Show us your Titanium! - Ti and Stainless bikes

This is the frame you're having Waltly build for you? I swear I've seen them do much cleaner examples of hose exits on other frames they've done? I think it's the right move to go with the removable inserts vs. these. Very excited to see how the whole thing turns out!

Anyone disagree?

Nope. If it's only ever going to be used for one thing, there's no point adding a feature which allows it to be used for another thing. Particularly when it's a bit fugly, if functional. I'm not sure it even does make hose replacement any easier when compared to a full internal stainless guide.

Still, if that's what the customer wants, that's what the customer wants.

Yep. I'm actually thinking of paying for 2 as the shipping is quite expensive but no extra for 2 frames vs one. I'd then have to sell one.
It's going to be aggressive road geo, takes 35s or 28s with guards, Whisky carbon fork, all fully painted, the ends of the stays brushed raw as a sort of nod to the old school road bike that was chromed.

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Exactly. But if they can't do it any neater without, I'm ok with it. It's a product of the material I'm choosing to use I suppose. If it was steel, it can be completely flush but there needs to be somewhere for a weld to go and it's going to stick out regardless. I feel like openings for plain hose routings are going to look sloppy and I didn't want the full internal guide the length of the whole tube for weight reasons.

If that’s the best they can do without the insert, then insert it is :)

Don't know who builds Albannach frames but always admired their routing, tidy.

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Pretty certain is Waltly. The serial number on mine would suggest that.

...and yes I'm also impressed with the routing.

PICS! :)

Depends on how the builder likes to do it I suppose. (OK one of these is steel but you get the idea)

(these are soulrider frameworks frames)

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Some rear brake hose routing porn.

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Nice - 27.5 wheels or is the rim depth deceiving me?

@mcJ78 Nah 700, 45mm deep Lightbicycle Rims on CK Hubs with 35 tyres in this more road oriented mode.

Got a set of Alu DT Swiss GR531 rims on Hope RS4 hubs with 45 G One bites for day to day gravel work. (Won't handle Scottish winter tho so probably get some fat Ultra Bites, frame n fork take pretty huge tyres :)

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That looks like it covers a lot of bases - I really need to look at rear clearance on my Equilibrium again, it rides nicer every time I go up a tyre size but the fork will only take ~32c, have a feeling that the rear will take a bit more but dunno if it's worth a fork swap for another couple of mm.

Aye it certainly does. Its going to take me round Europe next year.

Hmmmm there is probably an optimum but for out n out gravel im 45c and for out and out road I'm rock solid 25's (on the roadie)

Looks like the perfect tool for that job - enjoy!

My other road bike has vittoria pave in 27c (more like 25-26 on open pros) that I like, the equilibrium is quite similar in many ways, just heavier (mudguards / discs / slightly more clearance - both same tubeset) - keep thinking there's more potential there than a jazzy commuter / winter bike but i'm probaly just missing the point...

Just finished building this one to complete the less period correct Extralight

That looks really great. FYI while I’m sure it’ll be okay, if that fork is 20+ years old and it makes you nervous, Wound Up will give you 40% off a brand new fork if you give that one back to them. I think it’s a really great offer.

Good to know but I bought this one a year ago when they were doing 50% on all forks :) I'll keep that in mind when I'll change it in 2040!

Oh yes, I remember that sale. Was crazy! Nice work.

First time abroad with my Sturdy, it's been nice to take it on some long (ish) climbs.

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Cleeeeean

This is too small, but amazing

https://theradavist.com/2021/11/titanium-speedvagen-road-bike/

$6495. Piss off Sacha.

I think that down tube graphic looks really cheap, personally. Reminds me of a Planet X. Do not want.

Not a speedvagen with those seat stays.

I dunno, they're pretty bendy