• I'm thinking of a titanium fast, aggressiveish road bike with fender mounts for all year speeeed.
    Am I having some sort of crisis?

  • Not a crisis, but also not where the material shines IMO. I know it can be built into fast bikes, but the tubing diameters have to be really quite something to maintain the same level of stiffness as steel tubing, a la No. 22. I can't think of many people building fast Ti bikes that aren't fully custom. But if you're okay with fully custom, then I say go for it.

  • I'm all about fat tubes. I'm also attracted to the corrosion resistance for winter road bike duties but from what I see on the market, companies seem to make heavier/more relaxed/slower bikes for All-Weather/Winter/Audax bikes. I don't want to go any slower just because I've fit mudguards.
    Truth be told I'm thinking of designing it, having a couple manufactured to spec, painted and potentially offering them for sale/starting a micro brand which should hopefully be cheaper than the big brands (and a lot cheaper than going to a UK or US framebuilder) whilst also being cooler.
    I don't want to be churning out On One style gravel bikes though so I'm not sure if there's enough interest in the sort of bikes I personally like

    I can't think of many people building fast Ti bikes that aren't fully custom

    This is what I'm counting on

  • My Lynskey R470 Disc is pretty nippy. Or it would be if it didn't have me riding it. Not that I've actually got to ride it in nearly two years.

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