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Answer Grips
ANSWER AGGRESSOR MOUNTAIN GRIPSUsing several grips design techniques found elsewhere, thesegrips comprise the better features of many other grips combined. They are made for Answer, by ODI, of Kraton-type rubber for it's tactile, adhesive quality. The inner end has a groove on the exterior for wire or zip tie application. On the interior of the inner end is raised ring that acts as an inside O-ring to keep water and dirt from getting under the grip and loosening it. The upper palm area has fine raised ribs running front to back, not unlike the Attack grip has in it's spiral pattern. The raised ribs cushion against fatigue and road shock. The under side of the palm area has a rectangular ribbed "waffle" pattern that increases finger grip and control of the handlebar. The underside in the area where the thumb rests is made smooth and flush with the inner end to provide blister-free under bar shifting. The outer end of the grip is closed off in a round dome shape and made thick to help prevent ripping of the grip end in a fall. The Aggressor grips are packaged like the ODI grips, which leads us to believe that ODI makes these for Answer. They are available in Blue, Black, Lavender, Neon Pink, Red, or Neon Yellow. Aggressor grips weigh 91 grams per pair, have a durometer hardness of A/52 (Blue), and are 4.9 inches long. Made in USA. $ Price in Catalog
ANSWER LOGO MOUNTAIN GRIPSThe Answer Logo grips are a lighter weight version of grips, because they have a thinner grip wall. The grip has the Answer Logo molded into it, lengthwise, six times. Four occurrences have the lettering raised 3mm off the grips base surface, and filled in, thickening and making more firm the its rubber surface. The four filled in logos are to face upward when properly installed, helping to cushion against road shock. The remaining two logos, are outlines of the Answer name left unfilled in. These provide a softer area for the finger tip to grip on the handlebars bottom side. The grip has a groove on its inner side for "wire on" grip purposes. The outer end of the grip is made thicker to resist tearing through in event of accident. Answer Logo are available in Blue, Black, Clear, Lavender, Red. Logo grips weigh 91 grams per pair, have a durometer hardness of A/34 and are 4.9 inches long. They are environmentally packaged using cardboard not plastic and are made in USA. $ 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... |
