...but titanium is

Andre Jute

A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ

BrandyCycles@gmail.com

On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ

My watches are all carbon fiber. So there back.

Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. It is
much slower than my carbon ones.

Ryan Cousineau

In article
<ec0c7bdd-b307-4191-bf59-a04a21343a69@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
BrandyCycles@gmail.com wrote:

> On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> > watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
> My watches are all carbon fiber. So there back.
>
> Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. It is
> much slower than my carbon ones.

I have a titanium ring, which I occasionally wear as a high-performance
wedding band. The ring was a prize at a charity ride my club did. It's
quite a conversation piece when you hand it to other people and ask them
to guess what metal it is; Ti is light and lustrous and not usually
encountered in one's daily life.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Nate Nagel

BrandyCycles@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
>>watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
>
> My watches are all carbon fiber. So there back.
>
> Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. It is
> much slower than my carbon ones.

That's odd, the one thing that peeves me about the stainless watch
that's on my wrist now is that it runs consistently fast, even after
having it serviced and adjusted.

Of course, 5 PM comes that much sooner every day

nate

--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel

Hank

On May 23, 6:42 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article
> <ec0c7bdd-b307-4191-bf59-a04a21343...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
>
> BrandyCyc...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> > > watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
> > My watches are all carbon fiber. So there back.
>
> > Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. It is
> > much slower than my carbon ones.
>
> I have a titanium ring, which I occasionally wear as a high-performance
> wedding band. The ring was a prize at a charity ride my club did. It's
> quite a conversation piece when you hand it to other people and ask them
> to guess what metal it is; Ti is light and lustrous and not usually
> encountered in one's daily life.
>
> --
> Ryan Cousineau rcous...@gmail.comhttp://www.wiredcola.com/
> "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
> "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

A buddy of mine and his wife wear titanium rings as their wedding
bands, because they wanted to boycott the African mining industry.

thefronny@gmail.com

On May 23, 7:42 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
> BrandyCyc...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> >>watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
> > My watches are all carbon fiber. So there back.
>
> > Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. It is
> > much slower than my carbon ones.
>
> That's odd, the one thing that peeves me about the stainless watch
> that's on my wrist now is that it runs consistently fast, even after
> having it serviced and adjusted.
>
> Of course, 5 PM comes that much sooner every day
>
> nate
>
> --
> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel

The truly successful wear watches, but pay no attention to them.

tf

nmp

Hank wrote:

> A buddy of mine and his wife wear titanium rings as their wedding bands,
> because they wanted to boycott the African mining industry.

Where does titanium ore comes from?

andresmuro@aol.com

On May 23, 5:34*pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ

Dude:

My glass frames are made of titanium. I used to go through frames
every year. Now, I've had the same frame for 5 years. I bends and
twists, but won't brake. I also have a custom ti frame. Bought it for
$500. It doesn't rust, It doesn't get old, It doesn't break. Once A
year, I get sandpaper and sand it a little. It looks new again. Maybe,
in 1000 years, If I keep sanding it, It will dissolve into thin air.

Andres

Andre Jute

On May 24, 2:57*pm, "andresm...@aol.com" <andresm...@aol.com> wrote:
> On May 23, 5:34*pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> > watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
> Dude:

Is that me? My name is Andre. How'd you do, Andres.

> My glass frames are made of titanium. I used to go through frames
> every year.

Ah, to be young and reckless.

>Now, I've had the same frame for 5 years. I bends and
> twists, but won't brake.

I've had the same gold spectacle frames over thirty years. I got tired
of plated frames getting dull or pitting from perspiration and had a
thin frame machined to my own design from a billet. It is worth more
now than it cost when new.

> I also have a custom ti frame. Bought it for
> $500. It doesn't rust, It doesn't get old, It doesn't break. Once A
> year, I get sandpaper and sand it a little. It looks new again. Maybe,
> in 1000 years, If I keep sanding it, It will dissolve into thin air.

Congratulations. Does your frame builder have a URL?

> Andres

Andre Jute

On May 24, 12:41*am, BrandyCyc...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> > watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
> My watches are all carbon fiber. *So there back.
>
> Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. *It is
> much slower than my carbon ones.

I'm not macho enough for great big stainless steel watches.

Andre Jute
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/WATCHES.html

Andre Jute

On May 24, 5:40*am, thefro...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 23, 7:42 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > BrandyCyc...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On May 23, 7:34 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > >>A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
> > >>watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ
>
> > > My watches are all carbon fiber. *So there back.
>
> > > Pee Ess-- When I want to feel retro, I wear my steel watch. *It is
> > > much slower than my carbon ones.
>
> > That's odd, the one thing that peeves me about the stainless watch
> > that's on my wrist now is that it runs consistently fast, even after
> > having it serviced and adjusted.
>
> > Of course, 5 PM comes that much sooner every day
>
> > nate
>
> > --
> > replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel
>
> The truly successful wear watches, but pay no attention to them.
>
> tf

I'm deeply horrified that you should impugn my character by implying
that I use a watch in my work; I work until the job is done, without
reference to time. It is only in one of my hobbies, cycling, that I
wear a watch (and that's a bit superfluous as both my favourite bike's
computer control module and my heart rate monitor display clocks --
the wrist flyback is just more convenient to operate on the fly
without disturbing the desired settings on the other dials). Even when
I was in advertising, and at least theoretically had office hours, I
didn't wear a watch or carry money or cards; that is why one has
assistants. Mind you, my favourite watch to wear cycling has a slide
rule bezel http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/YULtideUTC.html so
while I'm lying on my back on a parapet beside a susurrus stream I can
still exercise my mind by doing abstruse electronic calculations for
my other hobby, designing retro tube audio amplifiers
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/JUTE%20ON%20AMPS.htm

Andre Jute
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/...%20ARISING.html

A Muzi

-snip ti-
Hank wrote:
> A buddy of mine and his wife wear titanium rings as their wedding
> bands, because they wanted to boycott the African mining industry.

Hmmm. So the Gulag is 'better'?

--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

A Muzi

> Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> A bike may not be jewelry but titanium is -- several of my sports
>> watches are titanium. So there. -- AJ

andresmuro@aol.com wrote:
> My glass frames are made of titanium. I used to go through frames
> every year. Now, I've had the same frame for 5 years. I bends and
> twists, but won't brake. I also have a custom ti frame. Bought it for
> $500. It doesn't rust, It doesn't get old, It doesn't break. Once A
> year, I get sandpaper and sand it a little. It looks new again. Maybe,
> in 1000 years, If I keep sanding it, It will dissolve into thin air.

"won't brake" ?
Marian has the same problem without titanium.
--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Hank

On May 24, 8:51 am, A Muzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> -snip ti-
>
> Hank wrote:
> > A buddy of mine and his wife wear titanium rings as their wedding
> > bands, because they wanted to boycott the African mining industry.
>
> Hmmm. So the Gulag is 'better'?
>

What gulag?

Half of it comes either from Australia or Canada. 20% comes from South
Africa. Less than 10% comes from former Soviet republics, mainly the
Ukraine. If you're buying wedding rings, it would be neither difficult
nor unimportant to vet the source of the material.