I don't know why this has been so far hard to find, but does anyone know where I can buy either long 14 guage ti spokes OR 0.08" ti rod/wire, grade 5?
I tried two online bike vendors, cambriabike / coloradocyclist, both of which claimed to have ti spokes in stock, but both are lying about their in stock, so I'm getting reluctant to waste more time on flaky online bike vendors, unless you know one that actually carries the inventory they claim. I wanted to use bike parts vendors so I could also get 16 or 15/17 gauge stainless spokes.
this is for making ti pot stands, by the way. I've tried 0.1" (a bit too thick) and 0.06" (too thin) so I know 14 guage / 0.08" is just right. Pure ti is too soft from what I can see, thus grade 5 alloy seems like it will be perfect.
I haven't found any site that carries retail amounts of ti rod/wire grade 5, and I've been looking off / on for months now, emailed some, but it's always wholesale.
I wanted to try both 14 gauge ti and 16 or 15/17 gauge stainless, which is why spokes seemed the easiest solution, but I don't want to order from another online bike parts vendor that pretends to have inventory they don't actually have.
I guess also 0.06" stainless wire/rod would be cool to find as well, but retail is hard to locate. Though I can probably get those stainless spokes at a local bike shop.
