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Just fix it with some zip ties
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If you're going that far you're probably not going to take a Ti Audax / gravel bike but a proper touring bike
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Just wondering how repairable a Ti bike would be if on a trip to remote parts. I'd always asssumed steel was king so you could turn up anywhere and get a frame repaired. I'm thinking not many village work shops will have Ti welding rods?
I have a steel bike in the form of the Condor if that bothers me, but having seen a botch job where someone welded small steel strips around a broken Ti chainstay (was it on TCR? can't remember) I think I'd rather go for all the other benefits of Ti rather than the tiny risk that I'll end up in that situation. (The Ti bike I saw ruined on LEL appeared not to have a replaceable hanger, and that's where the failure happened - choosing a bike with a replaceable hanger seems an easy way around that).
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Just wondering how repairable a Ti bike would be if on a trip to remote parts. I'd always asssumed steel was king so you could turn up anywhere and get a frame repaired. I'm thinking not many village work shops will have Ti welding rods?