HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
My ti rides smoother than my old steel frame but that's probably due to the components. But its lighter and more robust than steel so I think its worth it.
Titanium ????
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hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
It appears to me to be a matter of fashion as much as anything - a well designed and wellconstructed bicycle frame will make for a great bike whatever the material happens to be, and will be appropriate for any rider unless they are of truly exceptional size. Titanium is popular and has many wonderful qualities, and gives a great ride. So does steel. So does carbon. Your choice depends as much on taste and aesthetics as anything else - and fashionability, of course.
Titanium can be trickier to work with so if you go that route you want to be sure to go to a good frame builder, one who specialises in titanium and knows what he or she is doing.
As far as rust goes, both Reynolds and Columbus make wonderful lightweight tube sets in stainless steel.
Titanium can be trickier to work with so if you go that route you want to be sure to go to a good frame builder, one who specialises in titanium and knows what he or she is doing.
As far as rust goes, both Reynolds and Columbus make wonderful lightweight tube sets in stainless steel.
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dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
What?
Soltydog
Legendary Member
- Location
- near Hornsea
16+ stone & have steel, alloy & Ti in the garage. Ti is by far the comfiest ride IMHO. Had a carbon bike & it was a close call between that & Ti, but Ti just edged it for me, although the carbon did feel better at climbing hills, but living in the flats of East Yorkshire that isn't very often 
im questioning your quote on Ti be wobbly if your not light
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User169
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And so does (seemingly currently unfashionable) aluminium.
al-fresco
Growing older but not up...
- Location
- Shropshire
Last year I bought a Spa Audax Ti. It's not as light or fast as my carbon bike. (Not really a fair comparison as I don't inflict my Willier with mudguards and a big Carradice saddle bag.) I can't really say that the Ti is more comfortable, not definitively, all my bikes feel comfortable. But I love the Ti, wish I'd bought one years ago.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Every Ti owner ive spoken to- of both modern and older Ti framed bikes and there's been a few-have said the same.
Im 18st had 3 Ti bikes and have never had such an issue..........
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Oddly not one of the people I've talked to who ride Ti have said that , we they all really fat ?
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Various!
Racing roadkill
Guru
Steel is real.
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
I have a Spa Cycles Elan in Ti. The price wasn’t far off my Surly DT (steel) so price can be ruled out. It is lighter. It is faster. It is as comfortable as my tourer in a different way. And at 73kg (me not the bike) I have never noticed any wobblyness. For me, this bike was very much about getting something of beauty that would suit as an Audax bike. It has about 2k on the clock (km) and about the same used on my Kickr Snap. In my opinion I made a very good choice.
The ONLY thing which would make it more beautiful would be orange bar tape.
