Bike porn

Thanks for the intelligent contribution.

always happy to contribute

now im sure... thats anti

Jesus wept. It's a total and utter horror. What the fuck is that down tube all about? Is it a Ti copy of the (truly fucking awful) De Rosa Tango?

Haha! Had I had the money when my size was 60% off on JeJames.............OK might have dodged a bullet there.
(Image of my size Tango :S
http://www.zukibike.com/archives_zuki/TANGO.jpg)

horrible.

I'm not going to defend it.
Sabbath do some nice bike though.

Better (just to even things out on the british Ti front)

Best.

I appreciate this is very close to reader's wives!

by far my favourite ti bike

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Best.

I appreciate this is very close to reader's wives!

You have a paduano?!

JEALOUS!!

Please post a pic up.

Blimey. Typed Moots into google images.

That is porn.

@arantrek - yes, I do have one. It's posted up in current projects somewhere from last year. Hold on.

I found it. Beautiful :-) I hope I get something like that when I'm 40!

i'm not a fan of leftys and have to say i've owned 4 cannondales all of which cracked'n'failed but that was a long time ago back when they weren't so good with alu, from what i understand they are much much better these days.

i however run the best mono sus fork on my bike that money can buy...

U.S.E sub anti-dive fork - so weird to ride
p.s not my bike... i know the rules (mine is much nicer)

@arantrek - yes, I do have one. It's posted up in current projects somewhere from last year. Hold on.

Beautiful.

I've always like Baums Ti bikes.

(repost I know)

I found it. Beautiful :-) I hope I get something like that when I'm 40!

ooof

ti porn for me end of the year i hope

Shit damn, that's cool.

ti porn for me end of the year i hope

Wow!

living up this screenname costs me more than i can afford! mine is going to be quite different though.
sean at vertigos working with ti is totally porn worthy too - on par with jones and moots

living up this screenname costs me more than i can afford! mine is going to be quite different though.
sean at vertigos working with ti is totally porn worthy too - on par with jones and moots

I hope to have at least started my Ti road bike by the summer. It'll take a while (compulsary paternity leave = poor Smallfurry) but I'm certain its the way to go for me.

Looking at feathertech tubing at the mo, very sexy.

crack-n-fails can fuck off

Well excuse me, Mr. Crane, but I take deep offence at this comment.

ooof

Haha. Oops! I was just sayin'...

The truth shouldn't hurt. Much.

Why does no-one ever paint titanium? Just so you can see it's ti? Or is there a technical reason for this? Serious question.

What's the point? It doesn't corrode and is hard enough to resist scratching so most people leave it bare. Paint on titanim suffers from the same problems as paint on any other material, i.e. it'll chip or scratch over time.

Some ti vendors do paint frames, i.e. Independent Fabrication, Seven, De Rosa (they used to at least).

Or is there a technical reason for this?

It doesn't need it, and paint weighs up to 200g; hardly what you want when you just laid out thousands on a <900g Litespeed Ghisallo

What's the point? It doesn't corrode and is hard enough to resist scratching so most people leave it bare. Paint on titanim suffers from the same problems as paint on any other material, i.e. it'll chip or scratch over time.

Some ti vendors do paint frames, i.e. Independent Fabrication, Seven, De Rosa (they used to at least).

I quite like the half painted Ti frames (Baum, Davidson, Lynskey and others do this). But ultimatly, if the titanium surface is more resiliant than the paint. Why paint it?

Love this IF from EBay (possibly a couple few too many stickers)

This 29er frame is pretty fine too.