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swaging titanium to make ti handlebars which fit a 25.4 or 31.6mm stem is hard. Very hard. It can be done, but there are easier ways to do it. Like carbon fibre bars.

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Feh. Plastic handlebars indeed. Steel is real, and titanium is, erm, shiny. Except if it's got a matte bead-blasted finish. Mmmmmm, titanium...

Not sure your amendment is really a 'fix' though. Carbon fibre bars aren't really an easier way to make titanium handlebars. An alternative to them, yes, but that's a different kettle of fish entirely.

The proper fix for making complex hollow shapes from high strength Ti alloys is superplastic forming, as used on Trent fan blades. Might be a bit expensive for MTB bars when carbon fibre does the job better for less than even cheaply made Ti bars.

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I'm amazed nobody has ever though to post pictures of hot chicks in the thread before.

ow my didn't realise some people don't like this... my bad

Remove your pics, enjoy the forum, everyone's happy.

Can we keep them?

no sorry deleted it to keep the peace...

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not happy

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Now very unhappy

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That's helped a bit, thanks. She's pretty nice actually

Serious lust for this 953 Mercian

I love Mercians, but that one looks like it has tube socks on....

Tube socks?? :p
Is it the black and white colour scheme?

I think it's the nicest mercian frame i've seen!

I get a bit bored with these NJS builds sometimes
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2013 is all about classy British steel, well for me at least.

Seat cluster lug on that Mercian is lovely. It's pretty nice, but not keen on the polished headtube. Showy.