New CeramicSpeed Jockey Wheels, ONLY $1000/set

[DrGalactus]

http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/03/16/nah ... ey-wheels/

3 times the life span of a traditional pulley and about 1g less than aluminum per pulley

$500/g saving, sign me right up!

[mike]

is it april fool's already. $1000 has to be a typo....

[sawyer]

Ceramic speed used to make affordable high end product

Then cycling took off

Essentially same product now is about 3x times the price it was 10 years ago

[dumptruk]

Titanium huh? Would those eventually wear down?

[bikedoc]

I know what I should be printing then, I can do carbon or TI and it wouldn't cost any where near that much.

[bikedoc]

I just read the bit saying it took them 4years!! What did they do, spend 1minute a week on the project

[sawyer]

CS product tests consistently as among the best, though there is a bit of a WW myth they are miles better than all other brands

They aren't. They are in the mix with the best

And more expensive

[MisterMuncher]

Printed Ti does seem to lead to hideously expensive product, see the first iteration of the Fabric ALM. Perhaps it's on the wait and see list.

[wheelsONfire]

Plain insane!

[uraqt]

Not sure they are really for sale, I think i read that they were only making a few pairs.

I think that it's very cool that they are trying a new way to build a product. They have try new things to get better at making things. : )

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[bfno]

How come companies such as Raceway can 3D print Ti products such as chain catchers, but when CS does it it is this expensive... Hmm. I understand this isn't a 'off the shelf' product, looks like they are taking a Mclaren+Specialized approach to marketing.

[mattr]

I just read the bit saying it took them 4years!! What did they do, spend 1minute a week on the project

I suspect they did about a months work on it 4 years ago and completely finished the design and testing, then realised it would actually cost near enough $1000 a pair to make.

4 years later the cost of printing in ti has come down sufficiently that you can knock em out at $30-50 a piece and still sell them to suckers at $1000 a pair.
TBH with the number of places offering this sort of service, I reckon it'll only be a matter of weeks before you can get 3D printed copies/fakes from China. And months before one of the more legit businesses is making similar things at 20% of the RRP.

[HillRPete]

Printed Ti does seem to lead to hideously expensive product

I'm wondering how it compares to CNCd Ti and forged Aluminium. Also, does anyone forge Ti in the bike world?

[PSM]

Veal leather box?