Show us your Titanium! - Ti and Stainless bikes

Ye old Grovel

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Very nice!

Are you running those tyres tubeless?

Only the rear.

Only the rear.

Gets front flat from tiny thorn

...goddammit.

Enigma Esprit ... with Campagnolo then Shimano as it is now.. the campag shifters weren’t perfect so ended up going for 11 speed. Best riding bike I own!

Purchased new about 12 years ago after I got knocked off and had an insurance payout and ‘invested’ in proper frame after a low end aluminium frame. This is the latest two build.

Any more enigma’s about?

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And this one, Gazelle Titan Road which is much stiffer but still had lovely details. Built up with Campagnolo :)

Build thread https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/325744/

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I have the same bike - 2010 esprit. Currently on the workstand for a groupset replacement. Its getting a bit beaten up these days but I still really like it.

I’ve found that if you spend an hour with a rag and some autosol it comes up like new... have you had a go at polishing it yet?

I have not - good tip thanks

Any more enigma’s about?

Yep. My other half, Cycliste, and I both have one. No points for guessing where this photo was taken.

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Curved seatstays! And what’s your stories with that type of decal, disintegrated after a few weeks so I didn’t bother replacing.

Those were the decals they came with. By the time that photo was taken they'd each done well in excess of 10,000km, and plenty of bouncing around in car boots to and from Italy and Spain. I've started to view the skanky decals as patina.

Curved seatstays!

Lateral rigidity, vertical compliance. Or summat. They're both prototypes we picked up in the Enigma sales, both weird sizes, both ideal for us.

Small ring 🙄

Had to shed layers and took this while doing so. Still very much enjoying this.

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Wow what a trip, can’t imagine you’ve ever seen any other bikes the same! I ordered a set of decals from enigma in the old typeface, but they never appeared... now I’m enjoying the extra patina instead 🤣

Can’t see me ever selling my enigma

Any more Enigmas about?

I have one but it cracked.

I've got one that is neither ti nor stainless

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Saddle angle is disturbing

Was a mock up. I don't ride that one.

Pretty happy with the current setup of my Curve GXR, shame about the trails :(

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Is this UK gravel? Asking as a foreigner.

Although it may look like a river this is actually November's finest UK gravel.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/3143­69/#comment14090627

if I move somewhere that I could use this, I'd certainly get one. Such a beaut!

👌

#nogravel has gone quiet in the last few months, surprisingly...

Bike looks great though, at least it looks like you have appropriate gearing and tyres.