Re: [pb] Re: Regarding Titanium Rob Knobs (my usual inanity)

[LANGSTEN <langsten@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And all that mass, well ultimately over time and many agressive miles will
fatigue and wear out the shifter bushings and linkage , and  you get a nice
factory feeling setup  . .  . .

///M
feeling that lighter and smaller has got to be tighter!

Rob Levinson wrote:

> >From: "jporath@domain.elided" <Jporath@domain.elided>
> >Subject: Regarding Titanium Rob Knobs (my usual inanity)
> >
> >Having purchased more than my fair share of titanium accoutrements (bikes,
> >ski accessories, windsurfing gear, automotive parts, wet suits, etc, et al,
> >ad nauseum, take tums) the thing that struck me most was just how
> >stupendously light they all were.
> ...
> >Then my world is turned upside down by Rob Levinson and UUC Motorwerks
> >coming along and offering us the Rob Knob and the following:
> >
> >> What we discovered after using the prototypes for a few weeks is that
> >>they seemed to improve shift feel.  These knobs are *heavy*, solid
> aluminum
> >>or titanium, and they seem to do something to make shifting smoother and
> >>lower-effort.
> >
> >Wow! Heavy Titanium.  This, my friends, has instantly pegged the needle on
> >the Lust-O-Meter.
> ...
> >Now, lest anybody think that I am criticizing UUC Motorwerks, the efforts
> >of Ben or Rob or www.shortshifter.com or any other such malarkey, I  assure
> >you that I am not. I was, is, and remain an adoring fan. I am sincerely,
> >truly and adamantly in lust of the entire concept of the Heavy Titanium Rob
> >Knob.
> >Heavy Titanium.
> >Sheer marketing genius. Bow your heads, brethren, for we are in the
> >presence of the truly gifted.
>
>     LOL!!!  Okay, you got me - the Ti Rob Knobs are a by-product of an "Area
> 51" project.  We start with a Titanium "containment shell" and fill the
> interior with a substance the aliens call "ReallyVeryHeavyium".  The
> ReallyVeryHeavyium is sort of unstable (do not bang the shifter too hard, do
> not laugh at it, do not taunt it or tell it that lead is smarter) so we use
> the Titanium to keep it from exploding too forcefully.
>
>     But seriously, the RK is so heavy because it is solid metal.  Either in
> Aluminum or Titanium, it's a big chunk of metal.  Just in volume, the RK has
> more material than a stock shift knob... even though it is the same height,
> it tapers more gradually than a regular knob.  A regular knob is made of
> plastic, leather, (sometimes wood) and is really kind of light.  A metal Rob
> Knob is big hunkachunkamunka metal... and the Ti version has about 60% more
> mass than the aluminum.
>
> - Rob Levinson
> UUC Motorwerks

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