Comments on: Tit-anium - Better Than Carbon

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:02:18 +0000

Kent Erikson Cycles makes a beautiful and elegant seat post. Anyone know where to find a Ti straight bar with a 31.8 clamp size?

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:48:57 +0000

Quinn -
Scratches on a carbon frame can lead to failure, and not just simple bend in the frame. Sure carbon is more available from huge companies but there are so many different levels of carbon, how you set up the epoxy, what type of mold etc etc, the ride characteristics change greatly from any one carbon model to another.

If you dent a carbon frame from any large manufactor you have voided your warranty and most likely are going to see failure before you have a chance to get a patch. What are costs on patches & how do they work? (For my own knowledge.)

Thanks for the input!! I ride a carbon road bike which I love, but would never be caught owning a carbon mountain bike unless I was a fully sponsored rider.

By: Vic

Vic — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:32:43 +0000

As a rider on the larger end of the spectrum, I find that the off the shelf ti frames available have the feel of a leaf spring under my 230lb load. I know I could get a custom bike with proper tubing that would not do this, but I don’t wanna pay for it. So, for me, carbon on the road and (gasp) aluminum on the trail offer the best cost to performance ratio. I have no arguments against the positive attributes of ti, it is all the things I am not: Pretty, durable and repairable.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:32:51 +0000

I like the ride of carbon a lot more, carbon is much more common/availible, therefore can be cheeper, say your bike does become a tree ornament andyou break your bars, very bike shop in my area has carbon bars in stock, where as they would have to hunt down Ti bars, post, stem.

Scratches- don’t be so vain! for gods sack its a mountain bike.

Dents- frame patches.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:38:25 +0000

It include the choice of tubing, choice of finish, special geometrie (not like an usual frame geometrie, special form).

And of course, things like this : http://sdvbikes.com/collections/frontpage/products/sdv-ti-beach-cruiser

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:06:28 +0000

What do “special custom projects” include?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:46:49 +0000

Special custom projects are made in house in Quebec,

Standard frame production line is made in China,

And all component are made in Taiwan.

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:07:56 +0000

Chris,

Thank you for adding to my list. Comfort is well up there, especially with seat posts and handle bars. Who makes your ti parts?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:42:25 +0000

Hi there,

You forgot some other great qualities about Ti!

1- Comfort! A1 Add a ti stem and a ti seatpost and you have one super great combo with your frame

2- Thanks to his elasticity, one can fold it, torture it and give again his form to him without it not losing its properties! Can’t say much about crackbon!

3- Can work with your tubing to made it feel like Steel or you can work with your tubing to made feel like aloy we can even do both at the same time! Priceless

4- got to agree 110% on this one, So sexy, classy, élégant!

Keep it up! Ti is the only way!