My friend who imports bike stuff just sold a customer a set of 4 water bottle cage bolts for $33 that will save 2 grams over the next lightest bolts available. The entire purchase was about $1000 to save 50 grams total.
It is very cost effective for your friend who sold the bolts. Think about the profit he just made. It’s about as cost effective as the $500 toilet seats sold to the U.S. Government. A sucker is born everyday.
What were the bolts made from? I can get you nice anodized aluminum ones for 6$ for a box of 50. Let’s see, with a modest profit, that comes out to $32.50 a piece if you’re interested.
Usually, I draw a line at $2/gram… and I hope those water bottle cage bolts were not titanium
they make alluminum ones that are nearly as light as the carbon fiber ones
“4 water bottle cage bolts for $33 that will save 2 grams”
Frank, you’re in the wrong business.
You should calculate on a dollar per gram basis what a pair of PC’s would be worth at this price/weight ratio.
I hope they were carbon, that exceeds even my new hyperinflationary, up from $1/gram years ago, $10/gram limitation.
What were the bolts made from? I can get you nice anodized aluminum ones for 6$ for a box of 50. Let’s see, with a modest profit, that comes out to $32.50 a piece if you’re interested.
I don’t know and I don’t care what they are made of. I know the cassettes he sells feel like they are made of paper maché, even though they are not. It just sez something about how distorted things have become and what someone will pay to have “the lightest” possible bike. He could probably save another gram or two if he would super glue his cages on his bike and then leave the water bottles off or empty.
you’re kidding - right? you could get nice aero wheels or other upgrades that would be much more cost-effective.