[happycampyer]

Originally Posted by weiwentg

The original question was, how do we expect anodized ti cages to hold up in daily use?

Silca has now got on the anodized titanium bandwagon. They're offering a pair of bourbon anodized (probably more like gold anodized) ti cages and straws. Their care instructions for the straws say:



That does lead me to think that the ti oxide layer (which gives titanium its color - long story, involves physics, something about differential refraction) will wear off under abrasives. I might pass on these for a gravel bike.

See my post #27 above. That was from either Kevin or Tyler at Firefly.

Originally Posted by happycampyer

So, I have it from a pretty reliable source that a water bottle by itself would not cause the anodization to wear off. However, when grit from the road wedges itself between the bottle and the cage, the anodization will wear off where the grit rubs.

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showp...7&postcount=27