|
Boone
Titanium Wedding Rings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Submitted by
Ed Burgess
a Racer
from New York
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Cronomer | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Looks Good | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Gold | | Bike Setup: | SS | | Bottom Line: | Boone is now making Carbon Fiber insert Titanium Rings again!!!!!!
Bruce has located a source for the smallest carbon fiber pattern available.
Just received my ring today & it is perfect. 1/4 the weight of my gold wedding band so I should be faster this year! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Edmeades
a Weekend Warrior
from Gainesville, FL
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$465.00 | | Purchased At: | boonerings.com | | Strengths: | 135 kpsi tensile _grin_
Light, inert, made exactly to my specs. The inside profile is, as he says, very comfortable without rocking on the finger. | | Weaknesses: | None that I can tell | | Similar Products Used: | Silver ring w/ garnet triangle | | Bike Setup: | trek 1500 road configured for commuting--kevlar tires, squishy saddle, etc. | | Bottom Line: | Bruce is fantastic to work with. I was able to send him 2 autocad drawings for the 2 rings and he did a custom-milled one for my wife and a custom laser-ceramic one for me.
It took 3 days for him to go from a bar of stock to 2 finished custom rings.
Follow his instructions and advice. Go to a local jewelry shop and get sized with their metal sizing rings. Try to find a set that is similar to the width that you want. Try to conceal your mirth when you realise that the rings you're trying cost 10 times what you're going to pay and will take weeks or months to get to you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from Tacoma, WA
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Numerous in Capitol Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Purchased At: | direct from Bruce | | Strengths: | Inexpensive
Custom made exactly the way you want it
Beautiful & unusual
Very comfortable, durable & LIGHT!!! | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Crappy gold wedding band | | Bike Setup: | New Jekyll - yummy! | | Bottom Line: | This is the best deal going -
Bruce will custom make it to your exact specifications. I used to avoid wearing my old uncompotable, missized wedding band, but now I rarely take this one off. It's so comfortable & light. When it gets a bit scratched, I just lightly polish it with Never Dull polish or scouring powder & it looks as good as new.
When Bruce finished it, he sent me a pic of the finished ring; it was a bit too raised for me, so he milled it down to where I wanted it. Excellent customer service! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rico
a Cross Country Rider
from Shawnee, KS
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Strengths: | Lightweight, strong and comfortable. Boone gives very good customer service. | | Weaknesses: | The polished finish style won't stay polished and shiny under heavy use, but this would happen with any metal. | | Bottom Line: | I think Boone rings are a great deal! The people at Boone were real responsive in helping me choose and fit my ring and I felt they had great customer service. It was manufactured, shipped and arrived incredibly quickly too (2 days I think!), way faster than my wife's platinum band which we ordered from another vender the same day.
As for the ring itself, it is light and comfortable. Also an added benefit has been the protection it gives my finger and hand. I've moved heavy things and dropped them on my hand, and the ring prevented my fingers from being crushed. I don't think gold would have done that!!
As someone else mentioned, I do think I would go with the brushed finish rather than the polish since it does end up looking brushed after a while anyway. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ekim
a Cross Country Rider
from Owings Mills, MD
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | all of Avalon | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | 250http://members.aol.com/bboone5619/rings.html | | Strengths: | Quality craftsmanship. Titanium! Light and looks great. Bruce Boone is great to deal with. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Bike Setup: | Stock Gary Fisher Surgar 3+ Disc | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a super cool wedding band or just a plain cool Titanium Ring...look no further than Bruce Boone and Boone Titanium Rings. He has a wide variety of rings to choose from. And he is the only place that I am aware of that offers 8-1-1 Titanium (the strongest made I believe). Plus Bruce used to make Titanium Mt. Bike Cranks! How cool is that!? My ring is light, strong and I honestly think it will help my Mt. Biking (well maybe not...but It is still Ti).
Thanks Bruce!!!!!!
http://members.aol.com/bboone5619/rings.html | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn
a Cross Country Rider
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | shhhh -- secret! | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Purchased At: | http://members.aol.com/bboone5619/titaniumrings.html | | Strengths: | 6Al4V Ti
durable
superficial scratches actually look good
weighs nothing
always looks great
stays clean
nice sound when spun on counter
unique material
cool ring color
came with wife
believe it or not, it BOUNCES off the ground when tossed just right | | Weaknesses: | only Ti I own that doesn't improve bike performance
wearing it means I'm not single anymore | | Bike Setup: | Merlin Echo, Mars Elite, XTR, Dave's Wheels, Thomson/Thomson, ... | | Bottom Line: | Ti is the very best ring material for someone like me. I would have dented a ring made of anything else by now. And my scratches would erode away any of the precious metals because they're so soft.
To me, yellow gold is ugly, white gold is boring, silver is cheap, and platinum it too soft and precious to put in my care. Titanium has such a cool "gunmetal" color, it's light enough that you don't know it's on (friends with traditional wedding rings are jealous of the weight), and it's more durable than anything I can do to it (if my finger is still attached, then there's no doubt that the ring is in great shape).
[As an occasional bonus, there is also the smug pleasure in seeing the funny look on the faces of other married bike enthusiasts that seems to say, "Why didn't *I* think of doing that?"]
Bruce was terrific in working with me to get the size correct, and even allowed me to make a width change during the process, causing him to have to remake the ring. His turnaround time was shockingly fast. Since the material is cheap, it appears that he makes a good buck on the actual value of the ring. But considering the cost of his equipment, his work to program it, the manual finishing process, and the back-and-forth to ensure a satisfied customer, his price becomes very reasonable and his profit margin is small. $95 for a wedding ring to last a lifetime is a great value!
One tip: Consider getting the "brushed" finish, because as the ring is scraped and weathered, it will basically acquire this finish anyway. But that would be true of any common ring material. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jacob Bogie
a Cross Country Rider
from Tempe, AZ
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Trail in Gaylordsville, CT | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Ultra Light Weight.
Strength and durability of Ti.
Great Finish.
Sizing and feel are right on the money. | | Weaknesses: | none so far...... | | Similar Products Used: | Handcrafted Traditional Gold Wedding Band | | Bike Setup: | 1999 MOOTS YBBEAT, XT/XTR, and Manitou FS-Ti
1999 KONA STINKY FIVE (Factory Bike), Fox Vanilla RC (w/S.A.B. reworking),'00 Marzocchi Z1CR, Magura HS-33 rim brakes, Rhyno-Lite Wheels, RaceFace Stem, and RaceFace XY Post binding Titec Berserker DH Kti Saddle. | | Bottom Line: | If you want your wedding band to last forever and be beautiful as new....then get a set of Boone Ti rings.
It seems senseless in this kind of lifestyle to wear an expensive ring when you know your hands are going to be in places where the ring will get chipped and gouged.
And does it feel ever so good to slip on this lightweight beauty! Matches my bike nice too!
Thanks a lot Bruce Boone!!!
Jake | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
| |
|
Photo Caption Contest
(sponsored by Maxxis)
|
Enter here
|
|
|
$ 55.00
