I don't think they're using actual niobium tubes (these go in nuclear reactors) but rather an alloy. See this page from Columbus. Columbus Tubi
| | | | | | | | | | | Columbus Tubi | | | On Friday, August 3, 2018, 1:59:57 PM CDT, Brewster Fong <bfd...@gmail.com> wrote: Niobium tubing is Chinese-made tubing that I think Ritchey uses on its steel frames: http://www.firmetal.com/niobium/niobium-tube-pipe.html After all, weren't people asking what is Kaisei tubing just a few years ago?! Of course, Kaisei tubing use to be known as Ishiwata tubing which is good stuff! Good Luck! On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 10:39:58 AM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: What the heck is niobium?? I have Oakley shades made of "unobtanium", which sounds about as legit. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/JVs4rUd5iUE/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.