Show me your ti bikes

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Lemond75
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by Lemond75

I'm seriously tempted to buy a titanium road bike, and am enjoying looking at all of the builds within this forum, so thanks for sharing.

I already have a beautiful stainless steel bike, and would appreciate views from anyone who has both, or has made the move from stainless to Ti, or vice versa in terms of ride quality, smoothness amd stiffness. I don't race, and live in a hilly area with lots of crappy road surfaces. I'm not a huge lover of disc brakes, so it would be rim brake road bike (looking at a Tommasini Mach).

Thanks in advance for your help.

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DHG01
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by DHG01

Lemond75 wrote:
Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:17 pm
I'm seriously tempted to buy a titanium road bike, and am enjoying looking at all of the builds within this forum, so thanks for sharing.

I already have a beautiful stainless steel bike, and would appreciate views from anyone who has both, or has made the move from stainless to Ti, or vice versa in terms of ride quality, smoothness amd stiffness. I don't race, and live in a hilly area with lots of crappy road surfaces. I'm not a huge lover of disc brakes, so it would be rim brake road bike (looking at a Tommasini Mach).

Thanks in advance for your help.

I ride both; stainless XCR caliper brake gravel and titanium road Nevi/Litespeed Vortex (both rim).

The Nevi does have that "magic/carpet ride" that titanium is known for; other titanium frames I ve had do not. They feel more like aluminium. The why, not sure. (Vortex is very light but and older and flexier frame).

I would say the titanium rides similar to the XCR but somewhat stiffer. It also has tubes of larger diameter. And the XCR was purposely built to provide some flex.

If you are in the mood for a bare frame, I don't think you can go wrong with a nice titanium. The only challenge is distinguishing the aluminium type.

jwalther
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by jwalther

First ride on my Litespeed T3. I stripped all the original components, removed the decals, and refinished the frame. I built it back with Ultegra 8050, and Boyd Prologue wheels. Not exactly a WW build, but comes in at a reasonable 8.4kg/18.5lbs for an XL.

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2023 Capitol Bicycles Custom Ti
2019 Felt Breed 30
2013 Co-Motion Supremo when the wife wants to ride

Theologian
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by Theologian

Litespeed T2 x 2.
T2 for Mr., 7.34kg with 2 garmin mounts, pedals, cage, etc. (16.2lbs):
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T2 for Mrs., 7.2kg (15.9lb) with garmin mount, pedals, and cage.
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T2 x 2:
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Marin
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by Marin

Heretic DotP ("Days of the Plague") in "fast road" setup:

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Singular
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by Singular

Discovered this in my work camera after shooting today - our three-year-old was playing around with the camera at home in June and I did not know she had shot this (unintentionally) brilliant pic of an old bike and an even older man...

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Juanmoretime
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by Juanmoretime

Soon to be an update on my Litespeed T3. Going eTap. Not the lightest but it works for me.

spdntrxi
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I like it :noidea:
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eurperg
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by eurperg

That Heretic is so cool... and the Moots above is classy and timeless. Here's a recent pic of my Festka Lustre.

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NoBlink
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by NoBlink

Been following this topic for quite some time, just realized I hadn’t posted my own bike yet:

Here’s my Passoni Top Force
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spdntrxi
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by spdntrxi

some stunners in this thread :thumbup:
2024 BMC TeamMachine R Building
2018 BMC TImeMachine Road
2002 Moots Compact-SL- getting aero look makeover
2019 Parlee Z0XD - "classified"
2023 Pivot E-Vault - completed project, full Xplr package

DHG01
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by DHG01

Some very nice bikes.
I think I already showed mine. The top tube has a bit of a specific shape; widens toward head tube and seat tube. I was thinking that the seat tube junction reminds of the one on the Festka (and perhaps also the Passoni, but I can't see it very well).
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by Juanmoretime

[quote=DHG01 post_id=1695295 time=1628917882 user_id=92611]
Some very nice bikes.
I think I already showed mine. The top tube has a bit of a specific shape; widens toward head tube and seat tube. I was thinking that the seat tube junction reminds of the one on the Festka (and perhaps also the Passoni, but I can't see it very well).

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Well done. From the seatpost height and the longer top tube I would say short on the inseam and long in the torso. I'm the opposite. 87.8 cm inseam.

tfayet
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by tfayet

My new bike: Seven Axiom SLX 2010.
Old frame rebuilt with actual components
Max titanium parts (Rewel seatpost/Moots RSL stem and spacers/Chrisking titanium headset)
Weight 6.8kg
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The different parts - sorry in french
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by vanski

Moots Vamoots
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