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The original design was by Reg Trimnell from X-Lite, but these forks were made by Raleigh's Special Products Division. I'm sure that you can make a titanium fork which is stiff, either by increasing the diameter of the blades or by increasing the wall thickness. I'm not sure that the quality of manufacture is likely to have any effect on stiffness though.
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I have accepted it is a gamble that I might end up having to buy a carbon fork down the line, but knowing Ted's history in terms of innovation and skills, it is a gamble that I am willing to take and one that I am confident will play off. Only time will tell.
He mentioned about increasing the wall thickness and I asked him wouldn't it be counter-productive as going for ti over steel is to save weight (and other reasons). He says on average ti is about 4 time lighter than steel and by increasing the wall thicker, the ti fork will be heaiver, but it will still be significantly lighter than steel.
*I have greatly simplified the 4 times lighter claim, Ted did give me some pretty complicated calculation that I didn't really understand fully, but it has a lot to do with what brand and grade of materials etc etc.
ExTra
What make or who made the fork? I discussed this particular flexy issue everyone is talking about with Ted in great depth and he has explained to me how he can stablise the flexy issue. On the flip side, I have heard some folks saying their ti forks are stiffer than their steel because they are well made.