ti isn't a wonder material for everything.
My answer is no. I wouldn't buy them and I wouldn't want them. Even if they were the same price as the plastic pulley's that come with the derailleur, I still wouldn't want them.
I'd pay you a whole haypenny.
I'd then ship him some extras, hoping he'd eagerly call his sponsor to thank them - subsequently looking like a fool and creating huge amounts of internet drama.
I'll buy a plastic cassette cause the ride monkey is telling me metal gears on metal chain = no buenos.
That assumes I would be stupid enough to waste money on that. At 240#, I can lose a lot more by taking a isht or actually riding my bike.
Send a Ti hoodie.
Id pay about the same as the plastic ones... so $20 I guess.
All the more reason a metal pulley in a derailleur isn't a big deal.....minimal friction/stress.
More weight and more noise? Sign me up!
And the metal on metal is more of an issue since they are so small.
And the metal on metal is more of an issue since they are so small.
I'd rather spend my money on something important like custom machined bar end caps or maybe some beryllium brake caliper bolts.
Oddly enough, my late-90s Wooly Fabrication gold-ano bar end caps may be one of the oldest and longest-runningest bike components I have. 'Course they're nothing close to gold anymore. My Time aliums might be that old, too, though, and are probably more useful.
Of all materials, why beryllium?
CuBe ftw.
Nasty stuff though. Don't breathe the dust, or lick it.
Nasty stuff though. Don't breathe the dust, or lick it.
platinum....yes. gold....yes. ti has no bling power.
wait, was the question?
wait, was the question?
what, no carbon?
No. And no.
My curiosity is plastic eventually wears and shark fins. I've got several old derailer pulleys that are in really bad shape. I thought, or so I have been told, Titanium is a really strong metal and light weight. So my thought is, light weight is good, metal is stronger than plastic so it would take longer to wear them out. Would there be any benefit? As to noise, I could care less.
Titanium is light... compared to steel. Compared to plastic of equal size, it is boat anchor heavy. It is also expensive. You could buy a dozen or more plastic pulleys for the price of one set of titanium pulleys.
The plastic pulleys weigh about 20g for the pair. So even if you made the new ones out of air, you're still paying $150-200 for a 20g weight loss.
Just get some titanium stem bolts and call it a day.
Have you ever felt like your derailluer pulleys are slowing you down? Go ahead and blame your brakes, fork seals and lack of Kashima. I got titnium pulleys mofo... The very defintion of badass.
Not sure where they cost as much as people are quoting but I see them on Ebay in aluminum 12grams around $12 and $30 for Titanium 13grams. But in plastic I see sets going for $18 bucks shipped and $20 at about 9grams so weight isn't the issue, my curiosity is would the metal pulleys take longer to wear being they are only about $6 bucks more for a set of aluminum and under $20 for Ti, is it worth it? Anyone out there have them that can speak from experience?
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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.