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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 142160" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Stainless certainly has practical advantages. Of course, so do modern bikes. For what (little) it's worth, if I'm judging a concours, bead blasted stainless fasteners strike my eyes the same way fingernails across a chalkboard strikes my ears.</p><p></p><p>In the mid-1990s, when I sent 6 lbs. of fasteners, spindles, etc. from the forks to be cadmium plated, I looked up the prices of the various pieces to know what I should insure them for, since replacing them with stainless seemed like it would be the only realistic option if they were lost in shipping. At that time the replacements would have cost $700 ($6.50/oz.). Interestingly, at that time the cost of pure silver was just $4.50/oz.</p><p></p><p>I didn't note the bulk price of 404 stainless in 1995 but even today it's is only $0.50 per <em>pound, </em>so essentially all the cost of those stainless items is in the fabrication, and nearly nothing in the raw material. Today the price of silver is $25/oz., an increase of a factor of 5.5x. Without taking the time to look up current VOC prices, inflation in the UK since 1995 has been a factor of 2x. Assuming that is reflected in manufacturing costs, the same 6 lbs. would be $1400 ($13/oz.).</p><p></p><p>The only logical conclusion from these figures is you should use silver fasteners on your Vincent, not stainless…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 142160, member: 2806"] Stainless certainly has practical advantages. Of course, so do modern bikes. For what (little) it's worth, if I'm judging a concours, bead blasted stainless fasteners strike my eyes the same way fingernails across a chalkboard strikes my ears. In the mid-1990s, when I sent 6 lbs. of fasteners, spindles, etc. from the forks to be cadmium plated, I looked up the prices of the various pieces to know what I should insure them for, since replacing them with stainless seemed like it would be the only realistic option if they were lost in shipping. At that time the replacements would have cost $700 ($6.50/oz.). Interestingly, at that time the cost of pure silver was just $4.50/oz. I didn't note the bulk price of 404 stainless in 1995 but even today it's is only $0.50 per [I]pound, [/I]so essentially all the cost of those stainless items is in the fabrication, and nearly nothing in the raw material. Today the price of silver is $25/oz., an increase of a factor of 5.5x. Without taking the time to look up current VOC prices, inflation in the UK since 1995 has been a factor of 2x. Assuming that is reflected in manufacturing costs, the same 6 lbs. would be $1400 ($13/oz.). The only logical conclusion from these figures is you should use silver fasteners on your Vincent, not stainless… [/QUOTE]
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