Burls titanium fixed

Review
Looks nice...

i would think ti would be a bit flexy for a track bike

also is the guy on the top of the page rideing a left foot drive?

chris crash also is the guy on the top of the page rideing a left foot drive?

Maybe the pic's been reversed...

at least its not just in my mind

chris crash i would think ti would be a bit flexy for a track bike

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-materials.html#titanium

chris crash i would think ti would be a bit flexy for a track bike

It's not the material on it's own, but tubing choice, butting, frame design that determine the ride properties of the frame. I bet you'd notice a lot of difference between a CF track bike and a superlight CF hill climb bike in terms of flexiness, but it's got nothing to do with CF itself. Same goes for ti, alu, steel, bamboo, whatever

but most other things being = you get more flex with ti, and yes you can use thicker tubes and a stiffer geo in a frame, but i still have the idea of it being flexable in my head...

Which is why they use thinner walled tubing that's larger overall diameter.. so that all things are NOT equal. :)

momentum is right. its about how you build it.

dragging up an old thread here i know, but errrrm does anyone have one of these? i'm getting myself sized up correctly and gonna put my order in soon, all the reviews are good, plus it has Platini's seal of approval

BMMF has one, I think. Current projects last 5/6 pages?

^^cheers

I want a Cotic Soda.

A friend has one, he loves it. Too much if truth be told.

https://www.londonfgss.com/thread6261-264.html#post823806
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I'm wet.

ye i pm'd bmmf

for a custom built ti frame the price he's asking is a bargain.

just gotta get the geometry and sizing done then im putting in the order.

im very excited

is there any way of ordering direct from russia? i think the chinese frames were available for under £500 direct.

There was a couple riding a Ti tandem (Tindem?) at a TT I rode on Saturday. They got it via the XCAD route, or whatever that Chinese outfit's called.

It looked well finished, but probably saw some extra attention during the manufacturing process due to the uniqueness of the design. They said shipping was a big part of the cost (£250 or something), but then, this thing was fucking massive.

My bike's had a minor facelift. Ivory/Black Michelin Pro 3 Races on the fancy wheels now (which, due to the new grey compound on the centre section, match the bike even more smugly), and one of these to stop the seatpost slipping - nice oversized bolt :)

8g more, which smarted a bit, but I shaved 60g off the tyres, so I'm recovering from the shock.

very nice bike, Bmmf. i never had you down as a white tyre sort of a chap.

Larkin would turn in his grave if he saw the kind of bikes you modern librarians are riding.

white tyres are theoretically lighter, because they spend less time in contact with the road

also they reflect more sunlight, whereas black tyres absorb it and become sodden and heavy

I was just so very very bored of the de rigeur black-tyres-and-contact-points-with-titanium-frame aesthetic.

And anyway, my first bike c.1977 had white tyres. There's nothing faddish about it.

Larkin can suck my cock. I'm not a librarian. I'm an issue desk supervisor/stores assistant.

I was just so very very bored of the de rigeur black-tyres-and-contact-points-with-titanium-frame aesthetic.

and it does you credit, sir.