Titanium Frame

[Matchstix]

Yup thats nice, unfortunately it a Titus

[TitusTi]

Forgive him for he knows not what he is talking about.

[Matchstix]

Have you seen the van nicholas frames? Also very nice

[TitusTi]

What?

Cheap mass production knock offs!

Kidding, they're not bad.

[cycleq]

I have a Colnago CT2 - carbon rear triangle on a titanium front triangle. Mine has the HP stays and is right up there as one of the stiffest bikes I have ever ridden. BTW you can repair titanium, carbon and non-heat treated aluminium frames, not just steel.

[Slowbee]

ok education required here guys ... you are using words like stiff and flex, with respect to frames ... just what exactly does that mean ??

 

Ti bike rides softer than a alum bike, just what exactly does that mean ?

 

Its not a dual suspension bike so how noticable is it ?

 

 

 

[Christie]

Slowbee, it is a generalization to say a steel frame is softer than a aluminum bike, ot that a carbon frame is stiffer than a Ti one, etc. The material alone does not make give a frame certain properties. Tube size, the wall thickness of the tubes, and the frame geometry plays a big part. It is possible to design a very very rigid steel frame, or a very flexible one.

 

Stiffness usually refers to sideways deflection (or tather the lack therof) of the bottom bracket, and a soft ride to the vertical stiffness of the rear triangle, perhaps the fork as well.

 

The best frame material is carbon, second is aluminium, followed closely by steel, with titanium in last place.

 

The statement that any frame (regardless of frame material) loses stiffness over time is complete nonsense.

[Slowbee]

thanks christie .. goes some of the way to answering the question ..

[AttieSlabbert]

Token has a Titanium Range - called Atik.

www.atik.cc

Someone needs more info regarding the alloys used and the manufacturing. Let me know.

For Prices- you can contact Tokenfreak or Jason Wallace.