cornelius, what's your frame made of?

just to clear things up, cornelius - is your frame made of titanium?

The one he bought off ebay a while back is: http://www.londonfgss.com/discussion/1347/?Focus=35979#Comment_35979

but is it made of titanium?

Did you read the post at the link?!?!?!

poly as a possible alternative how about this.
**titanium **track bike for about £225, add in 30 or so quid for shipping and another sixty odd on this end for customs charges ands you could have a **titanium **track frame for under 400 smackers.
frame weight is 1520g
I brought one of these frames from this guy off ebay, took a while to arrive, but the frames in perfect nick and I've spent the last couple of months buying bits for it. Still not finished but I'm dying to get it done and to start riding it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/**Titanium**-Tracker-bike-frame-AeroTi-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ190146065589QQihZ009QQcategoryZ2904QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

but...

what's it made out of?

*(never mind/don't panic)

(it's a silly reference to the ride today)*

Lucky.. I was about to set the hounds after you.

i've been told that titanium varies from frame to frame, even within the same manufacturer since you need very specific factory conditions to make a ti frame, and that these conditions can vary from week to week.

thats an old wives tale. titanium is hard to work with and you need to know what you are doing with a tig torch but if it's a full moon or there is an 'R' in the month it's doesn't mean a thing.
the variation in diameter/thickness/butting and metallic composition from the mill should be negligable otherwise people wouldn't buy the tubes.

peejay in answer to your question, my bike is indeed titanium.
dontcha know titanium is the new steel...
cornelius "Ti" Blackfoot

Is your seatpost made of carbon?

And your grips, were they candy floss?

and the pedals, were they made of lilac?

Was your handlebar a stick of rock?
Did it come from Brighton?

Oh tell us cornelius!

was the saddle made of granite? do tell. don't be shy, cornelius.

peejay78 but...
what's it made out of?
(never mind/don't panic)
(it's a silly reference to the ride today)

and, cornelius, is the floor hard?

ouch.

he wasn't the only one to chew pavement today. i attempted to ride through john. i failed.

• that last post looks a bit rude actually.
  

I'm still confused as to the constitution of Cornelius's bike....

yeah, i was just rereading it all... think yours is fine peejay78 (and, thanks for looking after the bikes while we got bagels -hope you've still got your multi-relationships going this evening) but mine was maybe below the belt. cornelius: apologies.

oh yeah, and a couple of photos to come a bit later, if they're any good (didn't look yet).

you guys so so funny. ;-P
will attempt to put up photos of the titanium loveliness tonight/tomorrow so you can all ogle it...

and the floor is always hard, especially when you fall off after watching someone else fall off

hi andrei. no worries. good to meet up and hang out. did you play polo?

as for cornelius's steed, i just can't work it out. i thought it might be chro-moly. or wood.

maybe even marbled veneer. but then when he hit the deck it would have shattered into a million pieces.

I've a feeling it might be made of glass...

or purest unobtainium?

kryptonite.

Watch out for BICs..