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Grafton Bottom BracketGRAFTON "SPEED CASE" TITANIUM SEALED BOTTOM BRACKET
The Grafton B/B is a well crafted dual adjustable fixed spindle B/B type with extra contamination seals and a Titanium spindle. The spindle is machined from Titanium rod, with tapered ends so the arms slide on easily. Turned on a lathe, the spindle has a smooth 17mm diameter where the bearing sits on it, and a raised shoulder for it to rest against as the cup is tightened. The spindle is drilled through to reduce excess weight and tapped for the crank bolts. The bearing cups are flawlessly machined from aluminum rod. The inside of the cup is drilled to accommodate the bearing cartridge and spindle. The outside face of the cup is given a polished, convex surface with six equally spaced holes for pin spanner use in making the final cup adjustments. There are three aluminum pieces to the lockring, which are sandwiched together. The outer aluminum piece is threaded with six equally spaced cuts for the lockring spanner. Behind this is a thin, non-threaded aluminum ring, with another thicker, non-threaded aluminumring. Each of these pieces create greater hold and lack of movement, as the lockring is tightened. The aluminum lockring pieces are anodized in Blue, Black, Lavender, or Silver. The bearing cups are color anodized to match the lockrings. The Grafton B/B comes with a light weight clear plastic water sleeve that fits internally between the two bearing cups to reduce condensation in the frame from penetrating the bearings. The bearing cups have two recesses milled into them for O-ring seals. One is placed where the spindle exits the cup, the other where the water sleeve fits into each bearing cup. The bearings used are Japanese IJK, model 6903RS. The Grafton B/B is available with a 113mm, 118mm, 122.5mm, 125mm, 128mm, or 132mm length spindle, in English thread only. The weight of the Grafton Titanium Speed Case with a 125mm spindle is 175 grams. Crank bolts are not included. Spindle Length-13-18-22-25-28-32/Color-B-BK-L-S $Price in Catalog |
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In-depth Information About Metals Aluminum Aluminum is extracted electrolytically from bauxite ore. It is made by the electrolysis of aluminum oxide which is found in larger concentrations within bauxite ore. Bauxite is a mixture of the hydroxides of aluminum, together with other impurities such as oxides of iron, titanium, and silicon. Bauxite is produced by the weathering and change of aluminum silicate rocks usually found in tropical and semitropical regions where climate has produced an accelerated weathering process. Bauxite is not a rare ore and is widely available in the US, the Caribbean, and Europe. Approximately 4 pounds of read the full article... Beryllium Beryllium is a specialty metal that is steel-grey metal in color, with an extremely low density, making it very light weight. At 1.85 grams to the cubic centimeter, its density compares to that of magnesium. It is also a high strength metal, making it possible to design light weight, thin membered parts with ahigh stiffness. A column made of beryllium to support a load placed directly downward on top of it, will have a greater load carrying capacity, and be lower in weight than any other metal of equal size. Until the 1950's beryllium was used read the full article... Titanium The element titanium was discovered in 1763 by an English cleric, William Gregor who was an amateur chemist with an inquiring mind. It was in the black sands of Cornwall that he discovered the new element that had up to that time, attracted little scientific interest. A few years later, an Austrian, Klaproth, extracted the same element from an ore widely known as "rutile", which is a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide (one titanium atom, two oxygen atoms), that is a reddish-brown substance with a slight metallic luster. While rutile is the highest grade read the full article... Metallurgic Hardness Testing There are three types of tests used with accuracy by the metals industry,they are the Brinell hardness test, the Rockwell hardness test, and the Vickers hardness test. Hardness is the property of a metal which gives it the ability to resist being permanently deformed (bent, broken, or have its shape changed), when a load is applied. The greater the hardness of the metal, the greater resistance it has to deformation. Since the definitions of metallurgic ultimate strength and hardness are rather similar, it can generally be assumed read the full article... |
