Show us your Titanium! - Ti and Stainless bikes

They do.

are they just normal open pro CD not ceramic? definitely sell them them, the value will probably drop by £100 once that first mark appears!

chris king sound is fun, if you want it to be quieter you can bung a load of grease in there and it dulls a lot, however being chased by a swarm of angry bees makes you ride faster. fact.

Are they the ceramic open pros or tha anodised version? Ceramics need specific pads.

@ùbér_grùbér if they are the ceramic rims and you are selling - provisional dibs pending price!
Cheers,
Matt

Yeah just the Open Pro CD's-I'm tempted to keep them till the rims wear out (how ofter does this happen...) then see. With all the rain up here it won't take too long I'm sure... The hubs keep their value pretty well on their own anyway, eh?

tempted to keep them

Just ride them. They are only rims.

Using a softer compound like the KoolStop Salmons will keep them looking better for longer.

Obligatory readers wives.

Whacked my H plus/novatecs on for now-they're getting a bit shabby but in last weeks of thesis writing and may need to cash in on the Kris Kringles... Apart from that it's just another Ti build really... Old finishing kit from Roberts and some King cages.

Not going to let myself ride it in anger till after the thesis is handed in as much needed motivations however : /

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NDS pickenflick in city guise

Hey there

Hope all is well with you. Thats a sexy bike you got there, congrats!

Are those all yours? If so, good damn! I need to enrol my self to jelly school, mmkay

hi
yes these are all of mine
Even if I had to sold the Colnago and the fixed one.

That colnago Titanio.. uff.. want one of those..

yes nice frame
ART Decor !

hehe dibs if you end up selling!

lies - they work fine with normal pads

ceramic rims will destroy normal pads really quickly, but yes they will "work" if that means simply stopping the bike.

Anyone know how to fix a crack in a Ti frame - potential bargain for a smaller person

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRBORNE-THUNDETBOLT-ROAD-BIKE-CAMPAGNOLO-10-SPEED-MAVIC-RIMS-SELLE-ITALIA-SEAT/400985108832?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D8d599cf87c33457ea7f561416d295e9d%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D271988087676

Send it to Vernon Barker in Chesterfield.

Speaking of cracked Ti - I purchased this from the Forum 5 years ago...

... but sadly 18 months later I found this...

... and it's been stuck in my shed ever since, with the parts used elsewhere. Enigma initially seemed keen to try and fix it but, after seeing the pic, thought it was probably unwise to proceed. I'm a bit reluctant to offer it up generally in case someone ends up trying to sell it on unscrupulously - but equally can't quite bring myself to smash it to pieces and put it in the bin.

Any suggestions? Posh ghost bike?

Wall art

Haha... I had considered that, but given I've already got three (working) bikes hanging off the walls - I think if I added one broken one I'd probably be looking for a new home (alone) pretty sharpish!

smashy smashy then. Cut the rear end off and use it as funiture or a wheel truing stand.

I guess someone could swap the tube out, but I doubt it would make economic sense.

Cut it out just before the crack and bond in a carbon tube?

Maybe I'm being stupid but what about cutting the downtube out from the crack to the BB area and bonding a carbon one in, similar to what firefly do... would that be cheaper than replacing the tube with Ti? anyway... just a thought...